Global Mission Awareness is a family of families passionate about the pursuit and expansion of the Kingdom of God.

We believe that love is a powerful force that blind eyes can see and deaf ears can hear.

We are committed to building a global family through love as we seek to present a God that looks like Jesus.

Our mission is to bring light to the darkest of places, to touch lives and to transform nations with love as a Kingdom Family Movement.

WE BECOME WHAT WE BEHOLD AS SONS AND DAUGHTERS

John 17:4   “I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.”

John 14:9 “Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?”

John 17:26  “And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

John 3:16  “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

WE MAKE JESUS THE ANOINTED ONE, OUR FOCUS, LIFE AND MINISTRY

2 Timothy 2:8   “Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel.”

Colossians 1:15-20   “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.”

WE SPECIALIZE IN LOVING AS HE LOVES WITHOUT AN AGENDA

1 Corinthians 13:4-7; 13:13  “Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” 

John 13:34. “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one”

John 15:9   “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.”

John 15:13   “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”

WE ARE CREATED AND WIRED FOR HEALTHY KINGDOM RELATIONSHIPS

Ephesians 3:14-21  “For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,..”

Matthew 6:9-13  “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

SUPERNATURAL IS NATURAL AS WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING IN HIM

Acts 1:8  “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth”

Acts 17:18. “Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.”

WE CARRY HIS LOVE FOR THE WORLD TO THE WORLD 

Matthew 28:19-20  “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.”

Matthew 24:14  “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.”

John 17:23  “I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.”

 
WE BECOME WHAT WE BEHOLD AS SONS AND DAUGHTERS

 

John 17:4  “I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.”

John 14:9  “Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?”

John 17:26  “And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

John 3:16  “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

 
WE MAKE JESUS THE ANOINTED ONE, OUR FOCUS, LIFE AND MINISTRY

2 Timothy 2:8 “Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel.”

Colossians 1:15-20  “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.”

 
WE SPECIALIZE IN LOVING AS HE LOVES WITHOUT AN AGENDA

 

1 Corinthians 13:4-7; 13:13  Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” 

John 13:34  A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one”

John 15:9   “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.”

John 15:13   “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”

 
WE ARE CREATED AND WIRED FOR HEALTHY KINGDOM RELATIONSHIPS

 

Ephesians 3:14-21  For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,..”

Matthew 6:9-13  “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

 
SUPERNATURAL IS NATURAL AS WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING IN HIM

 

Acts 1:8  “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth”

Acts 17:18 Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.”

 
WE CARRY HIS LOVE FOR THE WORLD TO THE WORLD 

 

Matthew 28:19-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

Matthew 24:14  “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.”

John 17:23  “I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.”

Leif Hetland

Founder & CEO

LEIF HETLAND IS THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL MISSION AWARENESS. HE MINISTERS GLOBALLY BRINGING AN IMPARTATION OF GOD’S LOVE, HEALING, AND APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY THROUGH A PARADIGM OF KINGDOM FAMILY. A FORERUNNER IN MODERN-DAY MISSIONS, LEIF HAS BROUGHT THE GOSPEL INTO SOME OF THE MOST SPIRITUALLY DARK AREAS OF THE WORLD. OVER ONE MILLION NAMES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE THROUGH HIS MINISTRY. HE HAS AUTHORED NUMEROUS BOOKS, INCLUDING HIS BEST-SELLERS: SEEING THROUGH HEAVEN’S EYES, CALLED TO REIGN, GIANT SLAYERS, HEALING THE ORPHAN SPIRIT. LEIF AND HIS WIFE JENNIFER RESIDE JUST OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA, GA WHERE THEY CONTINUE TO TOUCH COUNTLESS LIVES THROUGH THEIR LIVES AND MINISTRY.

