Anna was born and raised in St. Johns, Michigan and is the third oldest of six children in her family. She worked at St. Joseph Catholic Church as a parish secretary and was involved in young adult ministry in the Diocese of Lansing before experiencing a call to foreign missions. In July of 2018 she first felt the desire to serve and love Christ in the poor when she went on a mission trip to Mexico City. In January 2019, through prayer and discernment, she heard the Lord’s call to mission work and soon learned about Family Missions Company from a friend. After attending a “Come and See” retreat in June of 2019 she knew without a doubt that she would be able to live out her desire to love and serve Christ in the poor with them, and that God was calling her to be a missionary with FMC. Anna feels blessed to love and serve Christ in the poor and hopes to strive, with God’s help, to be a light to whomever the Lord places in her path on this journey. Anna served in Peru in 2020, 2023 and now lives in Ecuador with her husband Wellington Alvarado. They met in Peru in 2020, and when Anna returned to Peru they began dating in March 2023, were engaged in October 2023 and they recently got married on May 18 2024. They both desire to serve as a family on mission and go wherever the Lord leads and are currently serving in Tena, Ecuador.

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