Celebrating 25 Years

MISSIONS ALIVE
Celebrating 25 Years
1983 - 2008

While Harvey was traveling to churches and colleges representing his presidency of the 1983 National Missionary Convention, he came to the realization that many missionaries were hurting and there was no one to help them. Missionaries needed someone who could understand their heart aches. Our family had just returned to the States from 13 years working with African Christian Mission in Zaire, Africa, we had the experience to work with missionaries and encourage them. We could understand what the missionary was experiencing.

In 1983 Missions Alive was started to be able to help the missionary in any way possible. Through the years the needs of many missionaries have been met. We were satisfied we were making an impact on the task of assisting missions and missionaries, fulfilling our part in the process.

Missions Alive started out in the build in porch of our home in Flora, IL. Because of growth, after the first year, we rented a large upstairs room in town. However, that soon became too small, and we rented an attached room. A couple years later we rented a building in downtown Flora where Missions Alive kept growing.

In 1987 we realized we needed to make another change. That is when we moved to Camby, Indiana. We purchased an old church building where we continue to produce videos to aid the missionary in their fund raising. Bob Small was a tremendous help in getting Missions Alive started in the video area. He would travel from Oklahoma to Indiana every month to help us. 1993 found us moving again. We purchased property in Mooresville, IN just a few minutes from the former property. We now have a very nice facility which houses our edit studio, filming studio, offices, and conference room.

We are still producing videos for missionaries and have started new programs to enhance missions. “KidzCan” was started from a seven year dream that Harvey and I had. During travels to many churches, Harvey realized that kids were being left out of missions except for camps and VBS. Even those times with a missionary were limited. “KidzCan” was developed to encourage children for missions while they are in the informative years. I made my decision to become a missionary when I was 8 years old. Many kids make their decisions early in life and I want them to be able to consider missions as a lifetime commitment.

LeAnn Waddelow