Wondering who we are?

We are a 501(c)(3) established in 1978 by a missionary seeking to bring humanitarian relief, along with the Gospel, to farmers in Bolivia. Odell Kittelson had a vision to create a vehicle that could climb the steep terrain of the Andes, and he recruited local mechanics, farmers, and Engineers in Newark and Sheridan, IL, to help him with this goal. Mission accomplished! The VAMPTI successfully launched, along with a new missionary-sending agency, Cup of Cold Water Ministries. Although Odell's VAMPTI project came and went, CCWM outlasted it and is now sending 60 missionaries into 17 nations with both the Gospel and positive, social, and community impact, from organic agriculture farms in Liberia, Africa, to housing for orphans who have aged out of the system in Mongolia, and everything in between!