Responding to the Call

New Horizons Community Church has been our church home for about the last 12 years. About 4 years ago, I recommitted my life to the Lord, and this time I was really serious. I finally understood at a heart level the design for family that God planned for us. While I'll never be perfect by any stretch of the imagination, my life is slowly changing, step-by-step, to better reflect God's glory as I live in obedience to Him. And a big part of living in obedience for us, has been prayerfully listening to God's direction for our lives individually.

The news! We believe God has asked us to commit to moving to Papua New Guinea for 12 months to serve there as missionary supporters in the town of Ukarumpa. I was given an opportunity to share about the process we've been going through on a Sunday morning at church. Here is the link to listen to the story.

Responding to the Call - NHCC Message From February 20th 2011

To tell the story, I start from the beginning of our marriage. I refer to a number of photographs and a couple of video clips which I'll include here. 

Here are the photos I used of Ruth and I (if you listen to the message it will make sense why I showed these)

Above are a series of pictures of Ruth when she was in her late teens on a Royal Servants missions trip through Europe. Our journey with Wycliffe has rekindled a passion for missions in her heart.

These are pictures of our first home, riding the farm horse together, and Ruth tilling the garden.

The Globe showing the island of New Guinea with Papua New Guinea highlighted in green.

A google map showing the area where Ukarumpa is (middle blank circle)

This is slideshow of Ukarumpa that I mention towards the end of the message.

This is video by Niel Anderson I refer to right at the end.

Blessings,

-Chad