Dec. 18, 2009
Sources: HCJB Global, InterVarsity

"The best way to experience Urbana is by attending the multitude of seminars and by developing new contacts and new friendships," according to Christy Chappell, communications director for InterVarsity's Urbana 2009.

Attendees are invited to meet and make friends with HCJB Global's Nate Dell, Roger and Lois Reimer and Amy Wong at the event. More than 17,000 students are expected to descend on St. Louis for the triennial missions conference set for Dec. 27-31.

HCJB Global will be sharing a booth with SIM as the two organizations have worked closely together on numerous radio and healthcare projects throughout the years, primarily in Africa.

Living among the Waorani people of Ecuador, Dell and his wife, Rachelle, experienced firsthand how Jesus' teachings can transform cultural mores and individual lives.

Prior to their return to Colorado in 2001 due to Rachelle's health issues, the Dells were involved in the daily life of the Waorani in the jungles of eastern Ecuador. They can tell of a vibrant church with no stained-glass windows but colorful living testaments of Waorani believers. Nate has also worked with various short-term teams and has been involved in opportunities for healthcare, mass media and leadership development in Ghana.

The Reimers will be at Urbana to represent the new Global Involvement department of HCJB Global which includes four arenas of opportunity: college internships, working visitors, ministry teams, and vision journeys.

The Reimers arrived in Ecuador in the 1970s as Roger began his work as a respiratory therapist at Hospital Vozandes-Quito. He later became the healthcare director for Latin America, a position he held 16 years. Although based in Quito, he often visited community development ministries, satellite clinics and medical research efforts in the jungle community of Zapallo Grande.

Roger and Lois are passionate in their desire to see young people experience missions. They have hosted summer missionaries in Ecuador for several years, taking college students on trips across the country, listening and learning from the younger generation, and hosting them for songs, pizza, and devotionals in their home.

Wong, a full-time systems engineer in the communications industry, will head up the technical components of the HCJB Global team at Urbana 2009. With interests in information technology and video production, she is passionate about using mass media to lead others to Christ. She has volunteered on various projects at HCJB Global's facilities on three continents since first making contact with the ministry at Urbana 2006.

In March 2008 Wong spent a week in Ecuador doing an analysis of the local computer network. Later that year she visited the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Ind., documenting two software training sessions that have been distributed to the mission's information technology managers.

Wong also spent a year in Australia during which she visited HCJB Global-Australia's international transmitter site in Kununurra. She also visited the Ministry Service Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., to see where she may be utilized next.

During Urbana HCJB Global will also be conducting Skype calls with missionaries in three regions-Asia Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America-with plans to call missionaries in Singapore, Thailand, Malawi, Ghana and Ecuador.

"The best way to experience Urbana is by attending the multitude of seminars and by developing new contacts and new friendships," according to Christy Chappell, communications director for InterVarsity's Urbana 2009.

Attendees are invited to meet and make friends with HCJB Global's Nate Dell, Roger and Lois Reimer and Amy Wong at the event. More than 17,000 students are expected to descend on St. Louis for the triennial missions conference set for Dec. 27-31.

HCJB Global will be sharing a booth with SIM as the two organizations have worked closely together on numerous radio and healthcare projects throughout the years, primarily in Africa.

Living among the Waorani people of Ecuador, Dell and his wife, Rachelle, experienced firsthand how Jesus' teachings can transform cultural mores and individual lives.

Prior to their return to Colorado in 2001 due to Rachelle's health issues, the Dells were involved in the daily life of the Waorani in the jungles of eastern Ecuador. They can tell of a vibrant church with no stained-glass windows but colorful living testaments of Waorani believers. Nate has also worked with various short-term teams and has been involved in opportunities for healthcare, mass media and leadership development in Ghana.

The Reimers will be at Urbana to represent the new Global Involvement department of HCJB Global which includes four arenas of opportunity: college internships, working visitors, ministry teams, and vision journeys.

The Reimers arrived in Ecuador in the 1970s as Roger began his work as a respiratory therapist at Hospital Vozandes-Quito. He later became the healthcare director for Latin America, a position he held 16 years. Although based in Quito, he often visited community development ministries, satellite clinics and medical research efforts in the jungle community of Zapallo Grande.>

Wong, a full-time systems engineer in the communications industry, will head up the technical components of the HCJB Global team at Urbana 2009. With interests in information technology and video production, she is passionate about using mass media to lead others to Christ. She has volunteered on various projects at HCJB Global's facilities on three continents since first making contact with the ministry at Urbana 2006.

In March 2008 Wong spent a week in Ecuador doing an analysis of the local computer network. Later that year she visited the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Ind., documenting two software training sessions that have been distributed to the mission's information technology managers.

Wong also spent a year in Australia during which she visited HCJB Global-Australia's international transmitter site in Kununurra. She also visited the Ministry Service Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., to see where she may be utilized next.

During Urbana HCJB Global will also be conducting Skype calls with missionaries in three regions-Asia Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America-with plans to call missionaries in Singapore, Thailand, Malawi, Ghana and Ecuador.