FIRST WAVE MISSIONARIES
ALBANIA, SHKODËR
Toshio Barber
2nd Year Missionary - Team Leader
Hey! My name is Toshio, I’m 19 from Tarrytown, NY. No doubt I’m blessed to be in my second year of CIGYM. My hope this year is to understand and inherit God's heart and to gain the tools to fulfill my lifelong mission, whatever it may be.
Akifumi Takami
2nd Year Missionary
Hello there, my name is Akifumi Takami. I'm 20 years old from Chicago, Illinois. I am here on the CIGYM Program to grow my relationship with God and bring joy to Him by cultivating a filial heart and a lifestyle that attends God.
Isaac Nitro
1st Year Missionary
Hi, my name is Isaac Nitro, I’m 22 from Clifton, NJ. I’m currently going into my third year as a CIG missionary to cultivate a deeper conviction and confidence in my faith. I want to leave this program with the hope that I will be able to make a positive impact on my family and community through a strong foundation in my faith.
Preston Grodner
1st Year Missionary
Hello! My name is Preston and I'm 19 from Tarrytown, New York. My reason for becoming a Cheon Il Guk missionary is to learn how to share our community and culture of love with others.
ALBANIA, ELBASAN
Miae Iwasaki
1st Year Missionary - Team Leader
Hello! My name is Miae Iwasaki! I’m 19 years old and I’m from the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, PA! Through this program I want to cultivate myself to be a person who can share the love of God to my brothers and sisters around the world and expand His culture of selflessness and love!
Sunhwa Schlaepfer
2nd Year Missionary
Hello, I’m 19, from Bay Area California. Nice to meet you :) This will be my second year as a CIG missionary. I’m looking forward to growing in my relationship with God and recognizing my value as a daughter of God in hopes of sharing that with others. I’m dedicating this year to recognizing my strengths and what I can contribute as an individual to make a positive impact on this world.
Tetsukuni Nakamura
1st Year Missionary
Hello! My name is Tetsukuni Nakamura, I’m 20 years-old, and from Bay Area California. I joined this program with the hopes to grow my love for other people through a life of a missionary, and understand what kind of life I want to lead for God.
Lisa Sergeeva
1st Year Missionary
Hello! I’m 19 and from Seattle, Washington. I joined CIGYM so I can gain conviction in my faith and help show others what a life of faith could mean to them. I’ve experienced a lot of love from God and I think it’s important to share it with others!
Hyun Hee Kudo
1st Year Missionary
Hi. My name is Akihiro, and I'm 19 years old and from Reading, Massachusetts. I joined the CIGYM program in order to cultivate a heart of a missionary that I can carry with me wherever I go.
KOSOVO
Semoon Nakama
2nd Year Missionary - Team Leader
Hello~ my name is Semoon Nakama!
I'm from the beautiful state of Hawaii and I'm 21 years old. I decided to join CIGYM because I want to find conviction in my faith and confidently share God's reality to the world. I hope to instill within others the same desire and mission to walk a path attending God as our Heavenly Parent and help fulfill God's dream of peace!
Joseph a’Beckett
1st Year Missionary
My name is Joseph and I’m from Bay Area, California. I’m excited to grow my personal relationship with God and find my purpose in life.
Nathaniel Im
1st Year Missionary
Hey y’all! My name is Nathan. I’m 20 years old and I come from the DMV! I hope this year to bring hope to others’ lives by sharing the principles and values that gave purpose to my life. I strive to bring God comfort and joy through realizing the dream of having one family under God!
Geoffrey Quilates
1st Year Missionary
Hey y’all! My name is Geoffrey, I’m from the Bay Area, California! By joining the CIG team, I hope to grow in my personal relationship with God and share God’s love by serving others!
SECOND WAVE MISSIONARIES
KENYA, NAIROBI
Sean Warden
2nd Year Missionary
Hi my name is Sean Warden, I’m 19 years old and from NYC. As a Cheon Il Guk Missionary I hope to be an extension of God’s love and light throughout the world, to give comfort God’s children and my Heavenly Parent.