David Cho

Executive director

DAVID CHO SERVES AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT GLOBAL MISSION AWARENESS. HE IS AN EXPERIENCED COMMUNITY LEADER WITH A PROFESSIONAL FOCUS ON THE FAITH AND COMMUNITY SECTOR. PRIOR TO GMA, DAVID SERVED AS THE PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER AT MOVEMENTFORWARD INC. WHERE HE OVERSAW THE ORGANIZATION’S STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS FAITH AND LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS. DAVID HOLDS A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A SPECIALIZATION IN MARKETING FROM GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, AN ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN MINISTRY FROM HILLSONG INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP COLLEGE, AND A CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES FROM HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL Kayleigh Dahman EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR KAYLEIGH DAHMAN IS THE EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR AT GLOBAL MISSION AWARENESS. SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT BUILDING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD IN PURSUIT OF SPREADING THE LOVE OF JESUS. SHE IS CURRENTLY PURSUING BOTH A BACHELOR’S AND MASTER’S DEGREE IN MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES AND ARABIC FROM GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY. IN THE PAST DECADE, KAYLEIGH HAS SERVED IN MANY POSITIONS, INCLUDING A LOCAL CHURCH CHILDREN’S PASTOR, AN AFTER-SCHOOL TEACHER, SUMMER CAMP COUNSELOR, AND A SOUS CHEF AT A LOCAL ITALIAN RESTAURANT. IN HER FREE TIME, YOU CAN FIND KAYLEIGH PURSUING AN ADVENTURE LIKE HIKING IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS, DISCOVERING A NEW LOCAL COFFEE SHOP, OR READING SEVERAL BOOKS AT THE SAME TIME.

Kayleigh Dahman

Executive administrator

KAYLEIGH DAHMAN IS THE EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR AT GLOBAL MISSION AWARENESS. SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT BUILDING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD IN PURSUIT OF SPREADING THE LOVE OF JESUS. SHE IS CURRENTLY PURSUING BOTH A BACHELOR’S AND MASTER’S DEGREE IN MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES AND ARABIC FROM GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY. IN THE PAST DECADE, KAYLEIGH HAS SERVED IN MANY POSITIONS, INCLUDING A LOCAL CHURCH CHILDREN’S PASTOR, AN AFTER-SCHOOL TEACHER, SUMMER CAMP COUNSELOR, AND A SOUS CHEF AT A LOCAL ITALIAN RESTAURANT. IN HER FREE TIME, YOU CAN FIND KAYLEIGH PURSUING AN ADVENTURE LIKE HIKING IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS, DISCOVERING A NEW LOCAL COFFEE SHOP, OR READING SEVERAL BOOKS AT THE SAME TIME.

Paule-Anne Lewis

Administrative assistant

PAULE-ANNE LEWIS IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AT GLOBAL MISSION AWARENESS. SHE SIMPLY DESIRES FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD TO FILL HER LIFE AND SPILL OUT WHEREVER THE LORD CALLS HER. SHE HAS A PASSION TO SEE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST WALK IN PURITY AND FERVENT LOVE. PAULE-ANNE HOLDS A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MUSIC FROM SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY. SHE RECENTLY SERVED ON STAFF FOR THE FOUNDING YEAR OF SURGE SCHOOL OF TRANSFORMATION UNDER SCOTT AND LACEY THOMPSON. IF SHE’S NOT IN DEEP CONVERSATION, YOU’LL FIND HER CONTAGIOUSLY LAUGHING AND ENJOYING LIFE WHILE FINDING FUN WITH THE ONES SHE LOVES.

Karen Carney

Executive assistant

KAREN CARNEY IS THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AT GLOBAL MISSION AWARENESS. SHE DESIRES TO SEE PEOPLE ENCOUNTER THE FATHER’S LOVE SO THAT THEY MAY BE SET FREE AND JESUS MAY RECEIVE THE FULL REWARD OF HIS SUFFERING. KAREN HOLDS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. KAREN HAS SERVED AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, A NANNY FOR MANY FAMILIES SHE LOVES, AND AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT OF SONGLAB MSC. SHE HAS ATTENDED IRIS’ LA FILM, ACTING, AND MUSIC SCHOOL AND UPPERROOM’S RESIDENCY CLASS. IN HER FREE TIME, YOU CAN FIND HER LAUGHING WHILE LEARNING PIANO, SONGWRITING, AND ADVENTURING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

