Herb and Virginia Veith made their first journey to Kenya, Africa in 1993 to visit a native evangelist whom they’d met at their church in Ohio. That visit was the springboard to the Veiths beginning two Christian orphanages in Kenya. These “Mission to the Fatherless” homes now care for more than 40 orphans at two facilities and they seek to rescue, support, educate, and train orphans to be Christian leaders for the next generation.

The Nickels want to reach the next generation for Christ and they’ve dedicated their lives to seeing that goal realized. After more than 20 years of working as a YoungLife Regional Director for northern Ohio and southern Michigan, Randy Nickel has followed the call to reach teens in Scotland. There are only a small (but mighty) group of believers in Great Britain, and an even smaller number who focus on working with teens. Pray for the message of Christ to go out in a mighty way among the teens and adults in Scotland. The Nickel family is still centered in Bay Village, where they live with their four children.

Tom and Joan lead a ministry to international students, researchers, and immigrants in the greater Cleveland area. International Friends focuses on Cleveland State University and the Cleveland Clinic with smaller ministries at Lorain County Community College, Baldwin-Wallace, and Tri-C. There are several thousand international students in the Cleveland area who have never heard the message of Christ. Tom and Joan lead various ministries with these students, as well as mobilizing Christians and local churches to reach the nations that have come to our doorstep. When these students head back home, they become missionaries who can reach their hometowns for Christ.