Tim and Cindy Clem

Office
EMI America Latina (Costa Rica)

Our Story
Tim grew up in a church-going family and accepted that Jesus was the only way of salvation before he could remember. He has been an active member of his church ever since.

Cindy accepted Christ as her personal Savior at the age of seven. Each of her immediate family members accepted Christ that same year, all at different times and places. They began to attend church regularly where Cindy grew in her relationship with Christ, learned to love the Word, and to live a holy (set apart) life. Early in childhood she felt a strong desire to serve the Lord on the Mission field. She began to pray for other countries and people. She read missionary biographies, watched the news so she knew how to pray, and "dreamed" of one day being a missionary herself.

Family
Tim and Cindy met through mutual friends in 1997. They were married May 15, 1999. They were told by doctors that they could not have any children so it was by the Lord's miracle that Laura arrived in 2002 and Tanner arrived in 2004. Although they don't plan to have any more children, they are excited about adopting or being foster parents.

Professional Training and Experience
Tim received a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science in Forest Products in 1995. He has been working for Giffin Bolte Jurgens since 1996. Tim was licensed as an Architect in the State of Oregon in 1999.

Cindy was licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Oregon in 1998. Since then she has worked primarily as a Pediatric Home-health nurse and triage nurse at a Pediatric clinic.

Ministry Experience
Tim has served in his local church teaching Sunday School, singing in the Worship Team and serving on the Church Board. He has made several "Work and Witness" trips around the world to build church facilities and has made several trips volunteering design services with and without eMi. Tim currently leads a small group ministry to men recovering from sexual addiction.

Over the years Cindy has had many opportunities to witness. She has evangelized door to door, on street corners, to the homeless, to friends and to family. Her first overseas missions trip was to Albania where she went with a team who shared the gospel through drama. She later returned to Albania to serve at an orphanage. She was involved with a YWAM team as well and went on several village trips to distribute Bibles and share about Christ.

In 2000, Tim and Cindy planned to return together to Albania to serve for a year when Cindy was diagnosed with a life threatening blood disorder. God redirected them to Central America and Cindy was able to go on a medical mission trip to Costa Rica in 2003. Having lived in the SW United States as a child, Tim has always felt a connection to Latin America. Tim and Cindy are both excited to move to Costa Rica and to serve God however He sees fit!

Verses to Live By
Genesis 1:1-Revelation 22:21!
Tim's calling is to fulfill 3 John 6b, "You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God." God used this verse to say Tim's Architecture training is to be used in service to other missionaries so they can be free to fulfill the calling God has given them.

Cindy's favorite verses are: Proverbs 3:5
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths."

Jeremiah 29:11-13 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." NKJ

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