Regional Directors
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Scott went on his first mission trip with COI in 1995 and from the moment he landed in Ukraine he knew that this was a ministry he wanted to be a part of. Following his trip to Ukraine Scott felt God directing him into ministry with COI. He and his family were missionaries with COI in 1997 and they served in the Czech Republic for almost three years. Scott moved back to Canada in 2000 and began to minister to people in his own country. 
Alex and Patrice Dmitriev are the COI base directors in Uzhgorod, Ukraine.
Alex grew up under communist influence and in a family that didn't believe in God. At age 10 he started playing hockey and immediately fell in love with the sport. Soon he was asked to attend a special high school to train to become a professional hockey player. He finished school just after the Iron Curtain had fallen and at that time many of the professional hockey teams behind it were also falling apart. He continued to play hockey in his hometown which is where he met COI missionaries for the first time. In March of 1993, they asked him to travel and play with the COI team on a hockey missions trip. After two weeks of being with these Christian hockey players, listening to their stories and hearing the gospel, he gave his life to Christ. He then decided to leave his hometown and become a full time missionary with COI in 1995.
Patrice grew up going to church with her mom in the small town of Selma, California. She decided to follow Christ at a young age. In school, she found out she loved to play sports and went on to play volleyball in college. In her last year of college, a friend encouraged her to go on a missions trip with COI to play volleyball and share her faith. That summer in 1992 she spent four weeks in Ukraine doing the things she loved most, traveling, playing volleyball and sharing her faith in Ukraine. It was at that point she heard Gods call in her life to become a full time missionary.
Alex and Patrice married in 1997 and continue to serve in Uzhgorod, Ukraine with their children, Sarah, Liza, AJ and Jakob.
Elson Jones - COI Dominican Republic - Since 2005, Missionary #74
Elson Jones is from the Dominican Republic and has been serving with COI there for six years, the base director since 2007. Elson has been involved in ministry for many years, first as a pastor's son, then as a youth pastor, and now as a itinerant preacher.
The last six years COI DR has been blessed to work with more than 20,000 children and adults in the San Pedro de Macoris area, through feeding, supporting education,building schools and making their lives better.
Elson serves with his wife, Dahiana and their two children in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic.
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