Since 2015
Elizabeth is from the North Georgia area and a 1991 graduate of Georgia State University. She is part of GlobalX missions from North Point Ministries in Alpharetta, Georgia. She has volunteered as a small group leader for single women, middle and high school students, mentored young ladies from Wellspring Living, has taken part in several short-term mission trips to the Republic of Macedonia since May 2011, and has participated as a team member on "God's Warriors" for Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) in North Metro Atlanta.
The Lord initially called Elizabeth to serve with at-risk kids and orphans in Skopje, Macedonia.
The Lord miraculously lead Elizabeth to New International (NI) in early 2012. New International was a perfect fit in part because they were already represented in Skopje by wonderful leaders who have been there for nearly 15+ years. The NI leaders also were familiar with Soulcraft Church and the lead pastor, Nikola Galevski and his wife, Anet. Soulcraft church continues to be Elizabeth's church home.
Elizabeth arrived to live in the Republic of Macedonia in December 2013 with the initial God-given purpose to serve alongside a state-run orphanage called the “25th of May” serving anywhere from 23-30 kids, aged 7 to 18. After 7 years of serving the orphans, a newly elected government banned ‘non-citizens’ from having any contact with the orphanage system. Then Covid hit the world and everything “stopped” for 2 years.
Although Elizabeth continuously waits for a new opportunity to serve the orphans in Macedonia, the Lord has graciously blessed Elizabeth with a new season of life in reaching out to women of all ages...
The Main Event - in this gathering, Elizabeth develops and trains women in personal and family safety, personal situational awareness, survival training, budgeting and scheduling concepts, leadership, and more - all surrounded by the foundation of the word of God and His truth. It is a full, 9-month gathering, twice per month, that has training “on location” with hands-on experience and also in a conference room setting when necessary. It is a fully sponsored event. All women are invited and every training has Scripture reading and discussion regarding the topic of the event. Groups are limited to 8 people. In 2023-2024 “The Main Event” kicked off with a young ladies group of 16-20 year olds. Currently “The Main Event” has a women’s group from Soulcraft church.
"HIS-Story"- since 2023 Elizabeth’s heart grew for Christian women in Macedonia who were true followers of Jesus Christ but did not understand or read the Bible. After much patience and prayer, the Lord gave Elizabeth the humble opportunity to share the knowledge of Scripture to a group of women from a local evangelical church. One lady from this church organically approached Elizabeth in May 2025 to ask her if she would like to teach the Bible to the ladies from her church group. All women who are followers of Jesus Christ are invited and a local coffee shop hosts the gathering every other Wednesday evening for 2 hours. Elizabeth concentrates on connecting Old Testament Scripture to the New Testament Scripture and Jesus Christ, book by book. The gathering, called "HIS-Story," started off in May 2025 with about 4 women and now has 15 women, representing more than 5 different churches. The women are gathering together to learn more about whom they worship, reading (aloud) Scripture together and building fellowship in the Kingdom of God! They are encouraged to read and study the Scriptures for themselves and to allow the Holy Spirit to teach them and for them to disciple others.
May the Lord continue His awesome work in the beautiful country of Macedonia!
"Come to Macedonia and help us." Acts 16:9
With New International since 2012
