John has been married to his wife, Emily, for over twenty years. John serves as the
Missions Pastor at Green Acres Baptist Church. He leads a team that has the privilege
of serving over seventy partners worldwide. Emily works for Church Missions Network
and focuses on mobilization efforts sending church leaders and their congregations to
nine East African countries.

They have four children and love growing and serving together as a family. Abigail is 20
and she is currently a junior at UT Tyler. Ethan is 19 and is a sophomore at ETBU. Isaac
is a junior and Joel is a sophomore both at Bullard High School.

John has a doctorate in church planting and evangelism and has over 20 years of
ministry experience in the local church. He has served in churches of all sizes including
serving in student ministry, adult ministry, missions, and as a lead pastor.

Over the last 13 years, John has been a part of revitalizing, starting, and strengthening
churches in the U.S. and around the world. He has ministry partnerships and
connections on every continent and loves serving, equipping, and empowering the local
church. John loves coaching ministers, missionaries, church planters, and pastors
encouraging them to think constructively and evaluating ministry with clarity, vision,
strategy, and intentionality.

John’s passion is unleashing the potential of the church globally. Equipping,
empowering, and encouraging those who serve locally, domestically, and abroad. These
servants are the primary target of John’s passion so that the church can reach their
neighbors and the nations.

I have the privilege of currently serving missionaries and church planters in Japan,
Australia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, England, Scotland, Zambia, Malawi,
Kenya, Rwanda, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, and across the USA. Most of my
experience missionally is in East Africa. The majority of the work I do is centered around
church planting and church strengthening.

Family fun is traveling, ATV’s, dirt-bikes, and sports. I love learning about new cultures,
although, new foods make me nervous. My favorite genre of book is pretty boring…I
love Bible commentaries. Haha. Emily and I met at church but not in a way I have heard
many others talk about. I had become the interim student minister at a church and Emily
was in college. Her dad was my lead student volunteer. I hung out at their house all the
time. I started a college bible study and called him one day curious why his daughter
was not coming to bible study. He replied, “I don’t know. Have you talked to her about
it?” Of course, I had not. So I called her and told her, “I am coming to pick you up for
Bible study.” She said, “Ok.” That was the beginning! Haha. I have a bachelor’s degree
in physical education. I came to faith as a college student with little to no experience
with the local church. After coming to faith, I thought I could influence high school
students as a coach. So I pursued education. While I was pursuing education, the
opportunity surfaced to become a student minister for a local church and I just said yes!
I never looked back and the Lord blessed ministry in and through the local church. I was
not a good student and honestly did not like school. However, in the Lord’s humor, I now
have a master’s degree in theology and a doctorate in church planting.

Program

Since 1937 the evangelical missionary community of Guatemala has gathered to worship, fellowship, pray, play and enjoy time together. For many, especially those who are in smaller mission organizations or live in rural areas of the country, Intermissions provides a once a year opportunity to worship and hear God’s word taught in English. It provides the place to renew old friendships. It affords the space to spend time away from your ministry focus in order to hear God in a new and fresh way.

The Framing and Finishing Committees are already working on next year’s conference. Stay tuned here and on ther Intermissions Guatemala Facebook Page for the latest information on conference package prices, date of registration in the fall, and other information as it becomes available.

PACKAGE A CONFERENCE, LODGING, MEALS (Click for more information)

All-inclusive package, including lodging at the conference hotel(s). Also includes the
conference sessions and workshops, all meals and snacks (including youth and
children’s programs), and the special services offered by the Servant Team.

ALL of the following requirements must be met to qualify for Package A:

• CURRENTLY RESIDING AND WORKING IN GUATEMALA AS MID-TERM
  MISSIONARY(IES), HAVING MADE A COMMITMENT TO SERVE IN GUATEMALA FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS.
• AT LEAST ONE SPOUSE HAS ENGLISH AS HIS/HER FIRST LANGUAGE AND
  HOLDS A PASSPORT FROM A COUNTRY OTHER THAN GUATEMALA.
• HAVING ARRIVED IN THE COUNTRY BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1 of the year prior to
  conference.

