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George & Linda Henson
Pastors George & Linda Henson were married in 1976 after meeting in an alcohol recovery program. Although they have no children of their own, their family includes five children from prior marriages; Jackie, Linda, Jimmy, Christy and Shane and the Grandchildren. Linda was born in Burlington, Wa., and although George talks funny because he's from Oklahoma, they have always lived in the Sedro Woolley, Wa. area since being married.
George and Linda have always been involved in helping men and women with alcohol and drug problems and have held various positions within the alcohol recovery program. George was instrumental in starting an Alcohol and Drug program for a local union and served four years on the Division of Alcohol & Substance Abuse Citizen's Advisory Council in Olympia, Wa.
After working as an electrical apprentice for the first two years of their marriage, George went to work for the Shell Oil Refinery, which later became, Tesoro Refining, and retired as an Operations Supervisor in June, 2003 to work in the ministry full-time. George and Linda joined Central United Methodist Church in 1991, where they were involved in many aspects of ministry. Although, Linda had a committment to Jesus Christ at the age of 10, George was not born again until 1995. George's "call" to serve the Lord full time was affirmed in Oct. 1997 and the pursuit of this call led them to Bethel Assembly of God in Sedro Woolley, Wa. in August of 1999.
The Lord gave the vision for Harvest Vision Ministries to them while they were on a youth mission trip to San Luis, Mexico in August, 2000 and subsequent trips and the ministry began immediately. George received his pastoral license through Christian Life Outreach Ministries (Apostle George Watkins) in Mt. Vernon, Wa.,in January 2002 in cooperation with Pastor Billy Farrar, Bethel Assembly of God, Sedro Woolley, Wa.
Harvest Vision Ministries was incorporated as non-profit 501-C-3 ministry in June, 2002. George serves as President and Executive Director and Linda serves as Secretary and Director. George was ordained and Linda received her pastoral license in June, 2003 and they were commissioned through Bethel Assembly of God, Sedro Woolley, Wa. to Harvest Vision Ministries.
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Chris & Heather Sanderson
Chris & Heather Sanderson were married in 1993 and have been involved together in ministry since that time. They are raising their two children, Ezra--born Oct. 30, 1998 and Lucy--born June 17th, 2001. Chris graduated from Lutheran Bible Institute in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in youth and family ministry. He served as Youth Pastor at Avon Church in Mt. Vernon, Wa. from 1997-2002. In 2003, Chris & Heather sensed the Lord's call for their family to serve full-time with Harvest Vision Ministries. Chris serves as Vice-President and Director and Heather serves as Director and treasurer. Chris received his pastoral license through Christian Life Outreach Ministries (Apostle George Watkins) in Mt. Vernon, Wa. in June 2003 and was commissioned from Bethel Assembly of God, Sedro Woolley, Wa. to Harvest Vision Ministries. The Sanderson family moved to San Luis, Mexico in March 2006 where they coordinated the ministry until returning to Skagit Valley in August, 2007. Heather ministers to women at the Skagit County Jail and works a a local grocery store. Chris has worked for Catholic Community Services since December of 2008 where he works with at risk youth and their families Chris and his family’s familiarity with the Mexican culture and their understanding of the Spanish language are very useful in coordinating ministry in Skagit Valley and in San Luis.
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Kylee Wilman
Kylee Wilman was born in Sedro-Woolley and is the granddaughter of George and Linda Henson the founders of Harvest Vision Ministries. Kylee grew up going to church in Skagit Valley and was a member of the first team to San Luis in August 2000. Kylee has had the chance to watch Harvest Vision Ministries evolve and expand and has been on 20 mission trips to San Luis, Mexico and one trip to minister with the First Nations tribes in Alert Bay, BC. She has two daughters, Madilyn and Hailey. Madilyn was born in June 2008 and has already enjoyed 4 trips to San Luis and her sister Hailey was born in June 2010. Kylee has helped with designing the website, doing local presentations and fundraising, as well as leading and planning trips to San Luis. Kylee joined the Harvest Vision Ministries board in May 2010 and is helping coordinate all ministry in Mexico.
