Missions Ministry
Welcome!
Awaken Las Vegas believes that everyone should be involved in impacting the world with the good news of Jesus Christ. Our missions ministry offers missions trips, trains up missionaries, and supports mission work all over the world. There are also classes that will inspire you to have faith on a global scale.
Come experience an international missions trip. Whether it is your first trip or your fourteenth, experienced missions trip leaders will guide to our locations all over the world. Have a heart for prayer and/or giving? We will keep you updated about opportunities to be a part of the amazing things God is doing worldwide.
Contact missions@awakenlv.org to stay up to date and join our list.
2024 Missions Trips
Brazil Mission Trip - Natal
September 13-21
No Interest meetings – Closed
June 23, August 4, September 1
Blessing Bags Tijuana
December 5-8
Interest Meetings September 22, October 20, November 17
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Blessing Bags Mazatlán
December 5-11
Interest Meetings September 22, October 20, November 17
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2025 Missions Trips
Brazil Mission Trip - Awaken Natal
February 11-17
Interest meetings Augus 11, November 3, January 5
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Brazil Mission Trip - Awaken Natal
February 18-24
Interest meetings Augus 11, November 3, January 5
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Brazil Mission Trip - Awaken Natal
February 11-24
Interest meetings Augus 11, November 3, January 5
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Previous Missions Trips
High School Mission Trip - Tijuana
February-March
Men’s Mission Trip to Awaken Discipleship and Training Center
April 20-23
Middle School Mission Trip - La Gloria
Weekend Teaching and Outreach - Tijuana
July 21-24
Collective Graduation - Missions
August 18-20
Blessing Bags - Student Mission Trip
December
Blessing Bags - Family Mission Trip
December
Brazil Mission Trip: April 11-19
Missionaries
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Alvarez Family
Jahil serves as the lead pastor of Awaken CDMX and together with his family they intend to continue planting churches around the Valley of Mexico. We want to continue promoting the great commission of Jesus in everything we do as a family and as a church, using the spiritual formation and vision that God has given us for the next 48 months, a discipleship to spread the gospel through culture, sports and our urban center.
Matthew 28:18-20 Please pray for us that: · Jahil’s health after several surgeries can remain stable. · Strength, wisdom to guide the church to the feet of Christ and prepare teachers, leaders filled with the Holy Spirit, but also for the next missionaries that Awaken CDMX is raising to be exported to plant churches in 2025.
May God bring new people to His church and allow us to build the new 2024 leadership structure.
Asuncion Family
Through prayer and fasting, God opened an opportunity to serve Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Philippines, and engage with Natidasan Christian Community Church. Uncertain of His plans, we trust His lead and eagerly embrace living on the edge with Jesus. Our hearts long to serve Him in any way He chooses. Grateful for this chance to learn and grow while serving in the Philippines!
Benitez Family
We have now been serving the Lord as missionaries in Mexico for the past 7 years alongside our daughters Ayleen, Alyssa, Aubrey, Abigail, and our son Samuel.
In July 2017, the Lord called us out from our hometown in Montebello, CA to assist a new church plant, Capilla Calvario Michoacan in Zamora Michoacan, Mexico. Before going to Michoacan, we took the Church Plant course at the Training Center in La Gloria, Tijuana. Upon graduation, we set out to Michoacan, having the tools we needed to serve the Lord. We served in different areas as needed from Children’s ministry, youth ministry, and marriage counseling. Our oldest daughter, Ayleen, led the worship ministry for the last year.
In June 2021, the Lord called us back to Tijuana and we now have the privilege to serve at Awaken Discipleship and Training Center in La Gloria. We are so grateful to serve in the place where it all began for us and our hearts have been drawn to this place. Chris is currently assisting in the area of facilities, short-term mission teams and currently lead the marriage ministry alongside my wife. Yesenia is currently assisting as event coordinator, short-term missions, and also gets to help in the kitchen preparing meals for teams and students. Our oldest daughter Ayleen is also serving as a ministry assistant and teaches and does worship for our NDR kids program. She also serves in worship for group devotionals and local churches.
Our heart is to continue to serve the Lord, to minister and disciple the people in Tijuana, and wherever else the Lord would lead us to. Our hearts are open to do His will and bring many to a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We hope that you will partner with us in prayer for the following:
- God’s direction for our family in this new season
- Financial provision for our family
- For the Lord to open the door for Chris to be able to travel to the US
Shauna Xerri
The Lord led me to serve unreached people groups in the heart of Las Vegas where families are relocating from war-torn countries. I am teaching with Love Your Neighbor ministry as we welcome these refugees with English classes, homework help, citizenship, and assisting with life milestones. We are building bridges and pouring out the love of Jesus in order to share His great name amongst the nations.
