Current Ministry: children's ministry, Bible studies and discipleship
Carmen is from Manila, Philippines, and worked
with CGM where she was administrative assistant to both Doug Nichols and Nelson
Reed. She started working with ACTION as a full-time staff member in 1990. In
1993 she went to Brazil for a short-term mission trip. She applied as an ACTION
missionary in 1994 and was accepted in 1995. The years 1996 and 1997 were spent
in support raising and training, and language school followed in 1998. She then
moved to Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, in 1999 to do community development work.
After coming back from furlough in July 2000 she was involved with the women's
fellowship and children's ministry of The Blood of Christ Has Power Christian Church in Colonia Unidad
Morelos. She taught Sunday school, had a literacy program and conducted
discipleship classes. In October 2002 she moved to México City and was involved with Missionary Baptist Church. With the help of the church she began a ministry to women and children in Cuautitlan where she taught children four to
twelve years of age and did discipleship, literacy, tutoring, and ministry to children at
risk. With the help of a missionary couple a church was started in the area. After coming back from her second furlough in late 2008, she moved to Texcoco and is now involved in children' ministry and Bible studies and discipleship with women .