About Us
Our Statement of Purpose
1. Deliver Christian resources into the seeker’s hands in a digital format. With Spanish being the second largest native language in the world and 21 Spanish-speaking countries, there is an ample mission field. There are many borders and barriers between these countries, and digital downloads is one way to help overcome them.
2. Provide our churches in Latin America with free resources to download. There are churches being planted in difficult locations, with little access to Anabaptist literature. It is a great blessing for our small churches to have access to free resources they can download and share with their neighbor.
If you would like to subscribe to our digital or printed newsletter, please fill out this form or write to the address below with your request. We can also provide multiple copies of the newsletter to churches that would like to add them to their church mailboxes.
Digital Manna
906 Tennessee Ave
Etowah TN 37331
If you would like more information directly from the field, please use the contact form below to contact any member of the executive committee:
Jacinto Yoder, Director – Waslala, Nicaragua
Keiner Barrantes, Secretary – Siguatepeque, Honduras
Marcos Miller, Treasurer – Quebradón, Costa Rica
Support the Mission
You can help us provide valuable Spanish resources to our brothers and sisters in Latin America.
Staff
Executive Committee
Jacinto & Kendra Yoder – Executive Director
Jacinto Yoder has been pastoring a church in Zapote Kum, Nicaragua, for most of ten years, with his wife, Kendra by his side. Besides being a project coordinator at Digital Manna since 2015, he has also been working as the Administrator of CAM’s clinic in Waslala for the last four years. He enjoys keeping busy, and in Zapote there is always something to do. Visiting neighbors, spending time discipling new believers, and furthering the cause of Christian literature is his passion.
Keiner Barrantes Family
Keiner Barrantes, with his wife Mari and three children, have lived in Siguatepeque, Honduras, since 2016. Keiner has helped his son start a towing and mechanic shop in recent years, where he spends part of his time. As a freelance translator and editor, Keiner has worked for most of our anabaptist publishing houses in the last twenty years. Six years ago, when Digital Manna started, he joined as an editor. He oversees the quality of our editing, as well as helping new workers develop their expertise.
Marcos Miller Family
Marcos and Dorcas Miller live in Quebradón, Costa Rica, where he pastors a church. They have six children, one of which is married. They are delighted to find that their first grandchild can be so sweet. Marcos and his sons run a cheese cooperative with weekly routes to the city, and he also works in accounting for local businesses. He has worked with Maná since the beginning with translation, project coordination, and most importantly, as treasurer for the organization.
Andrew Yoder Family
Andrew and Edna Yoder and five daughters attend Wellspring Mennonite Church of Athens, Tennessee. They operate Greenline Management where they provide a range of management, bookkeeping, and investment services to businesses and non-profits. Their family has a passion for promoting Christian principles in business and all things Latin.
Translators
Ivania Yoder
Ivania Yoder, 27, has her hands full helping her parents on their family farm, as well as taking care of her grandparents in their house across the yard. She has been working for Maná part-time since 2018.
Jonathan Burkholder
Jonathan Burkholder and his wife Marla have lived in Siguatepeque, Honduras, for fourteen years. They have been blessed with an army of boys who help with the housework, work in the coffee patch, pack coffee for export, tend to the garden, go to school, and so many other things boys are destined to do. Jonathan has been working as a part time translator for Digital Manna since 2017. He reviews our ebooks and audio and was elected to be on the board of directors in 2020.
Ronald Yoder Family
Ronald Yoder was raised on a farm in Santa Rita, Costa Rica, and married Lorraine in 2006. They live on a small farm, with their four children. Ron worked as a Portuguese editing coordinator for eight years before coming to Digital Manna in 2015. He is a full-time translator and does a bit of editing from time to time. He was also elected to be on the board of directors since the beginning of 2020.
Editors
Mary Jane Yoder Family
Mary Jane Yoder is married to Chente Mejía, and they live in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica. Their four children are grown and have left the nest. Mary Jane has been a freelance editor since the 1980s and has been taking projects for Digital Manna since 2016. She efficiently juggles her various translating and editing projects publishing houses send her way.
Jimmy Ramirez Family
La Españolita, Costa Rica, is home to Jimmy Ramirez and his family. He’s on La Estrella Mennonite Church’s ministry team and helps as a part-time editor for Digital Manna.
José Adán García Family
José Adán García and his wife Elizabeth live on Papayo hill, right outside Waslala, Nicaragua, and works at CAM’s local clinic. They have three girls, ages 8, 5, and 3. Of his part-time job with Maná, he says: “My job is educational in many ways, especially spiritually. I also enjoy learning from my colleagues. I believe it is only God who could make possible the work at Maná.”
Audio Department
Kenneth Yoder
Kenneth Yoder, 22, has lived his whole life in Waslala, Nicaragua. He has taught school for three years and has been working at starting Digital Manna’s audio department in his spare time in the last few years. He enjoys his job because, in his own words: “I am helping spread the Good news of the Gospel, and also receiving spiritual wisdom in the process.”
Content Review Committee
Joseph Miller Family
Joseph Miller and his family have lived in Texistepeque, El Salvador, for fifteen years. He is a bishop of the Texistepeque congregation and takes time to review audio and ebooks for Digital Manna.
Marcos Paniagua Family
Marcos Paniagua lives in Santa Isabel, Costa Rica, and is assistant bishop in the La Mizpa church. He works at a feed mill owned by a brother in the church, and reviews Digital Manna’s audio as he can.
Tim Schrock Family
Tim Schrock has a welding shop and small store beside the road in Kusulí, Nicaragua. He is a bishop in the local church but finds time to review Digital Manna’s audio and ebooks.
US Committee
Andrew Yoder Family
Andrew and Edna Yoder and five daughters attend Wellspring Mennonite Church of Athens, Tennessee. They operate Greenline Management where they provide a range of management, bookkeeping, and investment services to businesses and non-profits. Their family has a passion for promoting Christian principles in business and all things Latin.
John Troyer Jr. Family
John Jr. is on the state-side Digital Manna committee and manages the website. His wife Lois does editing for the newsletters. The Troyers live in Georgetown, OH, where they raise and broker dogs. They also have a hobby farm and enjoy nature, birding, and spontaneous picnics. John & Lois stay busy and very entertained in the process of raising four spirited children. Service is important to them, and their passion is that Christ’s kingdom comes to this broken world through their lives.
Serena Yoder
Serena Yoder is Digital Manna’s stateside bookkeeper, working mostly behind the scenes to keep the financial records straight and ensure that funding is sent to the appropriate places. Her goal is to maintain accurate records for transparent reporting. Serena lives in southern Tennessee, is pursuing a degree in psychology, and enjoys having philosophical discussion, reading, and many different forms of art.
Support the Mission
You can help us provide valuable Spanish resources to our brothers and sisters in Latin America.