The International Partners of GO InterNational

Wilkinson Grandez is our partner for the Amazon Jungle region of Peru.  Wilkinson served as pastor in Saposoa, Peru for over 20 years.  Now Wilkinson works to network churches in the Amazon basin by encouraging pastors and facilitating church plants.  Wilkinson travels extensively in this region  and helps GO InterNational identify locations for future teams and church planting projects.  He also serves as coordinator and teacher for GO’s pastor training projects.  While he was pastor in Saposoa, Wilkinson witnessed God transform his community, turning it from a hub of drug violence to a center for church expansion.

Babu Varghese ministers in Hetauda, Nepal with Nepal Evangelical Mission. The ministries there include an orphanage, a bible school, and over 14 church plants.  They are also involved in compassionate ministries such as distributing blankets and food to the poor.  GO has been working with Brother Babu since 2010 in pastor training and has sent one medical team there.  We plan future medical teams, pastor training and are working to help them establish a Community Health Evangelism ministry.

Jorge and Zoila Ramírez are church planters in Juárez, México.  The currently pastor the Great Commission Bible Church of Juarez and work to bring hope and encouragement in a region facing difficult days.  They see God’s hand moving mightily in the city of Juarez.  Jorge also serves as National Director for Walk Thru The Bible Mexico, and for the past 16 years, they have a been involved with missionary outreach ministry to the Tarahumara Indians, in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Chihuahua.  Jorge and Zoila have partnered with GO InterNational since 1995.

Wilma Grandez ministers among children in Comos, a poor section of Lima, Peru.  She began with a ministry feeding hungry children.  GO partnered in helping construct the feeding centers which eventually numbered four.  In 2010 construction began on a large ministry center which now houses a Christian school for children who would not otherwise get that opportunity.  GO continues to support the ministry through funding for support of the school and mission teams who go to minister to the children and work on needed projects at the school and feeding centers.

Pastor Guillermo Parra and his wife Dora lead an unusual ministry in Bogota, Colombia.  Pastor Guillermo serves in the Ciudad Bolivar region of Bogota where he pastors a growing Foursquare Church and oversees a network of pastors in that area.  Pastor Parra and his family (Guillermo and Dora have 4 daughters) are active very active in ministry.  They are actively engaged in training pastors, educating the children of Ciudad Bolivar, reaching out to those devastated by poverty and feeding over 2,000 children in 5 different feeding centers 6 days a week.  If you visit Bogota with GO InterNational, you will be amazed at the vision that God has given this man of God.  Pastor Guillermo has been a partnering with GO InterNational since 2007.

Ivan pastors the Church of God in Puerto Castillo, Honduras, just outside the city of Trujillo.  GO’s work with Ivan has included church construction, planting new churches in the Trujillo area, especially among the minority Garifuno peoples, and medical ministries. GO is also working with the church to establish a Community Health Evangelism ministry in the area.

Sylva Okorienta is our newest GO InterNational ministry partner. He is a committed believer and leader in his church who wants to see the lost come to Christ in Nigeria. He is also very interested in providing medical care to those who do not have access to doctors. His wife, Sylvahelen is an eye doctor. Sylva operates a Christian business that imports and distributes pharmaceuticals. A group of Christian businessmen from Lexington, Kentucky helped Sylva get the business started and provide oversight. All proceeds from the business go to ministry to the poor and needy.

GO will work with Sylva to provide Community Health Evangelism training and medical and dental mission teams. We will also assist the church in Nigeria by providing leadership and pastoral training. We have an open invitation to come to Nigeria and work with the church there to help win souls and minister to the poor and vulnerable.

Gerardo and Persia Guzman are the heads of the Viña del Rey (Vinyard of the King) Church in Chincha, Peru.  GO InterNational has partnered with Viña del Rey since 1996.  Viña del Rey Church is heavily involved in holistic ministry in the city of Chincha.  The church is passionate about children’s ministry and leverages their passion to plant churches in neighborhoods racked by poverty.

Viña del Rey also has a large K-12 school, George Washington Carver School, which provides a high-quality education to lift children from poverty.  The school also ministers to the parents of the students, reaching out to them in very practical ways.  GO teams have partnered with Viña del Rey on a wide variety of ministry projects – children’s ministry, school construction, teacher training, and pastor conferences.

Go InterNational began working with Carlos Mayorga in 1998 in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch which devastated Central America.  Carlos’ village and church were destroyed in a mudslide triggered by the hurricane.  GO began by helping build a church in the village of Santa Maria.  This was followed by medical teams, the construction of a medical clinic and an economic development project to grow plantain to provide jobs and food for the village.  Now Carlos is a bishop in his denomination and GO continues to partner with him in church planting throughout Nicaragua.