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

First Impressions of PNG

The people of PNG enjoy talking with us everywhere we go, and when we smile or wave at them, it truly makes their day.

By: David Hicks
August 01 2015, 4:20 pm | Comments 0

Loading Our Boat

We want to thank God for organizing our packing and loading with the people, skills and timing we needed.

By: David Hicks
July 01 2015, 11:50 am | Comments 0

Coworkers with God

Please pray that the Lord will give David and me and Orion and Keren wisdom to accomplish this mission.

By: Edie Hicks
June 01 2015, 11:25 am | Comments 0

Joshua

We found encouragement in the Bible.

By: David hicks
May 01 2015, 5:24 pm | Comments 0

Stench or Aroma?

Surely a loving Christian will bring a sweet aroma to the world!

By: David Hicks
April 01 2015, 1:50 pm | Comments 0

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