LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN FIELD
Mike & Mona Shields

Ministry Specialists in Latin America

The growth of the population in Latin America is one of today's greatest spiritual challenges.  It is estimated that 50 percent of the region's people are children and teenagers.

A burgeoning middle and upper class in Latin America is creating new and potentially explosive tensions with the traditionally poor masses of the underprivileged.  Materialism and moral decay linked with crime and poverty are creating a great spiritual hunger in the Spanish speaking world.

Today, a fresh spiritual renewal is spreading throughout many Latin American countries.  It has resulted in many new and dynamic churches, Bible Schools and training centers, and hundreds of thousands of new born again believers.  To continue promoting such a spiritual awakening the Assemblies of God has assigned a number of missionaries like the Shields to full-time evangelism on a field covering several countries.

The ministry of Mike and Mona Shields has been rooted in Latin America.  Mike met his wife, MonaRé, while they were on an Ambassadors in Mission (AIM) outreach to Managua, Nicaragua.  AIM is an Assemblies of God sponsored program that gives young people an opportunity to work with missionaries overseas on short-term trips.  Since then Mike and MonaRé have worked in many capacities as pastors, Senior Associates, and as the Director of Youth and College Ministries (D-CAP) of the Assemblies of God for the state of Minnesota for seven years. 

Mike and MonaRé have traveled throughout Latin America in evangelism outreaches, campaigns, conventions and retreats.  They have organized, promoted, led, and traveled with over 2500 students in nearly 60 evangelism outreach events. 

MonaRé is the daughter of Assemblies of God Missionaries Dr. Monroe and Betty Jane Grams, 40 year veterans in ministries of church planting and higher education to every country of Central and South America.  MonaRé was raised in La Paz, Bolivia. 

The Shields are graduates of North Central Bible College in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  MonaRé holds a Masters Degree in Education from the University of St.Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.  She also earned a Masters level ESL from Hamline University.  

The Shields are fluent in Spanish and are based in Santiago, Chile.  They plan to continue their present international ministry of outreach campaigns, youth ministries and interdenominational events throughout Latin America.

Q & A with Mike & Mona