Todd Engelsen has served as the President of PEER Servants for over 30 years. Through 2004, Todd acted in a part-time volunteer capacity while working at John Hancock as a Vice President and Actuary. He transitioned to focus on PEER Servants full-time in 2004. He is married to Leslie (Pelt) Engelsen and the two work closely in overseeing the 250+ very dedicated volunteers who make up PEER Servants’ global family. When not at home in the Boston area or visiting one of PEER’s Global Partners, they can often be found visiting their daughter and grandchildren in Alberta, Canada. Todd is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in Math and German. Leslie and he worship at Grace Chapel in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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Todd Engelsen 擔任 PEER Servants 總裁已超過 30 年。在 2004 年之前,Todd 一直以兼職義工的身分服務於 PEER Servants,同時在 John Hancock 任職副總裁兼精算師。2004 年,他轉而全職投入 PEER Servants 的事工。
Todd 與妻子 Leslie(Pelt)Engelsen 結婚多年,兩人緊密合作,共同帶領與管理 PEER Servants 全球大家庭中超過 250 位極具奉獻精神的志工。當他們不在波士頓地區的家中,或探訪 PEER 的全球合作夥伴時,經常會前往加拿大亞伯達省探望他們的女兒和孫子女。
Todd 畢業於北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校(The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill),獲得數學與德語學士學位。他與 Leslie 目前在麻薩諸塞州列星頓(Lexington)的 Grace Chapel 聚會敬拜。
Leslie Engelsen is a Chicago native and a Moody Bible Institute and Wheaton College alumna. She moved to Nigeria after her studies and served as a missionary with a primary focus on helping girls who had been trafficked into prostitution to find freedom and life in Christ. It was in Nigeria that she met Todd Engelsen who was a frequent visitor, coming from Boston to consult on microfinance. Through Todd’s visits Leslie and the urban ministry team she worked with, discovered how strategic microfinance can be in empowering people to overcome devastating situations that so easily consume people who lack resources. After spending 17 wonderful years in ministry in Nigeria, Leslie married Todd and relocated to Boston. For the past 24 years she has deeply enjoyed serving alongside the PEER Servants global family of volunteers and partners who are devoted to helping people all around the world to experience God’s kingdom right here on earth. Todd and Leslie have one daughter who is originally from South Sudan, and three grandsons who live in Alberta, Canada
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Leslie Engelsen 出生於芝加哥,畢業於慕迪聖經學院(Moody Bible Institute)及惠頓學院(Wheaton College)。
完成學業後,她前往奈及利亞擔任宣教士,主要致力於幫助遭人口販運而被迫賣淫的女孩,協助她們重獲自由,並在基督裡找到新的生命。正是在奈及利亞期間,她認識了 Todd Engelsen。Todd 當時經常從波士頓前往奈及利亞,為當地的小額信貸事工提供顧問服務。
透過 Todd 的來訪以及 Leslie 所參與的城市事工團隊,大家逐漸發現,小額信貸能夠成為一項極具策略性的工具,幫助資源匱乏的人們脫離那些容易吞噬生命的困境,並獲得自立與盼望的機會。
在奈及利亞服事了 17 年美好而充實的歲月之後,Leslie 與 Todd 結婚,並搬遷至波士頓定居。過去 24 年來,她一直樂於與 PEER Servants 全球大家庭中的義工及合作夥伴一同服事。他們共同委身於幫助世界各地的人們,親身經歷神的國度在地上的彰顯。
Todd 與 Leslie 育有一位女兒,她的家鄉位於南蘇丹。此外,他們還有三位孫子,目前居住在加拿大亞伯達省(Alberta)。
Hanna has a passion for extending God’s Kingdom on earth. The daughter of a Kenyan father and a Finnish missionary mother, Hanna grew up in the mission field in rural Kenya where her parents were in full-time ministry for decades. Hanna’s professional career spans over 20 years in the American corporate world, with most of it spent in the disruptive technology sector; in specific robotics, warehouse automation, autonomous vehicles, drones and ships. She currently works for a start-up company developing autonomous ships. In regards to Kingdom work, Hanna is active in her local Church (All People Church, North Reading) and also serves on the board of PEER Servants, a Christ centered organization focused on empowering the materially poor by helping them start or grow small businesses, educate children, engage young people in kingdom ministry, extend affordable healthcare, and address food/water security. Hanna resides in Boston with her husband Dr. Stephen Machatha. They are blessed with three children.
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Leslie Engelsen 出生於芝加哥,畢業於慕迪聖經學院(Moody Bible Institute)及惠頓學院(Wheaton College)。
完成學業後,她前往奈及利亞擔任宣教士,主要致力於幫助遭人口販運而被迫賣淫的女孩,協助她們重獲自由,並在基督裡找到新的生命。正是在奈及利亞期間,她認識了 Todd Engelsen。Todd 當時經常從波士頓前往奈及利亞,為當地的小額信貸事工提供顧問服務。
透過 Todd 的來訪以及 Leslie 所參與的城市事工團隊,大家逐漸發現,小額信貸能夠成為一項極具策略性的工具,幫助資源匱乏的人們脫離那些容易吞噬生命的困境,並獲得自立與盼望的機會。
在奈及利亞服事了 17 年美好而充實的歲月之後,Leslie 與 Todd 結婚,並搬遷至波士頓定居。過去 24 年來,她一直樂於與 PEER Servants 全球大家庭中的義工及合作夥伴一同服事。他們共同委身於幫助世界各地的人們,親身經歷神的國度在地上的彰顯。
Todd 與 Leslie 育有一位女兒,她的家鄉位於南蘇丹。此外,他們還有三位孫子,目前居住在加拿大亞伯達省(Alberta)。