Gary, the son of a PCA minister, grew up in Pinellas Park, Florida and came to know the Lord at an early age. He attended Covenant College and received a B.A. in philosophy and Bible. He later graduated from Covenant Seminary with an M.Div. and from Westminster Seminary with a D.Min.
Phyllis grew up in a Christian home in Wilmington, Delaware and attended Covenant College for one year. After receiving a B.S. in nursing from the University of Delaware, she worked for six years in a burn treatment center.
The Waldeckers have served as church planters in Chile since 1983. For the first eight years they lived and worked among the poor in Western Santiago. Then Gary became the team leader of a church planting team whose focus was the unreached upper middle class in Viña del Mar. Gary W was Regional Director for South America for about 7 years and is presently Mission to the World's Director of Operational Effectiveness for Latin America. The Waldeckers currently reside in Chattanooga, TN. Gary travels to his work in South America and attends George Washington University in Washington D.C. where he is pursuing a doctorate in Organizational Development.
Gary (4/17) and Phyllis (2/12) are both certified to use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and have developed a Biblical perspective on personality, which they have used for team development and other purposes.
Gary and Phyllis were married on June 14, 1981, and have four children,
Micah (11/26/82)
Seth (6/16/84)
Andrea (3/17/86)
Audrey (2/6/89).
Address:
92 Tucker Branch Road
Rising Fawn, GA 30738
Phone:
(706) 398-9162
Email:
Gary@mtwsa.org
Website:
www.paradigms.net
Recent Prayer Letters from the Waldeckers:
Prayer Letter from October 7, 2003