Bonnie Van de Mosselaer

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    • Students Need Jesus (Matthew 9:36) - Pray for students who don’t know Jesus yet, that they would have opportunities throughout university to hear the gospel and experience life that’s found in him.

    • Heart for friends (Acts 1:8) - Pray that students would have compassion for their peers and a desire to share about faith with those who don’t know Jesus yet. Pray that throughout their time at university, they would have opportunities to share their faith with their friends.

    • Students’ Struggles (Psalm 121:1-2) - Pray for students as they experience the struggles of life. Pray that through this, they would see their need for God, find their identity in him, and have wisdom and courage to seek the help they may need.

    • New Community (Hebrews 10:24-25) - Pray for students as they move to new cities and start at new schools. Pray that this season of life would bring strong christian community that will help them not only walk with Jesus throughout school but also the rest of their lives.

    • Leaders (2 Timothy 2:2) - Pray for returning students and leaders. Pray that God would give them wisdom to know how to connect with new students well as they plan events and start up activities.

I became a Christian in elementary school when I prayed and invited the Lord into my heart at a kids' camp. As I grew up, I remember asking questions about faith and how it applied to my life. During my teenage and young adult years, the Lord continually taught me more about Himself as well as the importance of helping others know Him. In university, I got involved with P2C-Students, and it was there that I started to learn how I could help others take their next step towards Jesus.

My Current Role at Power to Change
I am the Development Team Manager with Power to Change - Students, overseeing all our national fundraising initiatives. This includes coordinating all regular donor communications, fundraising tasks, and thank yous. I also help train and assist our staff as they do their own personal ministry fundraising.

About Power to Change
Power to Change is a family of 10 ministries with one common purpose: to make Jesus known across Canada and throughout the world. Our work began on university campuses in 1967 as Campus Crusade for Christ, Canada. Today, we serve among students, marketplace leaders, athletes, families, the marginalized, internationally with humanitarian aid, and many others, helping them experience the life-changing power of Jesus Christ.

Power to Change - Students exists to “help students take their next step towards Jesus.” We are a student ministry serving college and university students all across Canada. Our vision is to see every student walk closer to Jesus and experience life in Him.

Pastor Renier and Isamary

About Me
In 1995, when I turned 14, a neighbor told me about God and His Good News for mankind through Christ. He invited me to church, and on April 14, 1996, I was baptized.

Five years later, after serving in worship team and becoming part of the youth leadership, I started attending a mission teaching the Bible and shepherding people. At first, I had no plans to study or prepare myself theologically and biblically to become a pastor. But one day, I experienced a much deeper longing for the Lord’s work — a longing connected to serving full-time as a pastor. As I began studying in seminary, the desire to serve as a full-time pastor gradually solidified.

By God’s grace, we have already served fruitfully in three churches to His glory, not counting the fourteen years of ministry in our local church in Artemisa.

Current Role and Challenges
After 8 years, the church has grown and we are currently focused on teamwork and the initiation of new ministries. This year, the children’s ministry, the preaching ministry, the worship service leadership ministry, and the ministry for helping those in need have begun to operate more solidly. We want to soon establish the evangelism ministry and a ministry to help the elderly.The discipleship and worship ministries are still active, and we want to better adjust them in line with the current vision of the church.

Challenges – The greatest challenges are related to resources. Inflation in Cuba has reached a very high level. Income has dropped significantly after COVID. A basic worker’s salary is not enough to eat well for even a week. We would need resources to support the children’s ministry, the evangelism ministry (to open a location far from the main church). We would also like to support the elderly, as their pension is barely enough to feed them for ten days.Currently, our only means of transportation is a bicycle, which presents a major challenge for reaching several areas around Cienfuegos during these times.

About The Evangelical Convention of Cuba Los Pinos Nuevos
Our church belongs to “The Evangelical Convention of Cuba Los Pinos Nuevos”. The Convention’s headquarters is located in Oliver, Placetas, Villa Clara.

Our local church in Cienfuegos began in 2010. At the beginning of 2017, the National Board asked us to move from San José (Placetas) to Cienfuegos. Since that year, we have been working in this city to serve the Lord. At first, we were forced to spend a lot of time dealing with the legalization of the property, and later with the construction of the church building and part of the pastoral house—with help from the Convention for the first phase, a very small part from the local church, and the second-to-last and final stages with help from oversea churches.

Despite the construction and legalization work, along with the great emigration exodus of recent years, God has added several lives to the church. The church has continued to strengthen its vision and mission, with two discipleship groups currently active and new ministries operating continuously for the glory of the Lord.

2025 August Update
I ask you to please pray for my eyesight. Lately, I haven’t been feeling well. I’m not sure if it’s due to poor sleep caused by the blackouts or from studying so late.

I also ask you to pray for the children’s summer school that we want to hold at the end of August .

Please pray as well that God would fill us with joy and encouragement to give our all in the ministry, even in the midst of the economic and energy crisis.

Richard and Hui

Bio and VIsion
We both are from China mainland and received Christ as Saviour in the United States and Canada. We have two daughters and one son.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Act 1:8)

Current Priorities and Challenges
Our cross-cultural ministry is fraught with challenges. Christians make up less than 0.3% of the local population, making it the hardest place. God has given us wisdom to build friendships with the local people through the loving witness of Chinese believers and the bridge of traditional Chinese culture, bearing fruit. "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; May those who love you be secure!" (Psalm 122:6)

About C&MA
The Christian and Missionary Alliance (the C&MA) in Canada is a group of more than 400 local churches across Canada that aims to be a Christ-centred, Spirit-empowered, and Mission-focused movement in everything we do.

Our ultimate goal is to fulfill the Great Commission and bring Matthew 24:14 to fruition:
The C&MA is taking steps to complete this mission by focusing on least-reached people groups in the world. We aim to challenge our church members to live on mission with God, whether that be in a Canadian suburb or in a remote mountain village in Asia. Join us as we complete God's call to tell everyone about the Good News of Jesus Christ!