Dan & Melissa

Dan and Melissa are International Workers sent from Foothills Alliance Church in Calgary and Penang International Church in Penang, Malaysia — a church plant of the C&MA Canada. They have six children, and are self-funded international workers dedicated to seeing disciples make disciples. They serve in Thailand under YWAM USA.

They both come from Calgary, where they were born and raised. After university they stayed in Calgary for three years working in the corporate world before God called them overseas. To begin, their overseas life consisted of business; that transformed into business as missions, and eventually became completely mission focused.

They both come from a long heritage in the Alliance. Melissa attended Foothills Alliance as a young girl. Daniel's great-grandfather Gordon Skitch helped start Canadian Bible Institute, which later became CBC and Ambrose; he also helped start a number of churches across the prairies and was the district superintendent for the Christian and Missionary Alliance. That legacy has continued to be a driving force in the family, and propelled them toward living their lives for Jesus.

They feel called to make disciples who make disciples. This has been their vision since arriving in Thailand, and God has been gracious in working with them in it, particularly among Buddhist and Muslim Thai people groups.