Garin Family
Luis and Anel are currently planting a church planting in Mazatlan called Calvary Chapel Despertar. Their vision is to be a part of Mexico’s revival and believing that Mexico can have a part in the reaching of Latin America for Christ. (Acts 20:24). Our visión us that 1000 Families, open the bible, KNOW Jesús, GROW in the faith, and EXTEND the góspel throughout Mazatlan, Mexico and around the world
Vision: To be a part of Mexico’s revival and believing that Mexico can have a part in the reaching of Latin America for Christ. Acts 20:24
Please Pray:
For me to continue to seek His Kingdom and Righteousness
For wisdom and discernment in my decision
To have a heart of the people in Mazatlan
Contact email for newsletters: Luisgarin@awakenlv.org
Leona Karni
Missionary 1979 continuing in 2023
As a pioneer missionary Leona has broken ground in establishing and developing ministries that include but are not limited to; Church Planting and establishing Bible Colleges in several different countries. Additionally, Leona conducted the earliest and most extensive research on the Child Slave Market and established a ministry in Prevention for Children At Risk. She has Developed, Taught/Teaches a Christian Counseling course used for Children of War and for Leaders in War Torn Countries. Leona also teaches a History and Geography course which she developed and wrote the text book for and trains Children’s Ministry Leaders in the use of the Confident Kids Program. She is a published author whose books have been translated into Spanish and Thai languages.
Currently based in Las Vegas, Leona continues her ministry, at age 79, by going on short-term missions’ trips. Increasingly her focus has become on equipping churches by training in a Biblical Guidance course she has developed and assisting in establishing the counseling ministry for churches. Her ministry has taken her to every continent (except Australia) and around the world countless times.
Bonnie Knight
Serves as the Missionary Internship Coordinator at Calvary Training Center La Gloria, Mexico
Vision: to share the love and hope of our Lord Jesus Christ by building relationships with the community in Tijuana and making Christ known to everyone I meet.
After completing a year-long internship at Awaken Discipleship & Training Center in La Gloria, Mexico, I now feel God calling me to return to the mission field. I have been given the opportunity to oversee the missionary internship program at ADTC where I will work with interns by coordination various events, assisting with administrative needs, and guiding them during their stay. Your prayers are appreciated, as I take this step into full-time missions.
Prayer Requests:
To learn the language
For my transition back into the mission field to go smoothly
For protection and strength
To build strong relationships with the locals and the staff
L Family
Rich and Sue have been working with unreached people groups since 1981. An unreached people group is an ethnic group without an indigenous, self-propagating Christian church movement. We focus on using media strategy to enable seekers to identify themselves to national and expatriate workers in their country, who can share the Gospel and disciple them with the aim of seeing a church planting movement. Today, this is primarily an online digital strategy using social media platforms and advertising to provide a way for many thousands of unreached people to learn about and follow Jesus. Learn more about media to movements by visiting www.mediatomovements.org.
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Pray with us that we will grow to be more like Jesus daily, reflecting him to all those we encounter.
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Pray that God will establish multiplying churches among the unreached peoples of the world
Pavlat Family
They have now retired from the missions field but we continue to support them for their long term of service. For the past 25 years, Rick and Ollie have been ministering to those precious people of the Manila garbage dump. Throughout their stay in the Philippines, Rick and Ollie have felt they are an arm of Calvary Chapel Las Vegas, reaching out in sharing the love and saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. One of Rick’s greatest blessings from his time in the Philippines was when he met his wife Olympia (Ollie). She is a Filipina from the north, from a place called Isabella. They have been married for over nine years now, and for the past 7 years, have been leading the Balut ministry while serving also as National Administrator & regional director for YWAM Philippines National Capital Region.
Roenspie Family
Vision: To train and disciple a new generation of leaders, church planters and missionaries while building up the church in Latin America.
We are praying for unity as a family and with the Awaken Discipleship and Training Center family and the extended Awaken Community;
Deepened relationships with local church leaders;
Opportunities to train and equip leaders;
Provision for our health and the future
Please Pray
· Dependence on the Lord
· God’s financial provision
· For our children to grow and witness God move in this new season
To receive our newsletter, send an email with the title NEWSLETTER REQUEST to jeff@awakndtc.org
Valenzuela Family
The Valenzuela Family currently lives in Madrid, Spain where they have been actively planting the church RAÍCES MADRID since October of 2017.
Tifiny and Esteban came from very different homes. Tifiny grew up in a conservative Christian home where she was raised with biblical values. Esteban was raised in a much more liberal environment and lived wildly during his young adult years. Shortly after getting saved in 1999 the Lord took Esteban on an adventure that spanned the USA and Europe, eventually leading him to West Virginia where he met Tifiny in early 2004. After marrying in 2005 Esteban and Tifiny lived in Southern California where they worked and served in the local church. Within the next ten years the Lord added three beautiful children to our family.
In 2010 the Lord began to stir Esteban’s heart for Spain during a season of intense suffering and trials. While still serving in the local church the Lord confirmed the call to Spain between 2010 to 2014. Having the support of the church and the elders of CC Canyon Hills we launched out as a family of 5 to Spain, where we have residing since January of 2015.
Eduardo Valle
During the 2022 Collective course the Lord gave me the call to plant a Church in the city of Guadalajara. During my preparation the Lord opened the doors to be able to start serving full time in AWAKEN DTC. I have been serving as the coordinator of the collective course and this has been a great learning experience. I believe the Lord used this experience to prepare me in the planning of planting a Church in Guadalajara
Wilson Family
The Wilsons have been serving with Youth for Christ International since 1998. What propels them forward is the vision of seeing the church planted among every tribe, tongue, people group, and nation. They are also passionate about creating self-sustaining ministry models that allow individuals from indigenous communities to carry on the work of evangelism and discipleship without having to depend on donations and funding. Since 2010, they have been equipping young leaders and church planters all across the globe to use business as a way to catalyze spiritual, economic, and social transformation for the glory of God. They help lead the Live Dead Arab World Church Planting Partnership which plants churches, among the unreached of the Arab World, through teams.