Missions

Jordan Smith is CrossRoads first foreign sent missionary. She graduated from ODU and interned with the church and went on her first missions trip through CrossRoads. She is now a missionary with TEAM and will be serving at Rancho El Camino until 2022. She will be taking language and culture classes, helping run youth ministries, and helping facilitate retreats for local businesses and organizations. She works with at risk youth who have dropped out of school and are at-rick for abuse, addiction, gang violence, and human trafficking.

The Johnson's are working in La Paz, Mexico, a city of 215,000 people near the southern tip of the Baja peninsula. They are currently the Directors of Rancho El Camino, serving the people of La Paz through recreational therapy programs and community development initiatives. They work alongside the local churches and the local government in providing programs for children, teens, and families. The ranch has a strong missional focus among teens in Mexico and the US. They host short term teams who come to learn how to live a life of service and compassion and work alongside and through their already existing programs. Additionally, the Ranch hosts a summer internship program focused on raising up the next generation for a life of service and missions. 

Rob and Yoko Taylor, with their sons and daughter are foreign workers to the 2nd most unreached nation in the world. In the prefecture of Nagano, the Taylors bring the community and local church together using sports, English, summer camps, orphanage work, and ministering to young moms. They are also involved in church leadership, church planting, and discipleship.

Dr. Jenny Cerullo and Dr. Maria Ball are the founders of Kerus Global Education. They have been working worldwide in the fight against HIV/AIDS for almost twenty years. They provide strategic consulting and training for governmental agencies, educational institutions, and faith communities throughout the world. Together, they have created and written curricula and training programs for key organizations interested in promoting character development, life skills and the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Their work has been translated into 23 languages and is in use in 56 countries. Jennie and Marcia are also actively involved in the care of orphan and vulnerable children through their orphan care center, the Kerus House of Encouragement, in Soshanguve, South Africa.