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Dina Wilkins - Over-All Communications Assitant / Africa Liason
Dina Wilkins was born in Everett, WA on October 10th, 1989. She was born again during the summer after her sophomore year of high school at a Christ In Youth conference in Oregon. She became a straight A student and was promoted to manager of Suntana Tanning Salon at age 17. She continued to attend church every week however she lived very religiously and did not have a relationship with God. Towards the end of her senior year she began to backslide and after graduating and moving into her own apartment she let herself go completely. While attending Edmonds Community College she met a friend from a previous class who was doing a bible study at the college. She started attending the bible study, began to go to church again and rededicated her life to Christ completely by the new year of 2009. She began to have a relationship with Jesus and found herself feeling called to Africa. She met George and Linda Henson through their granddaughter Kylee Wilman. After meeting with them a few times they all knew that it was God’s will for her to go to Africa. She dropped everything, quit school, quit her job and went to Africa. After she spent four months living in Africa she returned to the United states. She moved to Skagit Valley August of 2010 and currently serves as a barista at Common Ground Community cafe and a sales associate at Tree Of Life Christian Outlet both part time while serving as the Over-All Communications Assistand and Africa Liason to Harvest Vision Ministries. 20th
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Amber Ranahan - Over-all Communications Assistant
Amber was born and raised in Bellingham Washington on June 28th1989. She was saved when she was 10 and was baptized, she didn’t know God intimately yet but then she got older and went to high school. She fell into the world and was very far from God. Spring break of her senior year she was arrested in Alabama and stayed the night in Jail. That was the start of her path toward Christ again, she called out to him to let her go home and she would start over. She still did not fully submit her life to Christ. After high school she attended beauty school in Mount Vernon. She was still living very much in the world including doing drugs. When she finished beauty school she got a job at The Experience Salon. Her Boss had found out she was doing drugs through the grape vine and confronted her, he explained that he would fire her if she did not quit and would UA her until she did. It was God grace through him that brought her back. He challenged and encouraged her to be the person he knew she could be. This was the path she knew she always wanted so she dived hard into her faith it was then that she was reborn. She recommitted her life to Christ by a second baptism in 2010 and truly died to her old life. About and year later she moved down to Burlington to be closer to her work, it was then that she started to get involved locally. She is now a youth leader at Bethany Covenant Church, and is a volunteer at Pregnancy Choices speaking to the youth about abstinence. She was asked by one of her guest Stacy LaCount to join her on a mission trip to Mexico on April 2011. She was brought to meet the team including George and Linda. When she was in Mexico her faith was rocked and she was totally broken for Christ. After the mission trip her heart couldn’t get enough and she felt God calling her to get more involved. When she got home from Mexico she took some time for prayer and felt God pulling her to Jeremiah the first thing she read was, "O Sovereign Lord," I said, "I can't speak for you! I'm too young!"The Lord replied, "Don't say, 'I'm too young,' for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you. And don't be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and will protect you. I, the Lord, have spoken!" (Jeremiah 1:6-8) She knew God wanted her involved in his work full time.
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Dale Robertson
Dale Robertson was born in 1951 in Sedro Woolley, Washington and has spent his entire life in Skagit Valley. Dale’s neighbors took him to church until he was about 7 years old. Dale started attending church at the Community Covenant Church in Clear Lake in 1993, but didn’t make a full commitment to Jesus Christ until he attended a Promise Keeper’s Men’s Conference in November, 1994, a month after his teenage son, Scott, lost his life in an automobile accident. Scott had a son named Scott, who still lives in the area. Dale’s first son, Andrew, had passed away at 3 months of age. Dale also has another son, Rusty and wife, Reagan, and granddaughter, Riland. After the separation from his wife, Dale took an early retirement from his job at PACCAR, to raise his daughters, Vanessa and McKenzie who has a daughter, Jennifer. Dale continues to be involved locally in the Sedro Woolley museum and the John Deere tractor club. Dale has been a faithful member of the Covenant Church and it was through his involvement in Men’s ministry that he became acquainted with Harvest Vision Ministries. The Community Covenant Church has always supported the ministry through opening their facility to host Men’s, Women’s and Family worship activities and members have been involved in missions to Mexico through Harvest Vision, including various trips that Dale’s daughter, Vanessa, has made. Dale opened up his shop on Minkler Road in Sedro Woolley in the summer of 2008 to convert a travel trailer into a portable, self-contained worship trailer to be used in Mexico. The work on the trailer attracted many people from different church families to participate and a weekly fellowship began to be held in the shop. In August 2009, after the first trailer had been taken to Mexico, a 32’ travel trailer was donated and has been converted for local ministry in Skagit Valley with instruments, sound and video system, puppet stage and self-contained generator power system. Dale is the coordinator for the trailer ministry in Skagit Valley.
