Kansas Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists (KNCSB)

Missionary carries on family tradition

Daniel Goombi ministers to young Native Americans on reservations in Kansas. He and his wife, Kimberly, are among the featured missionaries for the 2009 Week of Prayer for North American Missions. Goombi is the first-ever second-generation missionary to be featured in Week of Prayer. His parents are Ron and Alpha Goombi, who serve on the Native American Indian reservations in Nebraska. They were featured in the 2003 Week of Prayer. (Photo by Erik Stenbakken)

By Mickey Noah
Daniel Goombi is a full-blooded Native American of Kiowa-Apache heritage. He is proud of his heritage, culture and traditions.

As directors of Kansas Reservation Ministries, Daniel, 24, and his wife Kimberly, 23, share the gospel of Christ on four Native American reservations in Kansas: Kickapoo; Sac and Fox; Iowa; and the Prairie Band Potawatomi. The Goombis, based in Lawrence, are Mission Service Corps missionaries for the North American Mission Board and church planters for Kaw Valley Baptist Association.

Daniel and Kimberly are only two of more than 5,500 missionaries in the United States, Canada and their territories supported by the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions and the Cooperative Program. The couple is among the NAMB missionaries featured as part of the annual Week of Prayer, March 1-8, 2009. This year’s theme is “Live with Urgency: Sowing Together for Harvest.” The 2009 Annie Armstrong Easter Offering’s goal is $65 million.

As NAMB Mission Service Corps missionaries, the Goombis must raise their own support. Although they are self-funded, they also receive additional support—such as training, administrative support and field ministry assistance—from the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering.

Daniel is unique among all the NAMB missionaries honored as Week of Prayer missionaries in the past. He is the first-ever, second-generation Week of Prayer missionary in NAMB’s history. His parents, Ron and Alpha Goombi—who still minister on Native American reservations in Nebraska—were Week of Prayer missionaries in 2003.