FCA Dominican Republic

Willie joined the staff of FCA DR in 2012 and has since played a key role in growing the ministry in the area of Boca Chica. Along with leading the FCA staff currently serving in Boca Chica, Willie is our 3Dimensional coaching workshops and sports camps director. There is nothing Willie loves more than to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he is passionate about impacting coaches and athletes through discipleship. 

Along with the role of director, Willie has the opportunity to minister through a local Christian cable show twice per week, sharing Jesus and presenting the sports ministry to all of Boca Chica and beyond; he also serves as an elder in his local church.

Willie is married to his beautiful wife Alex; they have been blessed with two daughters, Alexa and Rocelin, and a son, Jesus.

David has been working for FCA DR since 2013. He is passionate about sharing the love of Jesus Christ with others and has played a vital part in growing FCA in the capital city of Santo Domingo. Since accepting Christ as his Savior through the influence of his brother, Maicol Guerrero, he says he knows that God can do great things in the lives of the coaches and athletes in the same way that He did great things in his life and the life of his family. Along with his ministry in Santo Domingo, David is our staff discipleship director and travels to the hometowns of the rest of the FCA DR team to disciple each staff member one-on-one so they in turn can better disciple their coaches and athletes. 

David is married to Dulce, whose name literally means "sweet". Together they are raising their boys, Abisail and Eliezer, and their princess Nellis.

Miguel began volunteering with FCA in 2012 and joined the staff in Boca Chica shortly after. In the fall of 2016, he moved almost 2 hours further east to begin FCA ministry in the city of Higuey. Miguel is on the baseball fields every week, discipling and pouring into the lives of coaches and athletes, as well as overseeing staff in San Pedro de Macoris and La Romana. 

In the spring of 2017, he married the love of his life, Rosy, whom he met at a training conference in January of 2016. At the time, she was working with another non-profit ministry in the Dominican Republic that helped care for girls rescued from sexual exploitation. Rosy partially grew up on the mission field and has extensive experience working with non-profit ministries. After getting married, she joined the administrative team of FCA DR to assist the Regional Directors and President of the Board in running the behind the scenes work. 

Along with their other roles, Miguel and Rosy also work as Team Trip Coordinators for short term mission teams that serve with FCA DR. Together, they are passionate about making an impact in the lives of youth everywhere and eagerly follow their calling to go and make disciples of all nations.

Luis was the first to join the FCA DR staff after Mike Shaheen arrived in 2011. Prior to joining FCA DR, Luis was a baseball and softball coach. He is currently our one staff member who works full time with the female athletes of Boca Chica's softball and volleyball teams (who affectionately refer to him as their uncle). He loves being able to make an impact in the lives of "his girls" and their coaches and discipling their spiritual growth during such a vital time in their lives. 

Luis and his wife Rosa have three grown children whom they are very proud of.

Ariel joined the FCA DR team in 2013 and has since been helping to make Jesus famous on the baseball fields of Boca Chica. He had also been traveling an hour to La Romana twice a week to start discipleship ministry there, and has since been joined full-time in those efforts by Alvis Santana. 

He loves sharing the Word of God with youth and discipling coaches to make an impact in the Dominican Republic for Jesus Christ. Ariel also recently graduated in 2018 from university with a degree in computer systems engineering.

Maicol has been serving in ministry with FCA DR on the basketball courts since 2013. Although this country loves baseball, there are a lot of basketball players, too. The kids at the basketball courts are usually the poorest and most probable to get into trouble. They are the outcasts. They may not have good shoes, uniforms or food to eat, but they love coming to the court to play; it's a safe place for them to play, be kids, and listen to Maicol sharing the Word of God. The basketball coaches don't earn enough coaching this sport for it to be considered a career; they simply serve their athletes out of the overflow of love in their hearts. Maicol is very grateful for the opportunity to share the grace, mercy and love of Jesus with them every day on the court.

Maicol and his sweet, gracious wife Soluz have a daughter, Nisi, and a baby son, Justin.

Known to most as Ponponio, his friendly smile and heart for people has opened many doors for discipling coaches and baseball players. He came on board with the Boca Chica staff in 2013 and in 2018 took the opportunity to move to La Romana and further develop and grow the ministry started there by several other staff members through commuting from other towns. He is grateful for the opportunities that God has given him to share the hope of Jesus Christ through the ministry of FCA DR.

Along with discipleship of coaches and athletes, Alvis assists as a translator with short term mission groups that serve with FCA DR. He has also sporadically studied English and has a goal of being able to go to college to further his education.

One of our newest team members, Ortiz had been working as a coach in Santo Domingo while working alongside David de la Cruz even before joining FCA DR in May of 2017. In 2018, he and his family moved to Dajabon in the northwestern part of the country as his wife is involved in a church plant in that area. He loves to share the love of Jesus Christ with the coaches and athletes he has the opportunity to mentor and disciple and is excited about the opportunity to minister the Gospel through FCA DR.

Ortiz is married to his sweet wife Indira, and together they are raising their daughter, Genesis, and son, Diostyn.

Emilio was the first one of FCA DR staff to meet Mike Shaheen in 2011 while he was commuting to Boca Chica from San Pedro de Macoris for his job as a groundskeeper. A few years later, Mike moved his family to SPM to start another region of FCA DR ministry and brought Emilio on board to assist in those efforts. Emilio works alongside coaches and athletes in the large baseball complex of SPM every week to share the love of Jesus that is real in his own life. 

Emilio is married to his lovely wife Lili and they are blessed with two beautiful children - daughter Rosanjela and son Enmanuel.

Victor joined the FCA DR team in his hometown of Boca Chica in 2013, then moved his family to San Pedro de Macoris to assist with expanding the ministry there. His love for Jesus and energy for life spill into the lives of the coaches and athletes he disciples on the baseball fields every week in the communities around SPM. 

Victor is married to his beautiful wife Aracelis; they have a son, Victor David, and are expecting their second child to arrive in early 2019. Together, they are also the couples' ministry directors in their local church.

JJ's contagious energy makes him a favorite with the kids and coaches he disciples in and around the small town of Consuelo. He loves Jesus and his passion for sharing this love with the coaches and athletes through baseball and basketball in his community has made a great impact since joining FCA DR in 2015. 

JJ married his sweetheart Isabel in January of 2017 and they welcomed their son, Chris Albert, a year later.

One of our newest team members, Carlos had been working alongside Victor Sanchez in discipleship before joining FCA DR in May of 2017. He is passionate in his work with coaches and athletes on the baseball and soccer fields and basketball courts. Carlos' most notable character quality is his genuine heart to serve in whatever capacity God calls him to. 

Along with daily ministry, Carlos also loves opportunities to use his English and French/Creole as a translator with short term mission groups that serve with FCA DR. His multi-sport and multi-lingual abilities have already been a great blessing to the ministry.