In 2000, we met with Sergio Bersaglio to hear his vision for a new ministry called VOH Africa (Villages of Hope Africa) serving orphans and vulnerable children in sub-Sahara Africa. We agreed to help him raise $8,000 to build a new classroom in Kitwe, Zambia. We held our first missions’ fundraising event in March 2001 and raised $12,000, enough for a classroom and a half. This forged a long-lasting relationship with VOH Africa and over the years we have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to build children’s homes and classrooms, buy vehicles, support general operations and the sponsorship of many, many VOH children.

In 2011, Cross Church sent our first team to Africa, a team of 29. What a thrill to meet the children that many in our assembly had been sponsoring for years now. Driving into the VOH Centre at Kitwe, Zambia was a life-changing experience for everyone on the team. We saw the physical result of our support and what God can do when He uses us for His purposes. To see the faces of 900 smiling, happy children was an honour and a privilege, and a gift we will never forget.

Also in 2011, we met Dennis Wiebe as he joined our Cross Church family. At that time Dennis was working with Sergio Bersaglio on a VOH Centre in Bujumbura, Burundi which had been established in October 2009. In 2012, we took our first missions trip to Burundi. It is during this trip that we discovered God has given us an assignment. The assignment was Burundi, the poorest country, or one of the poorest countries in the world. We felt God leading us to make Burundi our international mission's focus, and we did just that from that point forward.

Since 1997, Cross Church has raised nearly 5 million dollars for international missions! We thank God for the amazing opportunity to partner with Him in sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. What a privilege it is to serve in helping the widows, the orphans and the poor.

Ephesians 3:20-21 "Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen."