David Johnson, Co-Founder; President
David Johnson is the Senior Pastor at Grace Church of East Dennis, Massachusetts (www.efreecapecod.com). David visited the leprosy center in 2013 and returned with a strong desire to begin efforts to move this community out of material and spiritual poverty. David’s heart for missions has led him to, among other places, Ecuador, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Iceland, France, Romania, Slovakia, and Guatemala.
Tricia Johnson, Clerk
Tricia is a Bethel University graduate and the Director of Family Discipleship at Grace Church of East Dennis. She recently retired as a special education teacher in her local elementary school. Tricia has co-led many mission trips, often to places that care for children in the developing world.
Abraham Togbah, Officer
Abe is a Plant Propagator/Grower and Researcher at Bailey Nurseries Greenhouses in Minnesota; he also volunteers at the University of Minnesota Arboretum. Abe grew up in Bong County, Liberia.
Kimberly Johnson, Officer
Kimberly is a Liberty University graduate working as a nurse in an Intensive Care Unit. She became a member of the Kwatekeh board in 2019 and her family has been long-time supporters of the work that Kwatekeh is doing in Liberia. Her hope is that with hard work and support, more lives will be changed for the better and more people would be saved into everlasting hope in Jesus’ name.
Paul Borthwick, Officer
Paul Borthwick, with his wife Christie, serve on the staff of DAI, (Development Associates International), a training group dedicated to the character and ministry development of leaders in the under-resourced world (www.daintl.org). Paul served as an adjunct professor in Global Christianity at Gordon College from 1985-2015. Through DAI, they now spend one to two months each year in ministry in other countries, mostly in the “Global South” (Africa, Asia & Latin America.) Paul and Christie have been married since 1979 and split their year between Lexington, Massachusetts and Sanibel, Florida. They are members of Grace Chapel (www.grace.org).