We are Toussaint and Jokébèd Mintchi, full-time missionaries with Youth With A Mission (YWAM), based in Noépé, Togo, with our daughter Kabodiel. Originally from Benin, we serve God as a family, convinced that the missionary call is also lived out in marriage, parenthood, and daily faithfulness.
Before joining the mission, we had stable professional activities. Toussaint, trained as an electro-technician, worked in a power plant at a sugar factory. At the same time, we had developed a service center (data entry, printing, photocopying, IT maintenance, and secretarial work), managed by Jokébèd, a trained secretary. These activities allowed us to live independently.
After a long season of prayer, inner struggle, and discernment, God led us to a radical decision. In 2024, we relinquished all job security to fully answer His call by joining the Discipleship Training School (DTS) of Youth With A Mission. On a human level, this choice cost us everything. Spiritually, it placed us at the heart of God's will.
When we first arrived at EFD, we didn't have the full registration fees. Yet, God confirmed His calling by gradually providing for all our tuition. The training, both theoretical and practical, was profoundly transformative. Our marriage went through an intense season of purification marked by tensions, spiritual attacks, and relationship challenges. We learned that victory lies in obedience. God led us through times of profound deliverance and clearly called us to stay so that we could be fully equipped.
Following our EFD (Educational Training Day), we committed ourselves as missionary staff starting in September 2024. We serve in discipleship, spiritual guidance, prayer, healing and deliverance, as well as in accompanying children, families, widows, the elderly, and the poor. In parallel, we offer our technical skills to the community, particularly in electricity, maintenance, plumbing, and infrastructure upkeep, considering manual labor as a ministry in its own right.
On a personal level, our journey has been marked by several miscarriages without conclusive medical diagnoses. By the sovereign grace of God, Jokébèd gave birth to a perfectly healthy daughter, a living testament to His faithfulness.
Recently, under the leadership of YWAM Noépé, we were entrusted with the responsibility of leading the Discipleship Training School (DTS) in April 2026, while continuing our commitment to the DTS in September 2025. We also have a long-term vision called Compassion Vision, focused on children, widows, orphans, and impoverished families. A mission is being planned for 2026 in Benin, in the village of Adoukandji, with the focus on discipleship, mutual aid, and sponsorship.
We serve as faith-supported missionaries and seek partners in prayer and financial support to faithfully pursue the calling God has entrusted to us.
Jokébèd & Toussaint MINTCHI
Missionaries – Youth with a Mission (YEM)