Who We Are - Founding Missionaries
Andrew and Rebecca Loveall have been serving as missionaries to Guatemala since
February of 2000. They are formerly from Rockford, Illinois. Their mission work
primarily focuses on discipleship in two areas of Guatemala.
The first area of ministry they lead is in the colonial city of Antigua, where they
founded the “Escuela Integrada de Niños Trabajadores” (“Integrated School for Working
Children”), a school for extremely poor children the vast majority of which are
from displaced Mayan families who have left their rural villages in search of work
and opportunity. As of June 2006 there were 265 students enrolled from grades kindergarten
through 8th grade. A breakfast / lunch feeding program is included in this school.
Basic Christian values are taught along with an excellent education. There is a
small medical clinic in the school which provides basic medical help to the families.
A Guatemalan Christian psychologist provides counseling to students and families.
The teaching and discipleship of Escuela Integrada directly touches the lives of
more than 180 families.
The second area of mission focus is based around the Mayan city of Patzún in the
western highlands of Guatemala where the Lovealls lead a Pastors and Church Leaders
Conference ministry. Local pastors and church leaders, from over 9 different evangelical
denominations (representing more than 35 congregations), come together for biblical
teaching and training through these monthly Conferences.
The Conference Ministry facilitates special projects and outreaches which are coordinated
through the local churches. These include village medical projects, construction
projects, childrens and womens ministry activities, youth discipleship and evangelism,
as well as broad evangelism outreaches. The Conference Ministry leadership team
meets, across denominational lines, every week to coordinate these special projects
and to support each other in the work of the various churches represented.
February 2006 saw the opening a middle school in the Mayan village of Chuchuca Alto
which is just outside the Mayan city center of Patzun. This school, Escuela Integrada
- Chuchuca, is the first expansion of the Escuela Integrada program. There are presently
25 students at Escuela Integrada - Chuchuca. In 2007, when another grade will be
added, there will be 50 students in this satellite school. This satellite school
was directly born out of the demand for education generated by the Patzún Conference
Ministry.
Brief Bios...
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds”
Romans 12:2a NRSV
Andrew Loveall was born in Bartlesville, OK and spent most of
his years growing up in and around Tulsa, OK. Andrew grew up in the church as his
father was a Christian Church minister. Currently, Andrew is the Executive Director
of LACES and President of the Board of Directors. Before moving to Guatemala in
2000, he held several management positions in varied companies. His last position
was as a regional service manager for a German robotics company. Andrew is a layman
who is committed to the proper teaching and preaching of the Word of God. He mentors
countless young men as his own life was changed through mentoring relationships.
His passion is for believers to live according to both the “primacy of the mind”
and the “supremacy of the heart”.
Rebecca Loveall was born and raised in Rockford,
IL where she grew up attending an Assemblies of God church. She has a BA in Economics
and Russian Area Studies from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Before moving to
Guatemala in 2000, Rebecca worked as a software consultant in the manufacturing
industry. She now heads the Guatemalan non-profit organization, Escuela Integrada,
and manages over 30 Guatemalan employees. She has felt the call to missions since
she was a little girl and is committed to the need for solid bible teaching. Her
passion is the development of a network of small to medium size businesses that
will create a self-sustaining support base for the project as well as supply jobs
for students and families associated with Escuela Integrada.
Associate Missionaries
Nancy Brice was born
and raised in Southern California where she grew up attending a Baptist church.
She graduated from Biola University in 2001 with a Major in Art Education and taught
Art at Newcomb Middle School in Long Beach. In Nancy’s final year at Biola University
she went on a short term mission trip to Guatemala. Her life would never be the
same. God touched her heart and she returned to Guatemala several times on short
trips until 2003, when she felt lead to Guatemala on a long term basis. Nancy has
been living in Guatemala ever since ministering as a teacher to the underprivileged
and mentoring young women. Nancy Brice joins efforts to educate Guatemalans that
do not attend school due to poverty and lack of resources. She is also committed
to discipleship and to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ in Guatemala.
Nancy is not an employee but a fully supported missionary. If you would like
to help support Nancy in her work here in Guatemala please write to:
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Grace to the World, Inc.
P.O. Box. 4692
Cerritos, CA 90703-4692
Grace to the World Website is here.
Please make your checks payable to Grace to the World, Inc. and mention Nancy by
name.
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