Our Missionaries
Kendy Ramirez
Kendy was born and raised in La Romana, Dominican Republic, she grew up in a Christian home, but it was at the age of 15 years old that she accepted Christ into her heart. Since then she has worked with the children at her church in the summer bible school and bible teachings every Sunday.
Kendy met and married her loving husband, Fredy Mendoza and together they both felt the calling to work with kids. In the summer of 2020, they began to work for Handfuls of Hope, and serve in the Sports Ministry program as Sports Ministry Logistic Coordinator. They have the opportunity to bless the lives of children through sports and to share the gospel.
Kendy is also involved in different areas of the ministry, she enjoys and feels passionate about serving the Lord. Her hobbies are listening to music, singing, and cooking.
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this. Psalms 37:5
Contact Kendy
kcastro@handfulsofhope.org
Fredy Mendoza Castro
Fredy was born and raised in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. Although he did not grow up in a Christian home, God had mercy on him and at the age of 16, he accepted Christ as his savior. Ever since then he loves to share the gospel with others and talk about how his life has been transformed.
Fredy married his beloved and beautiful wife Kendy Ramirez and both of them serve full-time as missionaries for Handfuls of Hope. Fredy serves as the Director of Sports Ministry in Nizao, Baní. Fredy loves to do missions together with his wife and his desire is to continue being used as an instrument to glorify God through this ministry.
His hobbies are reading and writing.
And if anyone prevails against one, two will resist him; and three-fold cord is not soon broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12
Contact Fredy
fcastro@handfulsofhope.org
Josiah Dennis
Josiah was born and raised in the Denver metro area of Colorado and is the oldest of twelve children. He grew up in a loving Christian home, and at the age of 7, he accepted Christ as his savior. Josiah has been an active member of his home church, and helps out with everything from serving on the worship team to cleaning floors.
Josiah went on his first mission trip to the Dominican Republic at the age of 13. During that trip, he was baptized and fell in love with the mission field. Since then, he has felt God’s calling on his life to become a full-time missionary. He has gone to the DR six times on short-term mission trips and is now serving as a full-time missionary with Handfuls of Hope. Throughout his life, he has been able to see God working in many ways to prepare him to serve. While Josiah knows he will have struggles, worries, and doubts, he knows without question that He has good plans for him!
Josiah’s hobbies include board games, video games, spending time with friends, traveling, and playing worship music.
“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.”
2 Peter 1:3-9
Contact Josiah
jdennis@handfulsofhope.org