Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
-Galatians 6:2 (NIV)
leadership
After experiencing international missions in the traditional sense and seeing the world and "aid" first hand, I wanted to know more about how to help without hurting. I pursued my Master of Arts in International Community Development. My passion is in partnering with community based organizations in honoring what God is doing in the world.
Originally from South Dakota, I currently live in Seattle, WA. My only daughter is in college and I am navigating the empty nest life! I love yoga, traveling, speaking French, and spending time with friends and family.
Jaye Dryden
board chair and co-founder
Eddie K. Wamah
Before being part of Covenant International, I had the privilege of serving with Mercy Ships in eight different African countries over six and a half years. My goal is to see underprivileged children's lives improve in whatever way God provides. I am also motivated by how much God has been faithful to me.
I was born and raised in Paynesville, Liberia and am currently living in Saint Paul, Minnesota with my wife and son. I enjoy getting out on the Minnesota lakes whenever I can find time for some fishing.
vice-chair and co-founder
Greta Wamah
co-founder
I currently live in St. Paul with my husband and our son. My husband and I met while we were serving in West Africa with Mercy Ships where I served as a RN in the surgical wards.
Eddie and I married in Jan 2013 at Eddie’s home church in Liberia. We continued serving on the Africa Mercy until moving to MN in May of 2014 to be near my family. I have worked for the last 9 years as a Hospice RN. I count it an honor to comfort the dying and support families during this life event.
I look forward to supporting and learning with Covenant International as we develop partnerships in Liberia and beyond. I want to continue to be willing to grow in my faith and share what I have learned along the way.
Bree Mann
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board member
While still in high school, I took my first 'mission trip' to Tijuana. Since then, I have supported or participated in a variety of missions both here in the US and abroad. Through these experiences, my eyes have been opened to the physical and spiritual needs of many and the challenges in engaging in meaningful ways. Combine this with my undergraduate studies in history, and a particular interest in post-colonial Africa, and I was excited to partner with Covenant International and its launch.
I wear many hats: wife, mom, daughter, sister, friend, teacher, and coach, among others. I have been homeschooling my three children for more than a decade, and seek to live out and instill in them the words of Micah 6:8, "do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God."
Elizabeth Gazay
I live and work just outside of New York City, practicing law and raising two kids with my husband, Sven. Prior to this stage of my life, I spent a lot of time volunteering, from rebuilding homes after hurricane Katrina, to living for 6 months at a child sponsorship nonprofit in the Philippines, to calling weekly bingo at a nursing home in Manhattan for 2 years! I look forward to being a part of this new, innovative endeavor and excited to see how God uses us to help others through this charitable organization!
