Mando & Marcia MatthewS, Directors

Romando and Marcia are directors of Ekballo Pasadena, a missional base housing the Ekballo House of Prayer and ministry School of Prayer & Harvest in Pasadena, California. Mando leads Hope California, a movement galvanizing the church in California to reach the lost through prayer and massive evangelism. He also oversees The Upper Room Network (TURN), an intercessory network dedicated to praying for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit unto a great harvest. Having been a missionary and the director of a house of prayer at the University of Southern California, Mando is dedicated to catalyzing the convergence of prayer and evangelism as a key to the great harvest.

Mando and Marcia are worshipers at heart and have written songs, led worship, arranged music, and directed choirs of children and adults.

Mando and Marcia have been married for 21 years and have six children.

Albert & Wendy Huertas, Staff Leaders

Albert & Wendy serve on our leadership team as mentors to our students and prayer leaders. Albert and Wendy previously served with the Nazarene Church. Wendy was involved with children’s ministry for 5 years and Albert was a youth pastor for 8 years and an associate pastor for 2 years. He completed his 4 years of course studies with the Nazarene Bible College. Albert and Wendy have a heart to see this next generation of young adult missionaries and intercessors raised up. As a husband and wife duo, they manage a missionary housing ministry called Love Joy Rest out of their home in Arcadia, where they disciple and house traveling missionaries who are between assignments from the LORD. They have been married for 20 years and have 4 children, Isaac, Andrew, Adaiah, and Uriah who love God and also volunteer with Ekballo Pasadena.