CRM - Empowering Leaders

Nathan & Roxana Burke: 

After an initial visit in 1999, Nathan returned to live in Romania in 2001 . In addtion to becoming familiar with the language and culture, Nathan has been learning about ministry to orphans and to the poor by working for many years in ministries started by Romanians. 

Nathan's primary focus is working with fatherless children. Today Nathan and Roxana are working with orphans who are transitioning out of the orphanage and into real life. Their aim is to walk along side of these youth--supporting, encourageing, and praying for them as they try to become established on their own.

In 1999, Nathan met Roxana who was involved in her church's ministry with orphan children. However, romance didn't bloom until 2004.  In May 2005, Nathan and Roxana were married.

Diane Moss: After 18 years working in administration for an international business, Diane joined InnerCHANGE in 1996.  Diane moved to Cambodia, helped start House of Hope, a residential home for former commercial sex workers, and later started Sunrise, an HIV home-based care program and hospice. As of 2006, Sunrise has grown into a community wide program with 120+ local Christian volunteers.

The Cambodian staff of Sunrise will be taking over the leadership of this program and Diane will be moving to Iasi, Romania to serve with the IC team there. First priorities will be language and cultural learning as well as getting to know the team members more deeply. Then the team will discern their next steps.

Diane's personal passion is to see Christians move out of the church building and into the community, reaching those who others have ignored and rejected.

Abigail Sutton: Abigail graduated from Wheaton College in 2005, so is at the beginning of her journey in many ways. She spent Fall 2005 to Spring 2006 with InnerCHANGE in Los Angeles, learning what it means to live in a community, to value and be valued by her neighbors, and to find God's strength and joy in dark places.

This first year in Romania her focus is on learning both language and culture, and beginning to be comfortable in an unfamiliar country. One idea which really excites Abigail is that God loves each individual with a love we cannot earn, we cannot lose, but we can only learn to accept. She enjoys having opportunities to help others believe and live in healthy relationship with God.

Amy (Vaughn) and Jonathan Sharpe: After two short-term mission trips to Romania, Amy felt God leading her to return for more. She started her life of ministry in Romania in 2002 and has now completed InnerCHANGE's Apprenticeship and Novitiate programs. During her first 3 years in Romania, Amy gained much experience partnering with various ministries working among poor families who lived on the brink of homelessness.

Amy's primary focus in 2005 and 2006 was creating a new legal entity for InnerChange in Romania and it's new ministry focus called, "Steps of Hope".  Amy currently oversees the Steps of Hope Ministry which involves Romanian staff and local student volunteers working with some of the poorest kids in the city.

December 15, 2007 Amy and Jonathan were married. Jonathan returned with her as an intern to Romania.