Micah Tuegel

intern

MICAH IS AN INTERN AT GLOBAL MISSION AWARENESS, FINISHING HIS LAST YEAR AT THE GLOBAL AWAKENING SCHOOL OF SUPERNATURAL MINISTRY. HE WAS BORN IN ETHIOPIA, ADOPTED AT THE AGE OF 6, AND HAS LIVED IN TEXAS MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE IS AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN AND LOVES TO TRAVEL AND EXPERIENCE NEW PLACES. HE HAS A GREAT PASSION FOR THE WORD, AND HIS GREATEST DESIRE IS TO SEE A GENERATION WALKING IN THE FULLNESS OF WHAT JESUS PAID FOR.

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Leif Hetland

Founder & CEO

Leif Hetland is the founder and president of Global Mission Awareness. He ministers globally bringing an impartation of God’s love, healing, and apostolic authority through a paradigm of kingdom family. A forerunner in modern-day missions, Leif has brought the gospel into some of the most spiritually dark areas of the world. Over one million names have been added to the Lamb’s book of life through his ministry. He has authored numerous books, including his best-sellers: Seeing Through Heaven’s Eyes, Called To Reign, Giant Slayers, Healing the Orphan Spirit. Leif and his wife Jennifer reside just outside of Atlanta, GA where they continue to touch countless lives through their lives and ministry.

David Cho

Executive Director

David Cho serves as the Executive Director at Global Mission Awareness. He is an experienced community leader with a professional focus on the faith and community sector. Prior to GMA, David served as the Programs and Partnerships Manager at MovementForward Inc. where he oversaw the organization’s strategic partnerships across faith and law enforcement leaders. David holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing from Georgia State University, an Advanced Diploma in Ministry from Hillsong International Leadership College, and a Certificate of Business Leadership Principles from Harvard Business School

Kayleigh Dahman

EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR


Kayleigh Dahman is the Executive Administrator at Global Mission Awareness. She is passionate about building the Kingdom of God and has traveled the world in pursuit of spreading the love of Jesus. She is currently pursuing both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic from Georgia State University. In the past decade, Kayleigh has served in many positions, including a local church children’s pastor, an after-school teacher, summer camp counselor, and a Sous Chef at a local Italian restaurant. In her free time, you can find Kayleigh pursuing an adventure like hiking in the north Georgia mountains, discovering a new local coffee shop, or reading several books at the same time.

Paule-Anne Lewis

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT




Paule-Anne Lewis is the administrative assistant at Global Mission Awareness. She simply desires for the glory of the Lord to fill her life and spill out wherever the Lord calls her. She has a passion to see the Bride of Christ walk in purity and fervent love. Paule-Anne holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Southern Connecticut State University. She recently served on staff for the founding year of Surge School of Transformation under Scott and Lacey Thompson. If she’s not in deep conversation, you’ll find her contagiously laughing and enjoying life while finding fun with the ones she loves.

Micah Tuegel

INTERN






Micah is an intern at Global Mission Awareness, finishing his last year at the Global Awakening School of Supernatural Ministry. He was born in Ethiopia, adopted at the age of 6, and has lived in Texas most of his life. He is an avid outdoorsman and loves to travel and experience new places. He has a great passion for the Word, and his greatest desire is to see a generation walking in the fullness of what Jesus paid for.

Karen Carney

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Karen Carney is the Executive Assistant at Global Mission Awareness. She desires to see people encounter the Father’s love so that they may be set free and Jesus may receive the full reward of His suffering. Karen holds a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies from Texas A&M University. Karen has served as a middle school teacher, a nanny for many families she loves, and an executive assistant of Songlab MSC. She has attended Iris’ LA Film, Acting, and Music school and UPPERROOM’s residency class. In her free time, you can find her laughing while learning piano, songwriting, and adventuring with family and friends.

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