Rod and Colleen come to us from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada. Their son Kent plays football in Canada; their daughter Kaleigh attends Vanguard University. Rod supervises truck maintenance and woodworking, as well as overseeing ministry to our backpackers. Colleen is part of our leadership team, and oversees various aspects of the ministry.  They have been working at Gleanings since May of 2005.

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Sheldon and Carol Munro completed their Discipleship Training School at Gleanings in 2007. They moved here, with their three children Seth, Kalina, and Kaiden, from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada and came on staff in June 2010. Sheldon is part of our leadership team, supervises volunteer assignments, and oversees base maintenance. Carol home schools Kaiden, and coordinates hospitality and special events.

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Henrijs and Ilze completed a Discipleship Training School in Latvia; and first joined Gleanings’ staff in 2007. They served two years, then were forced to leave because of immigration issues. After much prayer, and God’s favor, they returned in 2011. They have two young children, Magnuss and Stella. Henrijs serves in the soup plant and as a cook. Ilze works in the Finance department.

Christopher is from Felton, California, and joined our full-time staff in January 2015. He completed his Discipleship Training School here at Gleanings in February 2008. Christopher manages the warehouse, and is part of our procurement team.

Mark and Lori Ragains and their 5 children attended a DTS in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2007. They moved to Gleanings with four of their children from Orange County, CA. and came on staff in Dec 2015.  They  adopted 5 young adults into their family, and have 3 grand children.  Most of their kids are in here in California.  Alex, Amie, and Katie live with their parents and help with various aspects of the ministry.  Mark works in the office managing the IT and Media related work.  Lori takes care of homeschooling the girls, is one of our cooks, and is a contributing writer/editor for the newsletter.  Together they help lead YWAM United – a group of YWAM bases working together to seek God and have a greater impact in missions.       

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Bruce is from Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada. In 2009, he graduated from his Discipleship Training School in Kona, Hawaii. Bruce has three children and four grandchildren residing in British Columbia. He joined our staff in January 2016 and manages our Procurement Department.

Tristan would like to tell you a little about himself: “Hey, Tristan P. here, from Yosemite, California. I completed my Discipleship Training School at Gleanings in March 2015, where I also accepted Christ; my outreach was to Kenya.  I then spent six months at YWAM Kona, before coming here on staff in November 2016.” Tristan is working alongside Al and in various capacities as needed.

Susan Ross is Canadian, from Mission, BC.  After completing her Discipleship Training School in Kona, Hawaii in January 2016, she came on staff in November 2016.  She manages the quilt room and serves in reception. Sue has five sons and five grandchildren back in BC.

Roger has a wonderful history of 25 years of service in Youth With a Mission, including four years here at Gleanings! In addition to his DTS in Los Angeles, Roger completed a School of the Bible in Tyler, Tx. Besides ministering here in the United States, Roger has been a YWAM missionary in Curitiba, Brazil, and Burtigny, Switzerland. On staff again after 14 years, he is one of our cooks and drives the fruit truck in the summer.

Bethany is from Tacoma, Washington. She completed her Discipleship Training School in Northern Ireland in 2012. After participating in the summer staff program in 2016, Bethany decided to join Gleanings’ staff in April of 2017. Bethany serves part time in the office at the front desk, and part time in the soup plant.

Jerry is from Hawaii; he attended his Discipleship Training School (DTS) and School of Biblical Studies (SBS) at YWAM Singapore in 1989. Cynthia spent most of her life in Spokane, WA; she has two daughters and eight grandchildren. Cynthia completed her DTS in Oxford, NZ in 2015. The couple met while serving at the Kona YWAM base, in 2016. After getting married, they spent a year getting to know each other, then joined our staff at Gleanings in March 2018. Jerry works in grounds and maintenance; Cynthia serves in housekeeping and in the office.