Steve and Jill McCarthy, along with their 3 children serve as missionaries in Uruguay. They minister in one of the most economically and politically stable countries in all of Latin America, yet one of the hardest to reach with the gospel. Steve and Jill are involved in teaching new pastors at the Bible School and in sports evangelism, using soccer as a bridge to reach the lost. In addition, they lead Hope for Uruguay 100, an initiative that is raising up and mentoring new church planters with the hope of establishing 100 healthy churches and building 100 sanctuaries for these new and growing congregations. To date, 40 new churches have been planted and 38 sanctuaries built. In addition, this year, they recently helped to renovate the dorms at the Men’s Teen Challenge and renovate the dorms at their residential Bible School that trains and prepares pastors for ministry.