David & Edie Hicks

Career Missionaries since 2015, serving the Tonga people of Mozambique.

David and Edileuza (Edie) Hicks are church planting among the unreached Tonga people of Mozambique, Eastern Africa. They live in the city of Inhambane.

From the time he was five years old, David has had a growing interest in missions. He served as a student missionary in PNG from 1994 to 1996. He went on to study health and pastoral ministry at Weimar College where he graduated in 1998.

Edie immigrated to the USA from Brazil. As a girl, she read a book about Leo and Jessie Halliwell’s mission on the Amazon River. From that time on, she dreamed of being a missionary. Later, while a student at Instituto Adventista Paranaense (a Brazilian academy), she worked three summers as a literature evangelist. Finally, in 2011, while living in Massachusetts, she got her RN license.
After David and Edie heard a presentation by a furloughing AFM missionary in 2012, God moved their hearts to apply for mission service. They labored among the Ama and May River peoples in Papua New Guinea from 2015 to 2019. They then launched a new project among the Tonga people in March 2019.

The Tonga number about 335,000 people and speak two languages: Gitonga (a tribal language) and Portuguese. The Hickses will be focusing on local needs, such as women’s literacy, health and youth activities. Through this work they hope to build interest in Bible studies, prophecy seminars, Pathfinders and Adventist Youth (AY).

Frontier Stories

From Pig Lover to Bible Worker

After the two weeks of intercessory prayer, his father said, “Let him do what he wants to do.” It was a miracle!

By: David & Edie Hicks
December 01 2022, 4:38 pm | Comments 0

House on Fire

This outpouring of support has been an incredible witness to Sister Maria’s neighbors. We uplift Jesus by helping others.

By: David & Edie Hicks
October 01 2022, 8:34 am | Comments 0

Where Is Everyone?

Let us also pray for our own churches, both in the U.S.A. and abroad, that they will fill back up and actively evangelize.

By: David & Edie Hicks
August 01 2022, 10:51 am | Comments 0

Fish in a Puddle

Soon Jesus and His angels will take the “good fish” out of this world and carry them to the heavenly river of living water. Are you ready?

By: David Hicks
July 01 2022, 10:15 am | Comments 0

Homemade Toys

These boys are part of a group of children to whom I would love to tell Bible stories. They call me Tia Edileuza, which means Auntie Edileuza. Please join me in praying that the Holy Spirit will drive these boys into a knowledge of Jesus.

By: Edie Hicks
June 01 2022, 10:47 am | Comments 0

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