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Wayne Watne
Wayne was born in Western Washington and has spent nearly all his life living and working there. Wayne accepted Christ at Vacation Bible School held at an elderly neighbor ladies house in the summer of 1969. He was raised and involved in youth group in an independent bible church in Port Angeles for most of his youth. After falling away for several years, he returned to Christ as he attended college in Oregon in 2001. Since that time Wayne has been involved in men’s ministries, small group teaching, and assisting with youth activities in the churches he has been involved with. After making some trips to Mexico with Harvest Vision Ministries, Wayne joined the Board of Directors and was the coordinator for Chehalis Valley.
After living 3-years in the Chehalis Valley, Wayne has recently moved back to Skagit Valley as a fisheries biologist with Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. Wayne spends a lot of time working with various tribes, state agencies, and timber companies in his career and is able to work with a diverse group of people tending toward science and evolution and has an unusual opportunity to share the creation story with scientists and others. There are several people who find it odd that a scientist can believe in Creation rather than evolution.
During Wayne’s schooling at Oregon State University he worked closely with Native American cultures and developed a huge love and respect for their culture. Since then God has placed a huge burden and a passion to work with indigenous cultures to share the Gospel with them. Wayne has recently been on a trip to Alert Bay, British Columbia and eagerly hopes to make regular visits to Vancouver Island Columbia to work with First Nations peoples. Wayne got married to his sweetie (Rebecca) from Courtenay, BC Canada on March 20, 2011. She is the grandmother of twin boys who are First Nations further increasing Wayne’s desire to work with Indigenous cultures in Washington and British Columbia.
Wayne continues to coordinate work with friends from Chehalis Valley, works with the local ministry in Skagit Valley and is helping to coordinate work locally and in British Columbia with the Native American people.
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. Matthew 28:18-20
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Adam and Elisabeth Waldron
In 2008, Elisabeth went on a 1week mission trip to San Luis Mexico. It changed her life forever and she felt God calling her to the mission field. So 9 months later she sold all her belongings and moved to San Luis with Harvest Vision Ministries. After 8 months of Living in San Luis, George Henson, Robert La Count and Adam Waldron drove the worship trailer to Mexico. Adam and Elisabeth became best friends instantly. He went to Mexico on 2 mission trips. He is a worship leader and helps Harvest Vision Ministries with the Worship Trailer in Washington. Even when he came back to Washington they remained friends and talked on the phone and e-mail. In April of 2010 Elisabeth visited Washington and her and Adam felt that the Lord was telling them to get married. That they were the ones God chose for each other and that their marriage was for God to serve Him with Harvest Vision to Africa and Mexico. After God told them that they were to be married Elisabeth had to go back to Mexico for 2 months. When she came back to Washington 1 month later, August 8th 2010 her and Adam were married and they now plan on serving God together. They are excited to see what God will do in their lives and the lives around them.
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Gabe & Angela Fields
Gabe Fields was born and raised in Boise, Idaho and later moved to Olympia, WA at age 15. After struggling with addiction problems, he went to Skagit Recovery in Mt. Vernon in 1999 and has remained in the area since that time. A friend witnessed to him at his work place and he accepted Jesus Christ in September 2000 and was baptized the following spring. Gabe started attending Cascade Christian Church in Sedro Woolley where he met his wife, Angela in October 2008. Angela was born and raised in Snoqualmie, Washington and moved with her family to Skagit Valley in 1980. She went to church as a child and has always had a belief in God. In 2003, Angela prayed and received deliverance from her addiction and has been clean since that time and she accepted Jesus as her Savior on January 4, 2009. Gabe and Angie started attending Lyman Baptist Church in September 2009 and were married in December of that year. Gabe and Angie live in Lyman and share the responsibility for their 7 children: Savannah, Ella, Andrew, Sarah, Hannah, Brooklyn and Kaleb. Gabe and Angie are deeply involved in their church family at Lyman and have been on several mission trips to Mexico and have participated in other outreach and unity building activities with Harvest Vision Ministries. Gabe and Angie and Kylee Wilman serve as the USA coordinators for the ministry in San Luis, Mexico.
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