“Who gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”
Titus 2:14
Titus 2:14
I grew up in a Roman Catholic home in the town of Windham NH. At the age of 14, my oldest sister Maria bought me my first Bible and began to have Bible studies with me. It was at the end of one of these Bible studies that God opened my eyes and I prayed to accept Christ as my Savior. My relationship with God turned from fear to friendship. Two years later my mother and father got saved and all three of us were baptized at Fellowship Bible Church of Chester, where we became members.
During the summer of my freshman year at the University of New Hampshire, I had the opportunity to go on a short-term missions trip to Honduras. God showed me in His word what it meant to truly have compassion for the lost. The truths of John 5:1-9 & II Corinthians 4:18 were firmly planted in my mind and I felt God call me to missions fulltime.
Becky grew up in a Christian home and accepted the Lord as her Savior at age 7. Her pastor gave a message on a Sunday morning and the thought of not being saved and going to hell frightened Becky. Later that day she talked with her mother who explained to her how to be saved and that is when Becky called out to God to save her.
I knew it would take a special woman to want to be a career missionary. Becky's parents owned and operated a Christian camp on the foothills of the White Mountains (Camp Victory, Wentworth NH). There she had the opportunity to hear God's word preached by many different guest speakers. This touched her heart and she dedicated her life to missions as a teenager (II Corinthians 5:15). It is awesome to see how God called us both separately to missions. And it is to God's glory that He brought us together to better serve Him as a family. We met on the same path and began to walk together. We were married January 3, 2004. On May 24, 2005 we were blessed with the birth of our first child, Josiah. And our second son Elliott was born March 16, 2007.
After graduating from the University of New Hampshire in 2003 with a degree in Anthropology, I attended the Northeastern School of Theology and Missions in Dracut MA (formerly the Burlington Bible Institute) for 3 years and earned a Foundation of Ministry Certificate in 2004. God also opened up a door for a one-year pastoral internship at the Fellowship Bible Church of Chester in March of 2005. After much prayer and seeking wisdom from our Elders we applied and were accepted into Biblical Ministries Worldwide in January 2006.
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