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Mirko Delibasich was saved through the testimonies of his brother and a good friend, who were saved at the Word of Life Camp in Argentina. At that time, age 23, Mirko was a very confused young man, mixed up in drugs and alcohol. After camp, his brother and friend shared the Gospel with Mirko and he accepted Christ as his Savior. Six months after his conversion he began studying at the Word of Life Bible Institute in Argentina where he studied for the next four years. It was there that he met his wife Traci.

Traci was born and raised in a Christian family in the Panama Canal Zone. She received Christ at the age of six and every two years her family would attend the Word of Life Camp in Schroon Lake, NY. It was there that she dedicated her life to God at the campfire and always prayed that one day Word of Life would begin a ministry in Panama. After high school, Traci attended the Word of Life Bible Institute in New York and then graduated from Cedarville College with a degree in Physical Education. In 1987, she went as a short-term missionary to Word of Life Argentina, where she learned Spanish, took more Bible classes and met her husband.

Mirko, Traci and Caleb, their oldest child, arrived in Panama to begin the Word of Life ministry in April of 1992. Presently Mirko is the director of Word of Life Panama and they have three children, Caleb, Rachel and Natasha.( mirkodel@cableonda..net)

Frank and Silvia Saavedra are from Costa Rica.  Frank was saved in 1987 after living a life far from God and trying to find fulfillment in sports and vices.  In 1990 he married Silvia and together they traveled  to Argentina to study at Word of Life Bible Institute where they studied for four years. They returned to Costa Rica as missionaries with Word of Life and began working with the children's ministries.  

Silvia was born into a Christian home but it wasn't until she was in high school that she realized that she did not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. She was afraid of death and being alone.  So it was that in 1983 she accepted Jesus as her savior after visiting  a Christian teen group.

In 2000 the Lord led them to Panama to begin children's ministries.  They have two children, Debora and Daniel.( saapty@yahoo.com or website http://rcint.net/saavedra/)

Lyly Skinner

Onan Gomez was born into a home where his parents were separated but he was taught good morals from his mother and attended a catholic school as a child.  When he was 13 years old he became rebellious and got  mixed up with bad friends, but God led a man into his life at age 14 who visited him and his family, witnessed to them and invited them to a crusade.  One night Onan went and heard about hell and the wages of sin.  That night, alone in his room, Onan asked Jesus to forgive him of his sins and come into his heart.  After high school he attended  Word of Life Bible Institute in Argentina where he graduated in 2001 and then he returned to Panama to join the staff in reaching his country for Christ.  Onan is involved in discipleship and Bible Clubs.

Eduardo Fernandez was born in a Christian home in Argentina.  Before receiving Christ as his personal Savior he believed, like many, that his salvation was obtained because he was born into a Christian family, went to church, and was good.  One day, God in his mercy, showed me that I needed to receiving Christ was a personal decision. After church one Sunday in 1974, he made that decision and from that moment on he knew that he was a part of God's family, not because of what he had done or could do but because of what Christ had done for him on the cross.  In 1984, after realizing that he could not live a life that pleased God in his own strength, he dedicated his life to the Lord for His glory.  When he was 20 yrs. old, Eduardo attended a Word of Life camp for the first time where he was challenged with the Word of God to grow in the knowledge of his Savior and His Word.  He became a student of Word of Life Bible Institute and there met his wife Clarita.  They were married after graduating and now have 3 children, Evelyn, Braiam y Dana.  In 1991 they became a part of the Word of Life staff in Argentina, working in maintenance as well as counseling students, doing short term mission trips, and evangelistic training.   In 2001 Mirko Delibasich invited them to be a part of the staff here in Panama and we arrived in 2003.  They are currently the grounds keepers at the camp property as well as supporting the programs of the local church in Chame.        

Ismael & Deborah Gonzalez