At Village Green, we’re committed to serving those who are less fortunate and sharing the love and good news of Jesus Christ. We support both individuals and organizations that are serving and sharing at the local, national, and international levels, and we pray for them regularly.
Village Green has Missionary Partners in countries like Austria, Colombia, the Philippines, and Japan as well as our home country, Canada.
Our Mission Partners
Jacob and Leidy Paul– Armenia, Colombia
Jacob grew up in and was part of the Village Green community before moving to Armenia, Quindío Colombia in 2009. He met Leidy there and they were married in January of 2014. They currently serve and work in their local church (Iglesia Cristiana Shalom), as well as a Youth foundation (ZONA J). Under ZonaJ, they founded El Nido to help serve vulnerable pregnant teenagers. It is their prayer that through El Nido these new young mothers will become ready for motherhood, develop new skills, learn how to deal with various emotions and feel Jesus’ love for them so that it will give them hope for a better future. Jacob is also involved in teaching a leadership program and they are both involved in Reaxion, which is a biannual leadership conference. They continue to dream and hope to grow these projects as time passes.
The Flemings– The Philippines
Appointed in 2020 for mid-term service with LAUNCH in the Philippines.
Grady was born to missionary parents in Japan and Brittany grew up in a Christian home in Canada. After serving with Athletes in Action in Edmonton for three years, Brittany pursued a Master of Education to cultivate her teaching skills. Meanwhile, Grady completed a Master of Arts in Global Governance, where he learned that he enjoyed teaching. After much prayer about how God might use them for His Kingdom, God prompted the idea of teaching internationally.
As they were wrapping up their respective programs, Grady and Brittany contacted Faith Academy, an international Christian school that offers Kindergarden to Grade 12 education to children of missionaries, Christian, and non-Christians in the Philippines — the school that Grady attended as a high school student. When they learned that they could fill critical needs that the school had, Grady and Brittany applied as high school teachers and were accepted to Faith Academy.
As high school teachers, Grady and Brittany will be able to leverage their unique background and skillsets to teach, coach, mentor, and disciple high school students. By God’s grace they hope to advance the Great Commission and serve missionaries across Southeast Asia by providing a transformative, Christ-centered education.
The Flemings– Tokyo, Japan
Rob and Kathryn send these words: “We have spent over 20 years church planting in northern Japan, and moving to Tokyo for this three-year commitment is a significant change for us. We have always lived in a small rural city, where there are very few churches and almost no western expats. We will move to a city of 40 million people, with and a greater Christian presence. We have always enjoyed living in a house and weeding the backyard garden. Tokyo means a small Japanese apartment in a big building. We will spend our first few months discovering what ministry God has in store for us. We have been blessed to see a fruitful church planting ministry, focusing on evangelism and discipleship, with the goal of seeing our converts going on to become soul winners in Japan. There are churches in Tokyo that we would like to cooperate with. Over 95% of Japanese believers never get around to sharing their faith with anyone. We are praying that God would lead us to more “good fruit” during the next three years. Pray for us. Our travels over the past 10 months have taught us an important lesson. Many of you have been praying for us; some daily! Your prayers keep us in Japan, effectively reaching out to people there. As we transition back to Japan in July, please pray. We need to settle as a family of three in Tokyo, while Grady and Tess resume their studies in Canada. Pray for wisdom from God to make good life/work decisions that will affect us for at least the next three years, and pray that God would impact many in Tokyo for eternity. We have been slowly learning Psalm 16 as a family this summer as we anticipate many changes and separation again. “Keep me safe oh God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, You are my Lord; Apart from you I have nothing good.” Please keep us prayed for in these next few months.” Rob and Kathryn.
S&H– London, Ontario
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Translating Christian resources
Our names are S&H. We serve with ABWE (Across Borders for World Evangelism) Canada. We are originally from the Middle East. God spoke to our hearts many years ago, and we left our religion and embraced Christ, the Light of the world, and ever since we have devoted our lives to Him. We left our country back in 1998 and lived in England for many years before coming to Canada in 2006. We have a strong passion for sharing the gospel with the unreached. We are currently involved in:
- Translating and preparing Christian literature and resources (sermons, Bible commentaries, tracts,..) and sending them to the Middle East, Europe, and North America to make sure Persian churches and individuals are properly resourced,
- Facilitating a workshop called Building Bridges,
- Ministering to international students,
- TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) missionary training through courses, seminars, and workshops,
- Teaching, preaching, and fundraising,
- Broadcasting Persian worship songs,
- One-on-one evangelism
- Church planting
We have spoken in many churches and small groups. We love to explain how effectively to connect with, minister to, and share the Good News with our neighours. we have also trained ESL missionaries and are planning to continue doing so for the purpose of ministering to people through the medium of the English language. By God’s grace, we are now planting a Persian church.
