Mary Anne Voelkel is a longtime missionary with Latin America Mission (LAM). For twenty years she and her husband, Jack, pioneered a university ministry in Colombia that is a member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES). She was also a professor at the Biblical Seminary in Medllin for ten years. Voelkel served on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA from 2000-2008 and played a key role in developing prayer in the movement and especially at the Urbana Missions Conferences. She and Jack live in Tucson, Arizona, and return to Colombia yearly for teaching assignments.