ENRIQUE GONZALEZ LITERALLY USED HIS HEAD WHEN HE WANTED TO REACH OUT TO HIS HISPANIC NEIGHBORS.

“A beauty center is the place where you know everybody.”

HE APPROACHED SHOP OWNER DELOREZ SANCHEZ FOR HELP.

“He said you send ‘em and I’ll talk to ‘em, I said okay so that’s how we work as a team.”

IN 1999, ELMWOOD UNITED METHODIST HAD NO HISPANIC MINISTRY. TODAY THE CHURCH SERVES NEARLY 100 IMMIGRANT FAMILIES .

“We knock the doors through Project Transformation so that the people gain confidence in us because we are taking care of their children in the time they are working.”

THE BIBLE-BASED PROGRAM MATCHES COLLEGE KIDS AND ELMWOOD’S SENIORS TOGETHER WITH CHILDREN IN THE AREA.

ENRIQUE IS SERIOUS ABOUT SERVING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

“We cannot continue thinking in ethnic perspective if we want to continue to live in the United States.”

HIS NEXT GOAL: TO EARN A DOCTORATE IN EVANGELISM.

“Sometimes I’m thinking I’m part of the religious NAFTA.”

HE’S WHAT ONE MIGHT CALL A ‘GOOD NEWS’ AMBASSADOR.