Meet the Team | Fruitbelt Farmworker Christian Ministry

FFCM Leadership

Executive Director

Christian Aguilar

Christian is the Pastor of Vida Life bilingual church in Hershey, PA. He is married to Ximena Suarez, and has two sons, Martin and Joaquin. He has been the Executive Director for 3 years. Christian & Ximena also are missionaries of ABWE.

Women and Family Ministry

Ximena Suarez

Ximena Suarez has been married to Christian Aguilar for 25 years and has two children. They are ABWE missionaries who came to the United States as Church Planters. She gave her life to the Lord at twelve years old, and is currently active as a Spanish teacher and interpreter. At church, she helps to lead worship as well as volunteering with the children and youth group ministry.

FFCM Board

President

Brent Mangus

Brent is a pastor in Franklin County as well as a Chaplain with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. Brent learned of FFCM when he became a pastor and works to connect individuals and churches with local camps. He champions the ministry by declaring that the mission field is right in our backyard.

Vice President

George Scott

The Rev. George Scott has served on the FFCM Board since 2018. He is a retired Army intelligence officer living in Dillsburg, PA. Having grown up on a farm in South Central Pennsylvania, he understands the need for seasonal workers, and as a Lutheran pastor, the importance of welcoming them with the love of Christ.

Secretary

Melanie Finkenbender

Melanie is a bilingual family medicine Physician who has worked in community health centers throughout her career. Currently, she serves many agricultural workers from Adams, Franklin, and Cumberland counties through her position at Keystone Health. She also participates in FFCM’s Friend a Camp program in fellowship with other members of Saint James Lutheran Church.

Treasurer

Joe Seygal

Joe is a retired CPA and VP of Finance with over 25 years of corporate management experience within the dental insurance industry. He is a graduate of Gettysburg College. Joe resides in Harrisburg, PA with his wife Jodie. They have four grown daughters and six grandchildren. In retirement, he is an avid woodworker.

Board Member

Harold Wantz

Pastor Harold Wantz retired as the Site Administrator of the Adams County CareerLink in 2007 and has been pastoring in a church plant since. He has served on the FFCM Board nearly since its beginning over 35 years ago, and has participated with Churches to “Befriend A Camp” at Bonnie Brae Orchards since it began as an Adopt-A-Camp program for FFCM.

Board Member

Mary Ann Finton

Board Member

Bill Morgan

Board Member

Sharon Kaya

Sharon Kaya was born in Hawaii, the third and fourth generation of Japanese immigrants who migrated from their home to work in the cane fields on the island of Maui. Her father was an enlisted soldier in the U.S. Army who fought in the Korean War. After the war he was stationed to serve in California, Okinawa, Taiwan, and Arizona. Because of these experiences Sharon experienced many different cultures before finally coming to Pennsylvania. A very different culture from the others. She had no idea that the gift she was given would come to full realization by working with Spanish-speaking farm workers. Fully bilingual in English and Spanish, Sharon has served farm workers for over 30 years.

Board Member

Milo Oyler

Milo, along with his wife Carrie and their four children, live in Waynesboro, PA. In conjunction with six other family members, they own Treasure Apple Ranch, an orchard in Waynesboro, PA.

Board Member

Josiah Long