SAM Ministries is always looking for men and women of character who are competent, called and willing to invest their lives in others. Although short-term commitments contribute toward meeting needs, it is life investment which results in the relationships and longevity that best enable transformation in lives.
The following are the full-time staff who are the hands, feet, hearts and minds committed to serving with SAM Ministries using their unique training and gifts.

Rick & Heather Neufeld
Rick & Heather met at Providence Bible College in 1999 and were married in April, 2001. They graduated the following year with Bachelors of Arts in Youth Leadership. Both have felt called to the ministry, particularly missions, from a young age. Both went on several missions trips to Africa as teenagers, and both felt this was where God would one day lead them. In July 2006, Rick was able to travel to Mozambique to work with Dwight Lagore for 2 weeks. Since that trip, both he and Heather have had a strong sense of God's calling to Mozambique. Their experience with children and youth work has helped them develop new skills and prepare them for this experience.
Recently, Rick & Heather were accepted as missionaries with SAMM and are currently on deputation to raise their support. In Mozambique they will be involved in youth and children's ministry as well as other mission programs.

Patricia Green
Patti is a member of Richfield Christian Fellowship where she assists the treasurer and serves wherever she is able. She has served in the office of SAM Ministries since 2001. Patti along with her husband Bill felt it a privilege to travel to Brazil with our missionaries in 2004 and have a strong desire to visit the mission field in Mozambique as well. Patti says, “no one can describe the mission field, you must experience it first hand, and when you do, you will never be the same.” It is the commitment of our missionaries to the people they serve that encourages others to help in whatever way they can.
Patti was born and raised on the prairies. Her passions include her husband Bill, their 3 children, 7 grand children and extended family as well as genealogy and travel.
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Ruth Trekofski
Ruth was born and raised on the Canadian prairies. She married Earl Trekofski in 1955 and had three children. In 1968 Ruth and Earl moved to Dallas, Texas where they enrolled in a Bible College for a special two-year course in missionary training. They left for Brazil in 1970 with their three children for their first term of missionary service. It became their home for the next thirty years.
Together they established the ‘Mount Horeb Training Center’ in the small town of Itaperucu, Parana. What began as an orphanage grew into an extensive ministry that now includes many other aspects of service to the community. Ruth’s passion is serving the poor and the overlooked. She has made countless friends in Brazil. And though there have been many sorrows over the years, there has also been much joy and never a moment of regret. Serving God has brought wonderful fulfillment and a sense of purpose. Ruth and her husband Earl now reside in Salmon Arm B.C. Canada, but continue their involvement in the work in Brazil with annual visits to provide oversight and encouragement.

Earl Trekofski
Earl was born and raised in Alberta. He graduated from Northwest Bible Institute in Edmonton. He married Ruth (nee Schalm) in 1955 and had three children. He is a licensed mechanic and worked in a small town in British Columbia for 10 years where he served in the local church as Bible teacher and board member. In 1968, he, with his wife and family moved to Dallas, Texas where they spent two years at a special Missions Training College. They left for Brazil in 1970 for their first term of service and spent the next thirty years there as missionaries. Earl along with his wife Ruth founded the ‘Mount Horeb Training Centre’ in the small village of Itaperucu in Parana, Brazil that began as an orphanage and grew into much more over the years. Earl’s passion is to serve God by serving people with his many talents and gifts, he now resides in Salmon Arm, B.C. and continues his involvement in the work in Brazil with a yearly visit to help in any way he can, as well acting as president. Earl and Ruth also travel to churches in Canada promoting the ministry in Brazil.

Lynn Lagore
Lynn was born in Canada but raised in Brazil. She returned to Canada at the age of 18 and graduated from Grant McEwan College (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) nursing program in 1982. Lynn is a mother of two awesome children and the most wonderful wife Dwight could ever hope for!
Lynn along with Dwight moved to Mozambique, South East Africa in 1993 immediately following the signing of the peace accord that ended almost 26 years of civil war in that country. Although Lynn has fulfilled many roles, her passion is to provide quality health care for the rural poor who would otherwise have no other medical help. Besides her hands-on curative efforts, she is committed to the training and equipping of Mozambicans who can provide compassionate and competent care for their own people.

Dwight Lagore
Dwight is a graduate of Temple Bible College and Prairie Bible Institute and along with Lynn his wife and two amazing children, founded the SAM Ministries work in Mozambique. Dwight is also a commercial pilot with instrument rating. He is presently SAM Ministries’ Field Team Leader for Southern Africa and is also President of ASAM or Love Mozambique, SAM Ministries’ agent in Mozambique.
Dwight’s passion is training leaders to equip and motivate them to bring about transformational development. His total commitment is to see people restored to a relationship with their Father God through Jesus Christ and is confident that all true development flows from this relationship.