Christopher Baac
2nd Year Missionary
Hey, I’m Chris. I’m from Chicago, and I’m investing another year as a CIGYM. My hope is that I can grow in heart and character so that I can take responsibility in serving people, and lead others to do the same.
Tazue Nakaza
1st Year Missionary
Hi all!! My name is Tazue Nakaza. I'm 19 years old from Indianapolis, IN. I want to shine a light of hope to others and help them feel a deeper level of love from our Heavenly Parent. He created each of us for something greater, to serve others, and I am here to do that through CIGYM.
ZAMBIA, LUFTHANSA
Benjamin Buergi
1st Year Missionary
Hello, my name is Ben. I'm 20 years, from the Bayyyyyyyy!! I'm really excited this year to deepen my personal relationship with God and conviction in His Word alongside all of my fellow brothers and sisters. Let's get it!
Eugene YoonKook
1st Year Missionary
Hello my name is Eugene im 19 from Maryland. I chose to become a Cheon Il Guk missionary to build conviction in my faith and to share the blessings I’ve received from my church community.
Sun Il Tamashiro
1st Year Missionary
Hello my name is Sun Il, I'm 18 from New York. I decided to join CIGYM to spread the love and joy from my church community to others.
Ohana Santos
1st Year Missionary
Hi! I’m a 20 year old from the first state of Delaware. I’ve been investing into self-improvement for a while now, and I figured the best way to recreate myself is with the ultimate creator himself, God! I hope to understand my value and purpose as God’s daughter and support others on their journey.
ROMANIA
Mika Uokawa
2nd Year Missionary
Hi! I’m from the Big Apple (New York City). I am taking this opportunity to further deepen my faith through becoming a CIGYM in order to implement good practices for my life back at home. Whether it is through growing my heart to love or going back to gratitude, I am going to spread God’s love! I want to become someone that God can use as His Vessel!
Reimy Ishikawa
1st Year Missionary
Hello! I’m 20 years old and I’m from the sunny west side of Bay Area California! I have decided to dedicate this year as a CIG missionary to become someone who will go out to share the existence, reality, and beauty of God’s heart with everyone around the world.
Takuya Ogasawara
2nd Year Missionary
Hello everyone~! I’m a 19 year old from Los Angeles, CA. As a 2nd year Cheon Il Guk missionary, I’m excited to be a mediator of God’s love for those who need it most. I also look forward to raising young leaders who can make an impact on the world towards peace!
Alexandra Szawlowski
1st Year Missionary
Hi there! My name is Alex, I’m 19 years old and I’m from Queens, New York! I’m taking this year to be a part of CIGYM to further grow my life of faith, and to create a deeper heartistic connection with God so that I can share it with others, not only throughout the year, but continuously after that too!
Kanna Takahashi
1st Year Missionary
Hello and Welcome! My name is Kanna Takahashi. Currently 19 years old, coming from Las Vegas Nevada, woo! My reason to be on CIG missionary is to personally discover what it means to live according to God’s will. Because it’s not just something we read, but something we need.
HONORARY MISSIONARIES
Keanu Wright
1st Year Missionary
Hi my name is Keanu and I'm from a great place called Sacramento, California. I'm 20 years old but this is only the third year I've dedicated to God. I’m here to go deeper into God's heart, so that I can strengthen my understanding of my purpose and identity as a son of God.
Piero Balbin
2nd Year Missionary
My name is Piero Balbin. I’m here as a Cheon Il Guk Missionary to help show everyone the amazing love one can experience through an intimate relationship with God.
Yuuki Homma
2nd Year Missionary
Hello! It’s Yuuki Homma here from South Pasadena, California! This will be my 2nd year as Cheon Il Guk missionary. I am here because I want to share God’s love to the people around me and strengthen my own relationship with God. I hope to live a lifestyle where I strive to share love and compassion to others.