Cristy and Erik have a long history in South America. Cristy teaches missionary children in Peru and Erik helps with mission aviation (both in partnership with South America Mission).
Cristy grew up as a Missionary Kid (MK) in Brazil where her parents also served with Wycliffe. After college, she joined Wycliffe as a single missionary and she taught at several of the MK schools in Brazil. Since Cristy is a missionary kid herself, she knows what challenges MKs face, etc. It was in Brazil that she met Erik, who came from the Netherlands to serve in Brazil. They married and went through linguistics and missiology training together in Brazil in order to be better prepared for their mission service.
Later they served for a number of years at a training center for indigenous people in Brazil (in partnership with South America Mission).
In between Brazil and Peru, they served for 3 years at the JAARS Center in North Carolina (USA), where they helped with training new missionaries.
Would you prayerfully consider how you might join their Wycliffe ministry team through prayer and financial partnership.
Location
Americas
Children
Benjamin, Daniel
Wycliffe Ministry Budget
Wycliffe establishes a Ministry Budget for its members to reflect recurring expenses related to family factors and their geographic location of service. Giving to Wycliffe directly impacts members' ability to begin and remain in their assignment.
This monthly budget covers ministry-related expenses, insurance and retirement, social security and taxes, and Wycliffe administrative costs. The remainder is what the members receive as "take-home pay" for their daily living expenses.