A registration form must be filled out by the missionaries online prior to the conference by logging
into your account at https://intermissionsgt.org/system/?page=conference_registration

• Adults (Ages 18 & up): Q.1,200
• Youth (Ages 12-17): Q.1,200
• Child (Ages 3-11): Q.600
• Child (Ages 0-2): Free

*The age at the time of the first day of the conference. Children high school age and below must be
accompanied by at least one adult family member who qualifies as an Intermission member.

NOTE: For those families who may need an additional room, there may be an additional charge for the
weekend.
Also, if a single person requests a room by him/herself, there will be an additional charge of Q.800
for the weekend. Single/Extra rooms will ONLY be assigned ifspace is available in the hotel.

PACKAGE B CONFERENCE, MEALS (NO LODGING) (Click for more information)

This is a conference and meal only package for missionaries that qualify for Package A, numbers 1 and 2
as outlined above, but that arrived in Guatemala on or after September 1 of the year prior to the
conference date. Package B is also for missionaries who qualify for Package A but prefer to secure their
own lodging.  This package includes the conference sessions and workshops, all meals and snacks
(including youth and children’s programs), and the special services offered by the Servant Team. IT
DOES NOT INCLUDE LODGING

A registration form must be filled out by the missionaries online prior to the conference at https://intermissionsgt.org/system/?page=conference_registration

• Adults (Ages 18 & up)*: Q.1,100
• Youth (Ages 12-17): Q.1,100
• Child (Ages 3-11): Q.500
• Child (Ages 0-2)*: Free

*The age at the time of the first day of the conference. Children high school age and below must be
accompanied by at least one adult family member who qualifies as an Intermission member.

CONFERENCE & MEALS (NO LODGING) (Click for more information)

This package is for anyone who doesn’t qualify for Packages A or B but falls into one of these categories:
family member of missionary attending, active missionary in another country, vision team for future
Intermissions supporters, approved short-term missionaries (under 12 months commitment), Supporting
Ministries, national staff manning an approved display table.

Package C includes only the conference sessions and snacks (including youth and children’s programs).
This package does not include lodging.

If possible, a registration form should be filled out by the missionary online prior to the conference
at https://intermissionsgt.org/system/?page=conference_registration

• Adults (Ages 18 & up): Q.1300
• Youth (Ages 12-17): Q.1300
• Child (Ages 3-11): Q.1300
• Child (Ages 0-2): Q.300

Package C registrants may not stay at the main conference hotel(s) unless there are extra rooms available,
after the missionaries receive their room assignments. If they do stay at the main hotel(s), they must pay
the full price for their lodging which is more than the subsidized price that the missionaries pay. Each
request will be evaluated on an individual basis by the Framing Committee. Please feel free to contact the
registrar with any questions

*The age at the time of the first day of the conference. Children high school age and below must be
accompanied by at least one adult family member who qualifies as an Intermission member.

CANCELLATIONS (Click for more information)

NOTE: ONCE RESERVATIONS ARE MADE, THERE WILL BE A CANCELLATION FEE OF Q200
PER PERSON FOR ANYONE 12 AND OLDER WHO CANCELS FOR WHATEVER REASON.
ALSO, YOU MAY NOT “SELL” YOUR ROOM TO ANOTHER PERSON. ALL RESERVATIONS
AND CHANGES MUST BE MADE THROUGH THE REGISTRATION COORDINATOR.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DENY ADMISSION TO THE CONFERENCE TO ANY
PERSON.

Counseling Services (Click for more information)

As missionaries we all deal with a high stress level on any given day. Some studies suggest that most missionaries live constantly over the dangerous stress level indicators. Another significant factor is we find ourselves with no one to talk to about these stressors. That is why it is so exciting to have professional Christian counselors with us each year at the conference.

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