After pastoring churches in America for 27 years, James and Susan received the call from God to foreign missions in 1999, and accepted the assignment to Belize , Central America . 

Their first year as missionaries was spent in San Jose , Costa Rica in language school learning Spanish.  They arrived in Belize in June 2002.  Upon arrival, they served as the directors of the Assemblies of God Bible Institute in Belize City .  Other areas of ministry during their first term involved church planting, prison ministry, medical and hygiene clinics, Sunday School training, children’s ministries, encouragement to national pastors, and evangelism. 

When James and Susan return to Belize in May 2005, their major focus will be to start an International Teen Challenge Center at the invitation of the Belizean Assemblies of God and the Government of Belize.