Healthy Church Healthy Belize Board of Directors
Hubert Stephen was born and raised in Belize where he developed a passion for life and living every day passionately. Cheryl was born and raised in Pennsylvania. They met while serving in Belize and Mexico with Youth Evangelism Service. They’ve been married for 18 years and have spent nearly half of their married lives living in Belize. While living in Belize, Hubert pastored one of the local churches and served as president of the national church council of the Evangelical Mennonite Churches. Cheryl worked for several years in the local hospital and spent much of her spare time volunteering her nursing services in the community.
They currently live in Pennsylvania and have a 15-year-old son, Caron. Cheryl is currently in school working on her Master's degree in nursing at Millersville University and Hubert has an associate degree in pastoral ministries from Cornerstone Bible College and Seminary. Cheryl works at Landis Homes, a retirement facility, and Hubert works in a local hardware store. We enjoy family time, worshiping while Hubert plays the guitar, going to the beach & camping, reading a good book and watching Caron play basketball.
Lawrence R. Yoder was born in Lansdale Pennsylvania and grew up in Harrisonburg Virginia. He is a CPA and owner of Horizon Accountants in Broadway Virginia where they specialize in tax advice, counsel and preparation for individuals and businesses. They also offer general counseling, strategic planning and accounting services.
In 2000, Lawrence founded Nehemiah’s Call, a ministry that supports church planting, evangelism, global mission and Bible teaching. In 2007, Lawrence was ordained by the Virginia Mennonite Conference as a preacher, teacher and marketplace minister.
Lawrence is passionate about seeing lives transformed through biblical teaching with Anabaptist distinctives. He longs to see a church planting and evangelistic movement within the broader Mennonite streams and beyond. As a bi-vocational minister Lawrence is available outside of tax season for preaching and teaching invitations and projects.
Lawrence and his wife Bonnie and their two daughters live in Broadway Virginia. He enjoys spending time outdoors with his children, traveling and cheering for Philadelphia sports teams.
Jennifer Martin is married to her wonderful husband Darnell and together we have four daughters between the ages of 5 and 11. They are members at Indiantown Mennonite Church where Jennifer serves as Sunday school teacher and the worship coordinator. Ephrata, PA has become her second home since leaving Belize over 15 years ago. She enjoy taking family vacation back home when she can, although not as often as she wishes. She says, “It's always nice to reconnect with family and friends and reminisce or talk about how life has changed in Belize over the years.”
Jennifer enjoy meeting new people and sharing together about the things God's doing in their lives and community. She loves to spend time worshiping God with music and singing because it's in those moments she recognizes her greatest longing for His fulness to be known in her life.
Jennifer takes delight in those times when she and her husband can go for a run together in the warm summer evenings. Although raising a family seems like it doesn't leave much time for other things, she cherishes spending time at the beach or an overnight away with other moms.
Jennifer Erkinger is the treasurer for Healthy Church Healthy Belize. She has had the joy and pleasure of experiencing multiple trips to the beautiful country of Belize and they've been experiences she will never forget.
Jennifer has worked in the medical field for 15 years. She is a registered respiratory therapist with specialties in pediatric and neonatal care. She currently working at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and spends most of her time in the Children's Hospital. The neonatal intensive care unit is Jennifer's favorite place to work. She is a part of the Life Lion helicopter/ground transport teams that pick up very sick babies from outlying hospitals.
Jennifer has a wonderful family who has been very patient with her and her career activities. She has been married to Rick for 15 years. They have 2 children ...Riley who is 12 and Carleigh who is 7. They attend the Reamstown Church of God and have quite a few responsibilities there. When not at church, you can find Jennifer working or simply hanging out with her family. They like to rent movies, visit friends, take walks, vacation at the beach and just being together.
Leonard Dueck was born in Mexico to a Mennonite family who emigrated from Manitoba, Canada. His family lived in Mexico until he was 12 then they moved to Belize along with other Mennonite families. Leonard’s first job was to work in the office of a feed mill. The opportunity came for him to become an owner and president of Quality Poultry Products, a chicken processing plant that produced 50,000 dressed chickens per week. In 1989, Leonard and his wife, Linda, moved to Pennsylvania. They have three children and six grandchildren. Leonard and his wife attend Hinkletown Mennonite Church. Leonard has worked at Paul B. Zimmerman, Inc., a hardware store, since the summer of 1989. As controller, he is in charge of accounts payable, payroll and general ledger for the company.