My name is Francis Hobbes and I serve as the founder and executive director for Building Bridges USA.

Connecting with Hispanics in Spanish has been at the center of my life from the beginning. I grew up in a mixed U.S.-Peruvian family that got transferred all over as I was growing up – Peru, South Korea, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Washington, D.C., Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, and then back to D.C.

Lera and I have been married for 40 years. We have 4 adult children, and 6 grandchildren. I graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary with a MA in Theology.

My 39 years of Christian ministry, serving and teaching the Hispanic population uniquely positions me to connect and equip the growing immigrant population that’s coming here to this country. From our time in Christian ministry in Guatemala (12 years), California (10 years), and in Oklahoma City (17 years) we instruct, persuade, and empower these “outsiders” to become “insiders” who spread this message of good news to their own people. It takes cross-cultural communication to another level when I address these newcomers and have to translate for myself from Spanish into English, and vice versa.

We literally speak their language!

You can reach me at francis@buildingbridgesusa.org