U.S.A.

Lindsay Grimes

Lindsay Blake serves as the Communications Coordinator for Christ For the City International (CFCI) at its central office in Omaha, NE. Her missionary journey began at the age of 12 when she discovered God’s unconditional love and said “yes” to walking with Jesus. By 7th grade, she was on her first mission trip, spending every summer afterward traveling, serving, and sharing God’s love across the globe.

A self-described adventurer and storyteller, Lindsay has traveled to over 32 countries, caring for others and sharing God’s love. She also served 5.5 years as a missionary with Youth With A Mission (YWAM).

Her journey has included living in a mud hut in South Sudan, surviving a tapeworm in Pakistan, and giving birth to her son in South Africa. One day, she dreams of owning an RV and road-tripping to every U.S. National Park with her son, Carsen.

When she’s not creating impactful content for CFCI or dreaming up her next adventure, Lindsay enjoys life in Omaha, NE, with her son Carsen Warner—her greatest inspiration and travel buddy.

Shawn & Sara Bettes

Shawn serves as the Director of Urban Plunge, a ministry of Christ for the City International that provides transformative short-term mission experiences for youth in urban centers across the U.S. Through these trips, students actively engage in serving alongside urban ministries, gaining a deeper understanding of God’s heart for cities and His mission in the world. Urban Plunge equips students to live as everyday missionaries while bringing encouragement and support to ministry partners, helping to strengthen their outreach and impact in their communities. 

With decades of experience in ministry leadership and missions, Shawn and his wife, Sara, are deeply committed to empowering others to fulfill their God-given potential. Together, they are raising their four daughters—Roey, Piper, Nora, and Conley—while modeling a life devoted to service and Kingdom impact.

Kevin and Heather Deese

Kevin and Heather have served God for many years in the U.S.A. as independent missionaries. Kevin currently works at the Omaha Central Office as a Development Associate.  Heather homeschools their children and provides counseling to individuals and couples, assisting them to walk in their unique purpose and calling, confident in who Christ has made them to be. Both Kevin and Heather are very active at their church, working with youth and providing counseling.

Luis & Yvonne Juarez

After college, Luis and Yvonne Juarez lived in San Jose, Costa Rica where they taught in the American schools as teachers. They also did street evangelism and other ministry there with missionaries. Following seminary, they joined Mission to the Americas and planted some churches. They are now living in San Diego where Luis is a pastor at Serra Mesa Christian Fellowship church.

Carlos Mestayer

Carlos has served with CFCI for 15 years. He currently serves in Omaha, Nebraska at Beautiful Savoir Lutheran Church.

Steve & Ruth Wilson

Steve and Ruth work as a team teaching Spanish speaking churches how to evangelize and make disciples. Another part of their ministry, is teaching Spanish speakers how to use English as a second language in reaching out to the Hispanic community. Lastly, they pastor a Spanish speaking church. Steven teaches pastors and leaders once a year in the amazon of Peru to both the Hispanics and the Urarina Indians.

Barbara Rowe

Barbara grew up on the mission field in India. She served in El Salvador in the 1990’s, before moving back to the United States where she worked as a nutritionist and hospital administrator.

In 2012, Barbara returned to El Salvador as a CFCI missionary, where she served for 9 years, working with youth in gang-controlled neighborhoods, and in prison ministry before joining the CFCI Administrative Team in Omaha. She currently works to recruit, train and send out new missionaries, as well as supporting the missionaries currently in service.

Barbara has two grown daughters, Bria and Andrea. In her free time, Barbara enjoys making quilts and swimming at the YMCA.

Contact Information: barbararowe.psalm139@gmail.com
Phone: (402) 592-8332 or (888) 526-7551 (toll free)

Randy & Nadine Fontaine

Randy Fontaine has been doing full-time missionary work since 1992. The first fourteen years was spent as a missionary to truck drivers with Transport For Christ, Int’l. He then joined Christ For the City International as the U.S. Director in 2006.

He currently serves as a U.S missionary working as the Executive Director of Hope-Net Ministries in Council Bluffs, Iowa – www.hopenetministries.org

He and his wife Nadine were married in 1982. They have four sons: Jarrett, Ryan, Jonathan, and Nathan, and one grandson named Kian.

Ron & Amelia Den Hartog

Ron and Amelia have been married for over 25 years and have two adult children, John Michael and Ann Elizabeth. Ron was a mechanical engineer who was called into ministry many years ago. He went to language school in Costa Rica, then served in Colombia for many years with the Latin America Mission. In 1999, he became a part of CFCI when he moved to Omaha. For two years he served as the finance officer before beginning focused work in the Hispanic community in Omaha.

Amelia was a trained teacher who worked with nonprofit ministry in Colombia for many years before meeting Ron. They did some studying at Christ For the Nations before returning to Colombia for three years with the Latin America mission. She has been working to develop the relationship between CFCI and the Hispanic pastors in Omaha. She also recently got her Masters in Psychology from Grace University and is working as a therapist.

Jake & Becky Hjemvick

Jake & Becky have been with Christ for the City International since 2011 when they responded to a call to serve as missionaries in El Salvador. They served as base missionaries supporting sports ministry, ESL programs, prison ministry, child sponsorship and community development programs. In 2015 Jake was commissioned to serve as the Director of the El Salvador base, where he served until moving to our Central Office in Omaha, NE in 2020 where he now serves as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of CFCI. Becky also serves in the Central Office as the bookkeeper.