The Collicco Family

After taking a mission trip in 1993 to Romania and Albania, Tony Collicco felt burdened for the Roma people, who were being discriminated against and living in abject poverty. He and his wife, Kelly, sold everything they had, joined HFTW, and moved to Romania to serve the Roma community and share the love of Christ with them.

Thirty-two years later, with their four children involved, their work through HFTW has planted over twenty churches. They have also operated a children’s camp every summer for the past nineteen years, drilled wells, and helped bring electricity to several of the villages where they serve. Their vision for the future is to reach the Roma people scattered across Europe, using their work in Romania as a model.

In 2025, they expanded their mission by partnering with Global Surge to include Southeast Asia. In countries such as Cambodia and Thailand, they use soccer as a tool to help plant churches and also serve in limited-access countries where Christians are not typically welcomed.