 Cathi Chrisco
Global Teams Missionary since 2005
From
USA
Missionary to
Asia
Currently on
Home Assignment
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We moved several times as I was growing up – across the country and
overseas. Part of my childhood was spent in Japan – years I treasure in
every way. That shaped a major part of my life and influences it to the
present.
Being a member and serving on the local and Southern California boards of
Sister Cities International gave me over twenty years of wonderful
experiences making friends abroad and here, learning each others’ cultures,
hosting and being hosted. The time came when I felt a call to reach out in a
new way – mission work - and my venture with Sister Cities would be a corner
stone.
I love sharing my faith with people, being active in my church and
serving it in a variety of ways for as long as I can remember. At a Cursillo
retreat, my friend, Sandy, told me about her experience with Horizons. That
got my attention! A call to Kevin, and I knew I was taking the next Horizons
offered – summer, 2001 – my first association with Global Teams. I finished
the training realizing that I had been led where God wanted me – with a
mission organization in whose people I could see Christ alive, and whose
philosophy matched my own. I wanted to be part of Global Teams and take His
message to people, through their culture, particularly in Asia and
specifically in Mongolia. I was excited yet still had a few years to teach
before retiring. Retired now, I was appointed July, 2005.
In 2001 a prayer group began meeting in my home, praying for God to open
doors in Mongolia. Some prayers have been answered. Funds have been provided
to send a missionary priest from South Korea, full time, to Mongolia.
Connections have been made with Mongolian people in the US and in Mongolia.
God may land me there yet?
Other mission experiences include leading a group to South Korea to teach
English – summer of 2005 and participating in a group going to Uganda – this
summer, 2006.
My three children and their families are my delight! Bible study, Group
Reunion and reading provide accountability, growth and quiet time. Curves
(exercise) keeps me from growing old…..too fast. Playing bridge, planting
flowers, painting in pastels, and doing things with Red Hat friends capture
my time to relax and have fun.
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