Seth & Marcela Fagerland

Word of Life Panama

BACKGROUND

Seth is a South Dakota farm kid, and Marcela is a missionary kid who has lived in many places, but would call Texas home. They met in Chicagoland where Seth had gone to seminary to get his MDiv, and got married in 2010. They have two kids, Benaiah and Maja.

WHAT DREW YOU TO MINISTRY

• Seth’s initial calling to ministry happened in a Bible camp setting that included the local church and the larger Kingdom of God movement.
• While at seminary, Seth was surrounded and mentored by cross-cultural missionaries, opening our perspective to a Global Church.
• Initially surprised to be called into student ministry, but then twenty-two years of living out a conviction of disciplemaking with the next generation of following Jesus together.
• Receiving God’s perfect gift for each other, Marcela, a third cultured missionary kid comes alive in cross-cultural settings.
• Living out the opportunities we had to serve in those environments together.
• Discovering how God then also uniquely wired our kids to also come alive in cross-cultural settings.
• And then the favor and opportunities God continued to give us in networks of friendships and youth pastor circles that has moved many others to join this work in Panama as well.

PRAYER REQUESTS

• Raising up our sending team—prayerfully and financially.
• Preparations for moving our family to Costa Rica for Language School Fall 2025.
• Shepherding our children’s hearts as we prepare to launch into this new venture.
• God’s continued blessing and favor on Word of Life Panama and the ministry and missionary team serving there.