Our Staff
Derek Elles
Founder/President/Chair
derek@straightpathministries.org
Derek grew up in an Italian-Mexican, Catholic family, attended Catholic school, and served as an altar boy in church regularly. As a Junior in High School, he felt the need to leave the church and found himself searching for religious truth. He was first saved while on patrol onboard a nuclear submarine in the U.S. Navy during a nuclear war scenario. Not completely understanding what it meant, and not having anyone to guide him, he found himself exposed to many religions and began to research several of them and even attended some of their churches.
Mimi Elles
Co-Founder/Missions Coordinator
mimi@straightpathministries.org
Mimi was born in Guatemala and raised in a Christian family with her dad as a Lutheran pastor. Mimi’s mother also studied theology and served several ministries in the churches where Mimi’s dad pastored. As a child, Mimi attended Mennonite school, she accepted Christ at the age of 4 and later graduated from Bible Seminary in Guatemala City. She learned English in school and became fluent while helping as a guide and translator on numerous mission trips since the age of 14.