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I grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas. I attended William Woods College, a small women’s college, in Fulton, Missouri. I graduated with a degree in Linguistics and Spanish. During my junior year of school, I received a Rotary Undergraduate Scholarship to study abroad for a year at the University of the Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, South America. During that year, I lived with a Colombian family.

 

Later, I lived in the Middle East for several years, in the countries of Lebanon, Jordan, and the West Bank of Israel, working as a missionary. I studied Arabic at Beirut University College in Beirut, and the Kelsey School in Amman, Jordan.

 

I am a former member of Trinity Baptist Church, where I served on the Missions Commission for several years.

 

My work in New York is almost exclusively in a cross-cultural context. I work among the Muslim and the Hispanic communities throughout the city. I speak both Spanish and Arabic. I am the director of our international division and director of the Jesus Film Project in New York City. This includes showing the Jesus film in 16mm on the streets of New York throughout the summer. We have shown the film open air in Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese, Chinese, and English. My ministry also involves training people in reaching neighborhoods and people groups here in the city. Other missionaries and I have devoted years to learning what is culturally appropriate to bridge cultural gaps. To share the love and Good News of the Gospel, we must be available and communicate within the context of one’s world. Relationships are key. To reach our world, we go to the neighborhoods that have come to us.

 

Fellowships and Centers have formed throughout the city, in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and Northern New Jersey, to mention some of the locations. Fledgling churches have begun in Albanian, Arabic, and Farsi (Persian). We sponsor summer outreach training programs, and, on occasion, host summer mission’s trips. Our dream would be to see an effective resident witness living and concentrating in each ethnic neighborhood throughout the city.

 

I am available to give a talk to the church or a group Bible study on understanding the Muslim world. It is an hour in length. Feel free to contact me.

 

Our Christian witness in New York City is so important. I consider it a privilege to be called to serve here and to be your missionary to New York City. I could not imagine being anywhere else. I am deeply grateful for your prayers and support of my ministry.

 

Love in Christ,

Julie Añil