30 years

In 1993, our founder Leanna began having a recurring dream that would change the course of her life. For three nights in a row, she had a recurring dream and saw people bound by chains—poverty, trafficking, superstition, and illiteracy holding entire communities captive. Yet within the darkness, she knew freedom was possible.

Responding to God’s call, Leanna sold her equestrian facility and traveled to regions long considered unreachable—the “Graveyard of Christian missions.” Living among families in remote villages, she discovered a defining truth: lasting transformation would never come from outsiders alone. Hope had to rise from the local people. 

When she could find no organization that empowered local believers to holistically transform their own communities, Leanna and her mother, Kathy, stepped out in faith and founded We Ignite Nations (WIN). 

From the beginning, WIN partnered with indigenous leaders to ignite Christ-centered identity, restore dignity, and build sustainable solutions. Villages began to change. Fear gave way to freedom. Children were protected, families found opportunity, and the Gospel took root in ways that lasted.

Today, WIN continues to serve in some of the most unreached regions of the world, driven by the same conviction that started it all: when Christ ignites local people, entire nations can be transformed—from the inside out.