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The Ross Family
The Ross family currently serves full-time in Northern Thailand, focusing on church planting and supporting the missionary community. Ashley works as a school counselor at a local international school, where she also invests in discipling young people. Justin gives leadership to church planting, mission development, and the spread of the gospel throughout Northern Thailand and into surrounding countries, while serving as the Executive Director of Sparrow Missions. Their children, Aaron, Gracie, and Abi, attend school locally and have embraced life in Thailand with joy and enthusiasm.
Their journey began in 2009, when Justin and Ashley moved to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and founded Sparrow Missions. In 2022, they relocated to Thailand to expand Sparrow’s vision and impact. Justin continues to guide the organization with a strong emphasis on developing and equipping local leaders, while also pursuing his doctoral studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. Ashley, after completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Oklahoma, went on to earn two master’s degrees in biblical discipleship and school counseling. Together, the Ross family continues to serve faithfully as missionaries, carrying the heart of Sparrow Missions into new contexts.
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The Weeks Family
Since 2014, Chris and Alishia Weeks have called San Pedro Sula, Honduras, home. Serving alongside their four boys—Brayan, Andy, Micah, and Luca—they pour into the Rancho Bonito community and Sparrow Academy through discipleship, education, pastoral care, and community development, always pointing others to the hope of the Gospel.
Chris and Alishia Weeks joined the Sparrow Missions family in 2014 after several years of short-term trips. After serving in many roles throughout Santiago and San Pedro, Alishia now directs the “Sponsor a Sparrow” program, connecting Sparrows with their sponsors, and leads several women’s and girls’ discipleship groups each week, empowering young ladies to disciple others. Chris serves as Projects Manager, overseeing construction and maintenance in San Pedro, teaches Bible classes to high school students, and is the Educational Systems Advisor at Sparrow Academy. He also directs the internship program, guiding former Sparrow Academy students into the next stages of life, and serves families in Rancho Bonito and missionaries across Honduras as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Since 2022, Chris has been the preaching elder at Kainos Christian Church, a church plant serving the Rancho Bonito community and meeting at Sparrow Academy every Sunday.
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The Thompson Family
John and Abi are passionate about helping people know Jesus and have spent their 17 years of marriage serving, traveling, and raising their three children—Emma, Grace, and Micah. Their journey includes church planting, global ministry, and a lifetime shaped by cross-cultural experiences. In 2023, God led their family to Lima, Peru, where they now serve with Sparrow as they follow His calling to reestablish and renew an historic and prominent church and joining and encouraging the Gospel movement that God is building throughout the city.
Prior to joining Sparrow, the Thompson family planted a multiethnic church in Northeast Atlanta, not far from where John was raised. Before church planting, John served as a College and Student Pastor, an adjunct professor, and the Senior Director of Global Impact at the Agapao Movement, with a focus on training and equipping global leaders in South Asia. Before entering full-time church ministry, John served nearly 12 years in the US Army.
Abi was born in Manila, Philippines and grew up in a missionary family, living across the United States, Brazil, and Peru. Abi’s childhood took her all over the world, but she spent most of her formative years living between the Pacific Northwest and Tampa Bay.
The Glover Family
Jacob and Rebeca Glover have been faithfully serving Iglesia Sublime Gracia in Villanueva, Honduras, since 2019. Through teaching, discipleship, outreach, and leadership development, they have helped plant and grow the church, bringing hope, transformation, and the life-changing message of the Gospel to their community.
Jacob, originally from Bailey, North Carolina, moved to Honduras in 2019 with a heart to serve and share the Gospel. He is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and dedicates his life to pastoring, teaching, and discipling through the ministry of Iglesia Sublime Gracia. Rebeca (Beca) is from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and is completing her degree in Logistics Engineering. She has a special calling to teach teenage girls about Jesus, guiding them to grow in faith and godly character.
Jacob serves as Elder at Sublime Gracia Church where he preaches and shepherds the congregation each week. Beca serves as the Church Ministry Director at Sublime Gracia Church, organizing church life and events. Their mission is to glorify God by proclaiming His Word and equipping the church to fulfill the Great Commission in Honduras and beyond.
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Margie Castro
Margie serves the Hmong community in Rong San Village, Thailand alongside Pastor Ake and Phii Pai through discipleship, relationships, and local ministry support. She invests in kids and youth, strengthens community programs, and partners with the local church to share God’s love.
