LINKS is now Care and Connection
To make Care & Concern contributions on Funding the Mission (https://ftm.nazarene.org), select the MISSIONARY DEPUTATION fund, then search for the name of the missionary by entering FIRST or LAST name.
What was once called LINKS (Loving, Interested Nazarenes Knowing and Sharing) is now Care and Connection. We are so excited to embark on this new journey of Care and Connection of missionaries. We are now able to share our assignment:
GLOBAL ASSIGNED MISSIONARIES:
Names: Enoch & Renny
Assignment: Creative Access country - for safety reasons, we cannot release any other information
Send email to: prtooley@gmail.com (Pam Tooley - will forward)
Terence and Ingrid Lustaña
SPONSORED MISSIONARIES:
Names: Terence and Ingrid Lustaña (Asia Pacific)
Assignment: Hong Kong - church planters and Field Communication Coordinators of the East Asia Field.
Terrence and Ingrid currently live in Tallahassee, FL and are available to speak at your church. Their children are Jubilee, Lukas, and Eliana. They are planning to leave for training in Taiwan on March 1.
Email: Terence: tlustana.kkmedia@gmail.com
Email: Ingrid: ilustana.kkmedia@gmail.com
Website: https://give.nazarene.org/category/region/asia-pacific/lustana
Alan and Astrid Chong
Names: Alan and Astrid Chong
Email: achong@mesoamericaregion.org
Website: https://give.nazarene.org/pledge/aachong
The Chongs are volunteer Genesis missionaries planting a church in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Astrid is a teacher for special needs children, and Alan is studying theology at the Seminario Nazareno in Mexico.
Their children are Alan, April, and Amber.
RETIRED:
Name: Mary Miller - Retired from Peru 30+ years, currently living in Kissimmee, FL
Mary Miller - Retired
Email: mary3miller@gmail.com
A few reminders for you about this new Care and Connection model.
1. Each district will have one Global Deployed missionary in addition to any SENT missionaries from their district. That means some districts may have multiple missionaries but only this assignment is the Links assignment. The SENT missionaries are connected through the Care and Connection emphasis and do not follow the Links schedule.
2. Each missionary and district are expected to pray for each other, connect and share updates, and invite missionaries to speak on deputation.
3. This assignment will be effective until December 31, 2024.
4. All financial gifts will be processed into missionary deputation accounts. Deputation gifts are meant to be used for their ministry and personal needs such as education expenses, health care, and retirement. If you would like to give a personal gift to be used for other purposes those will need to be facilitated between the missionary and the individual/church. All US tax laws need to be followed and is the responsibility of the giver.