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Bridges Abroad missionaries do not receive a salary. Each looks to God to provide the funds for their own personal ministry costs including the expense of travel and living abroad. Financial partners are those who commit themselves to invest financially with their missionary so that together they minister to those in need. The person who sends a missionary, is as equally invested as the one who goes. Some invest monthly, some quarterly and others once a year. Financial partners receive personal news and first-hand reports from their missionary about the results of their joint efforts.

It is a commitment of a faithful partnership team that enables us to go where God has led us to minister. With that commitment comes a unique bond that further strengthens our relationships with those members. Becoming a ministry partner will not only help meet our financial needs but fills a vital intercessory role as well.

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“… for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs. Not that I seek the gift itself, but I do seek the profit which increases to your heavenly account the blessing which is accumulating for you. But I have received everything in full and more; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent me. They are the fragrant aroma of an offering, an acceptable sacrifice which God welcomes and in which he delights.” Philippians 4: 16-18

Kathleen & Christopher Malstrom – Director & Co-Director & Missionaries

Having a heart for people fighting generational poverty, it was not difficult to see the tremendous need surrounding them as they vacationed in places where Paradise and Poverty Co-Exist. As long-time believers desirous of serving those they encountered while traveling, they regularly brought provisions to the areas they would visit. It became apparent that there was great need for bigger impact. A ministry that could serve remote areas where people suffering from hunger & without basic needs such as Food, Clean Drinking Water, Medical Care, and the love the Gospel of Jesus Christ brings is what birthed Bridges Abroad. Their hearts desire is to share the Good News of Salvation in Jesus and create opportunity for others to connect with those in need, amplifying the outcome and advancing the Kingdom of God.

Charlene Barnes – Medical Director & Missionary

Charlene Marie Barnes has been serving in medical missions for more than 20 years. Her sending church in Ohio is Believers Pentecostal Church and her local church in Guatemala is Iglesia Fresca Presencia.
In the spring of 1976 Charlene set out to pursue a career in nursing. Unbeknownst to her at the time, God had already chosen the career path in preparation for the ministry He had for her. With experience in long term psychiatric nursing, geriatrics and medical surgical nursing at Springfield State Hospital in Maryland, there is nothing she hasn’t seen or experienced. Charlene also worked as a nurse in the Maryland Prison system and Hospice Home Health Care in Ohio.
Charlene answered the call to serve in medical missions in 1999 while attending New Life Chapel in Westminster, Maryland. She joined Mercy Mission Teams NC for her first trip and served with them for many years. After 31 years in nursing, God instructed Charlene to retire and relocate to Ohio where she served with Living Waters Medical Missions, Int’l.
Charlene has served extensively in medical missions throughout Latin America, including the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and the Amazon Jungle of Peru. Her desire is to minister the Gospel through relief and development, showing the love of Jesus to everyone she encounters while meeting their physical needs. Charlene is currently based in Guatemala and the DR where she is serving and ministering to the indigenous people in remote rural and mountain villages that are underserved.
“I once heard a minister say, ‘When we live in our boxes, our boxes become coffins and we die there.’ Dare to live outside your box. The excitement and anticipation of stepping out in faith holds no comparison to a stifled dream.” Charlene Barnes, RN

Carol Paul – Secretary & Missionary

Carol has always felt the tug to serve others; whether it be teaching music to elementary school children where she shared her love of music, or participating in and eventually becoming the leader of her church’s contemporary music group, or volunteering her time on Sundays to teach 7th grade Religious Education at her church to share her love of Jesus, and his love of us. Becoming involved in Bridges Abroad was a natural segue into a greater call to serve. It is her goal to be the literal Hands and Feet of Jesus, to do what Jesus would do, and to go where Jesus would go, and to encourage others to reap the benefits of acts of service.

Teena Artis – Spiritual Advisor &Missionary

20+ years walking with Jesus, my Lord. I always knew Jesus but did not know that we should have a personal relationship with Him. Served as Church Secretary, Banquet Organizer – for several churches, and served as Women’s Ministry Leader for many years. Currently, co-developing a Bible course for online “Shut-In” women.

Francis & Judys Arama – Pastor, Spiritual Advisors & Missionaries

Having been born in Kisii, Kenya with the gift to inspire, relate and connect with people all over the globe it has become a great opportunity for us to serve alongside Bridges Abroad sharing our desire to spread the love and truth of Salvation in Jesus inspiring disciples through the Good News of the Gospel.