Lamont and Shannon Weniger have always had a passion for youth and missions. Mont served the Glide community as Pastor to Youth and Families at Glide Baptist Church from 1998-2009, leading six mission trips and many community wide, multi-church events over the years. In 2009, Mont and Shannon answered the call to go to Papua New Guinea and serve as Children’s Boarding Home parents for Wycliffe Bible Translators. This was a step beyond youth ministry, as the teens of Bible translators, other mission workers, and even some business owners came to live with Mont and Shannon while they attended Ukarumpa International School. Over a decade, they had 78 different teens from 16 different countries as part of their family.

Now, God has led them to join a state-side recruitment team with Wycliffe. They will find potential recruits, evaluate their readiness, mentor them about missionary life, and help them move toward application with Wycliffe or a partner organization. Covid has helped people realize that time is short, and there are many people who still haven’t received God’s love letter to them, or heard the saving news of the gospel, in a language that they best understand. As recruiters, Mont and Shannon will have the opportunity to send many more workers into the field. By partnering with them financially or through prayer, you can make an eternal difference to many people groups around the world.