Royce Odiyar heard the calling of God on his life during his junior year of High school. Five years later he graduated from Canadian University College with a Bachelors degree in Theology, determined and convicted to serve the Lord with unrelinquished commitment. The Lord directed him to ARISE for evangelistic training. And now more than ever before Royce is compelled by the urgency of the times in which we are living and believes that we must no longer delay in spreading a last day message to a last day people!

Rubia Borges is 27 years old. She was born in Brazil and raised speaking Portuguese. Recently, she graduated from Andrews University with a Masters Degree in Community Counseling. Rubia's diversity in language and education has prepared her to do work in different countries. In the Fall of 2007 Rubia attended  ARISE  and realized the urgency to share the Word of God. This is the reason why she decided to join the ARISE team as a full-time Bible worker, to spread the message about the Lord's soon return.

Laura Andrews is a 19 year old with a contagious faith. She is just a baby in her walk, but her boldness in her witnessing surpasses the spiritual maturity of many of those around her. She was raised in the cold state of Alaska, but interestingly enough her spiritual experience began thousands of miles away in Brazil. Now she is actively fulfilling the Gospel Commission and challenging those around her to do like wise.

Does God Exist? If you have any doubt just make sure to ask Isai Almeida. She is a 20 year old student at Western Michigan University who has decided to lay down the books for a year to appeal to others to believe in the God of the Bible. Her name actually means, "God exists", so this serves as a constant reminder of her Christian duty to appeal to others to follow the living God.

Ezequiel Vasquez is a 21-year-old that is living radically for Christ.  Ezequiel wasn’t always so spiritual. Although raised in a Christian home, Ezequiel denied even the existence of God.  By the grace of God, Zeke was plucked from the deception of Athesim and experienced genuine conversion.  Upon being converted, Ezequiel moved to Michigan from California to attend ARISE.  Now, not only is he a Christian, but he is in full-time ministry and is excited about wining souls for the kingdom.