Why Regions Beyond?
Because there are communities beyond the places most people ever see—and we believe they matter.
Beyond the familiar. Beyond the convenient.
The name Regions Beyond reflects where this mission takes us.
The name comes from 2 Corinthians 10:16, where Paul writes of preaching the Gospel “in the regions beyond”—so that any boasting is boasting in the Lord, not in the messenger.
Into communities beyond reliable infrastructure.
Beyond easy access.
And sometimes beyond places where the Gospel has previously reached.
These communities may be difficult to reach.
They are not beyond reach.
Our Mission
Regions Beyond Global carries the Gospel to those who have never heard it — and refuses to stop there. We rescue and equip vulnerable and runaway girls with food, safety and a trade for life. We stand with widows the world overlooks. We bring clean water where it's scarce, and we build the latrines, water tanks and homes a community needs to stand on its own. One mission, lived out in every act: no person, and no place, is beyond reach.
Our Vision
To see unreached communities transformed by the Gospel, strengthened by healthy churches and equipped with the resources and leadership to build a better future for generations to come.
Building Stronger, Safer Communities
Many of the communities we serve lack safe water, reliable infrastructure, and access to basic resources. We invest in water filtration systems and rural development projects that strengthen the whole community, creating safer, healthier places for families to live and thrive.
It started by going.
Regions Beyond Global began its work in remote communities with a simple desire: go where there was need and share the Gospel.
Over time, the mission expanded.
We saw the devastating impact unsafe drinking water could have on families.
We saw opportunities to strengthen communities through local churches.
We encountered a program helping vulnerable and runaway girls with food, water, and education — teaching them to sew and design clothing, backpacks, door mats, and hats; to make liquid soap, powdered soap, bleach, fabric softener, and tie-dye; and to craft bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and beaded sandals, equipping them with practical vocational skills for a better future.
And we saw how meeting tangible needs could build relationships that opened doors previously closed.
Today, Regions Beyond Global brings these efforts together through one mission:
Go beyond. Bring hope. Build what lasts.
OUR VALUESWhat Guides Us
No One Is Too Far
Geography should never determine whether someone receives compassion, clean water or an opportunity to hear the Gospel.
Build What Remains
We invest in local leadership and solutions designed to continue after we leave.
Steward Every Gift
We treat every contribution as a responsibility to advance the mission faithfully.
Meet the Need in Front of You
Faith should move us toward action. We care about spiritual and practical needs.
Relationships Before Projects
Wells, churches and programs matter because people matter.
Meet the People Behind the Mission
David Vespa
David Vespa grew up with his parents in Ghana, West Africa. That upbringing shaped the ministry he now leads full-time: a hands-on mission to bring clean water, healthcare, education, and the gospel to villages that have never had access to any of them. His work takes him to a region so remote that even his parents, who spent 40 years as missionaries, have never been there.
Since roughly 2019, David has traveled to the region twice a year, timed around the rainy and dry seasons, to work directly with village chiefs. His approach starts with relationship: he asks a chief for permission to enter a village, preaches through an interpreter to people who have often never heard of Jesus, and where a village responds, helps plant a church and pays for a local pastor to stay and lead it. In recognition of that work, tribal leaders have made him an honorary chief of the region.
Alongside the church-planting, David's organization drills wells and builds concrete filters to address a leading cause of death in the area — waterborne disease from unsafe drinking water. He also supports a girls' school for at-risk and displaced girls, which provides education and vocational training in trades like soap-making and sewing so graduates can support themselves.
David runs this work through a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Regions Beyond Global, funded entirely by individual donors and supporting churches rather than institutional grants. He lives simply and travels light between trips, splitting time between the U.S. and the field.
