This annual trip to El Salvador combines medical missions with gospel conversations and children's ministry opportunities.

Patients receive medical and dental care from a team of skilled and licensed volunteers.

Team volunteers pray with patients at a medical clinic. 

Participants engaged in gospel-centered conversations in a predominantly Muslim-populated area in Detroit.

Steve and Rebecca are called to full-time gospel ministry in a country in North Africa. They live and work in a capital city with a population of over two million in a region dominated by Islam. The area is inhospitable to the gospel. They are learning the heart language (Arabic) and envision the day when many will call Christ their Lord and Savior. (*Full name withheld for security purposes.)

Emily is the campus director for Cru in the Indianapolis area. She is in charge of overseeing the Cru campus ministry at Butler University, IUPUI, University of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech-Indianapolis, and Wabash College where she helps direct and empower local staff and connects with students across those universities.

Jim and Teresa are the co-directors of Sharing the Vision. They have been serving in full-time missions on the island of Hispaniola for 24 years. The past 15 years, they have been serving in the Dominican Republic.

The 410 Bridge is a Christ-centered, non-profit organization committed to relentlessly pursuing healthy community development in nations confined by poverty.  Working in conjunction with our partners, we activate a unique, holistic approach that combines Christian discipleship, economic development, quality education, clean water, as well as health and wellness to create lasting freedom from poverty.

Leo Arriaga is a Salvadorian national who partners with several organizations providing education in public schools dealing with drug prevention, sexuality, and violence. These partnerships provide him a platform to share the gospel in public schools. Leo also serves among the poor communities of El Salvador to meet both physical and spiritual needs. 

After serving in El Salvador for 16 years, John and Kelly Simpson moved to Birmingham, Alabama, to serve at the World Reach headquarters. Their role was to serve as a liaison between the home office and the Hispanic, Spanish-speaking missionaries serving with World Reach all over the world.  Over the past 10 years, their ministry has become more effective both with the Spanish-speaking missionaries on the field, as well as providing translation in the office. Their central vision is to offer ministry support, missionary care, and friendship to Spanish-speaking co-workers around the world and to help with communication between the office and the field. The Spanish language and Latin American cultural experience acquired while serving on the field has proven to be quite valuable as they serve in Birmingham.

David is a graduate of Cedarville College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and has pastored churches in Dayton/Cincinnati, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana. After being a missionary in Alaska for three summers, he felt a call from the Lord to develop native leaders and minister to teens. He fulfills his calling by serving as pastor at Fairbanks Native Bible Church in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Grant and Holly live in Columbus, Ohio, and serve with Cru at Ohio State University (OSU). Home to more than 61,000 college students, OSU has the third largest student body in the U.S. Grant and Holly are trusting God to win students to Christ, build them up in their faith, and send them out after graduation on mission for Jesus. They have three sons: Zeke, Luke, and Judah.

God called Francisco and Martita Berrios from their native El Salvador to Romania in 2001. Francisco and Martita are engaged in biblical counseling, evangelism, and small group development. The couple wrote a book to help churches in establishing a biblical counseling ministry. Francisco, who was appointed in 2015 as a pastor director for Eastern Europe with World Reach Inc.,  is also coordinating the discipleship and administration ministry at Hope Baptist Church in Brasov.