Missionaries We Support

Rodney and Jolanda have been missionaries with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) since 1997. They have lived and served in Bosnia, Herzegovina, The Netherlands and Colorado Springs, CO, USA. Through various missions and ministry trips throughout the years, they have impacted people in 16 different countries, spanning five continents! 

In 2013 they and their two daughters, Lisa and Sarah, moved from The Netherlands to Colorado Springs where they worked with a small communications-oriented YWAM team called Y360. 

Currently, Jolanda works in missionary care with Excelling Leaders. She provides debriefing for missionaries and their families. 

If you would like to support her ministry, you can give online through River of Life or send a check to River of Life with a note that it is for Jolanda Blevins.

Dan Falquez is from Miami, Arizona, and has been a minister with the Pentecostal Church of God since 1981. He has ministered in the US and foreign mission fields of South America, The Pacific Islands, and Asia as a missionary and evangelist. He met his wife Hermine in Hong Kong, China in 1987 where she had already been serving since 1984 as a missionary with Youth with a Mission to Asia. Hermine is a German national holding dual citizenship as an American since 2013. In 1988 the Falquez’s were married in Hong Kong and continued to minister there until 1989.

After leaving Hong Kong in 1989, the Falquez family resided in Globe-Miami, Arizona, working and ministering with the River of Life PCG. The Falquez’s received their mission appointment from the Pentecostal Church of God to Germany in 1997 and have been there since 1999.

If you would like to support their ministry, you can give online through River of Life or send a check to River of Life with a note that it is for Dan and Hermine Falquez. 

Dennis and his late wife Ruth moved to Sorsogon City, Philippines in April of 2008, and in June of 2008, they established Sorsogon Jubilee Bible Training Center.

The goal of the Bible Training Center is to teach basic Bible doctrine during the 1st year to those who are genuinely interested in learning the Word of God. The 2nd year is designed to prepare them for ministry. The Bible Training Center is designed, not only to give them knowledge but to also show the students the necessity of applying what they learn.

Hundreds of Filipinos, including many pastors, have graduated from Jubilee Bible Training Center.  

Contact Info: U.S. CP#: (928) 812-5429 – Philippine CP#: (0950) 825-5574
E-Mails: Ministry: jubileeministries.crick52@gmail.com or Personal: dcrick1952@gmail.com

If you would like to support his ministry, you can give online through River of Life or send a check to River of Life with a note that it is for Dennis Crick.

Sandi Glee Ballew, Prophetic Minister, and Marla Jackson, Prophetic Worship Leader, are co-founders of Stonethrowers. "We stand in faith and intercession with the church as it receives its new identity in Christ as Living Stones. We train and encourage the body to skillfully lay hold of the stones that will take down the giants in the lives of all believers in Jesus Christ." 

For more information about Stonethrowers and/or to support their ministry, go to stonethrowers.com. You can also give online through River of Life or send a check to River of Life with a note that it is for Stonethrowers. 

Emily grew up in Globe, AZ, attending River of Life Church. She is an ordained Assemblies of God minister and a newly appointed missionary associate heading to Kenya. 

With a heart for the gospel and a passion for reaching the next generation, Emily has served in NextGen and missions ministry since 2013. Now stepping into full-time missions, she is excited to partner with local churches and leaders in Kenya to share the love of Jesus and help disciple children and youth. 

Her journey reflects a lifelong call to ministry, a deep commitment to the Great Commission, and a desire to see lives transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit.

For more information about Emily and/or to support her ministry, check out her Linktree. You can also give online through River of Life or send a check to River of Life with a note that it is for Emily Shipman.