What started as a summertime hobby—translating for mission teams in Honduras became a lifelong calling. For nearly nine years, Margie served with our team in Honduras, reaching the Rancho Bonito community and investing in Sparrow Academy. She worked as a part of our Communications Team as well. But, eventually, God began stirring a next step in Margie's heart. God opened a door for Margie to go as a Missionary to serve the unreached in Northern Thailand, specifically the Hmong people.
Margie has been able to walk alongside the Ross family, Pastor Ake, and Phîi Pai in church planting and to witness communities encounter the hope of Christ, some for the very first time. Each day is a reminder of God’s faithfulness and the beautiful ways He continues to work beyond anything we can imagine.
The Salviano Family
The Salviano family - Maron, Juliana, and their daughter Ana Mel - serve in Thailand, using education and sports to share the Gospel and invest in the next generation. For more than two decades, they have devoted their lives to serving the Lord across nations and cultures.
Their missionary journey began in Brazil, continued through eight impactful years in China, and now extends to Thailand, where they continue to pour their hearts into God’s work. Since 2004, they have embraced a clear calling: to use education as a powerful tool to share the Gospel and demonstrate the love of God. Maron, a certified soccer coach, reaches out to the next generation through the sport, building relationships, teaching values, and planting seeds of faith on and off the field. Juliana serves as a full-time volunteer teacher, investing daily in the lives of elementary students with patience, joy, and a servant’s heart. Ana Mel, their 11-year-old daughter, is growing up in ministry life as a kind and compassionate girl who loves the Lord.
Together, they are a family on mission, ordinary people serving an extraordinary God, willing to Know God and striving to make His love known wherever He leads.
The Kidkamnual Family
Pastor Ake and Pai serve in the Hmong community of Rong San, where they lead local ministry, disciple families, teach children and youth, and invest deeply in relationships throughout the village. Alongside their two daughters, they are building a Christ-centered presence through Bible teaching, worship, English classes, and community outreach. Their heart is to see their village know Jesus and grow in His love.
Pastor Ake and Pai’s story began at a Bible Seminary in Bangkok, where their shared passion for ministry first brought them together. After completing their studies, they sensed a clear calling from God to return as missionaries to Pai’s home village of Rong San. With humility and deep conviction, they stepped into this Hmong community, where animistic traditions run deep, carrying with them the hope of the Gospel.
Since 2020, alongside their two daughters, they have invested their lives in this village—building trust, nurturing relationships, and faithfully sharing God’s truth. They are joined by the Ross Family, Margie, Karely, and Maron. Their journey reflects a beautiful story of obedience, love, and perseverance in a place they now wholeheartedly call home.
The Duran Family
Brian and Diana serve with the Sparrow Team at Union Church in Lima, Peru, helping to strengthen a Gospel-centered, multiplying church in the city.
After starting their family in 2017, staying close to home and near family seemed like the obvious choice for Brian and Diana. However, God had other plans. In 2021, while expecting their third child, they relocated to metro Atlanta where they planned to find their “forever home” and settle down.
A year and a half later, God began to stir unexpected desires in their hearts to serve in overseas missions. Through prayer and a season of discernment, it became clear that God was calling them to go as missionaries to Peru. Brian completed a Pastoral Mentorship and uses his skills to lead and shepherd the congregation at Union Church alongside the Thompson Family.
Brian, DIana, and their three children are committed to a life of ministry wherever the Lord leads and are delighted to be able to continue to serve Him in Lima.
Karely Enamorado
Karely serves alongside Pastor Ake and Phii Pai in Rong San Village, Thailand. She invests in the local community through local church participation, discipleship and mentorship with young girls, youth classes, and more.
Karely has been a part of the Sparrow Honduras Team for almost a decade, serving in Rancho Bonito and Sparrow Academy as a translator, Bible Study Leader, and mentor to young women. She has also been instrumental in helping to provide medical care to our Sparrows at the Academy.
By trade, Karely is a Doctor who completed Medical school and residency in Honduras. But, she always knew that her calling to serve God went beyond medicine. As she prayed, God began to open doors for her to use the gifts He has given her to serve cross-culturally. In August 2026, Karely moved to Chiang Rai, Thailand to serve alongside our Thailand Team.
Karely is a dynamic addition to the team in Thailand, bringing joy and fun to the community, and sowing Gospel seeds that will continue to be watered.
