Tim's Testimony:
I was saved on June 15, 1997 at the age of 17. I did not have the privilege to grow up in a Christian home and had never really attended church before. A co-worker of mine kept urging me to come to church and on June 15, I finally did. The Lord saved me that Sunday night and changed my life. Two months later, in August, I surrendered the call to preach. After graduating high school, I started attending Calvary Baptist Bible College in King, NC under Pastor Roger Baker.
In the summer of 2001, I had the privilege to go with a group of men from Turners Creek Baptist Church in Yadkinville, NC to help a new missionary in Washington State. This is when the Lord began burdening my soul to go back to Washington State and plant local, fundamental, independent Baptist Churches. The next summer I had the opportunity to stay six weeks in Washington helping the same missionary. I was able to preach, teach Sunday school and Vacation Bible School, knock on doors, witness, and get acquainted with the people there. I was also able to take a survey trip of the entire state of Washington to see where God would have me to go. God lay on my heart the town of Colfax located in Whitman County, which has 40,000 people without one Independent Bible believing Baptist Church. Whitman County is on the southeastern side of Washington and borders Idaho. Colfax is the county seat and located in the middle of the county. In 2003, I was able to take my new bride out to Washington with me. We stayed a week and did a lot of surveying and research in Colfax.
I was accepted with Macedonia World Baptist Missions in May of 2002. I got married in December of 2002 and we began deputation January of 2003. The Lord blessed us throughout our deputation. We left for the field on May 28, 2005. We started our first church, Macedonia Independent Baptist Church on September 11, 2005.
Jennifer's Testimony:
I was very fortunate to have grown up in a Christian home. My parents were active members of our local church and both saved, born again Christians. I am so thankful for parents who cared enough about me to take me to church every time the doors were open. I am also thankful for parents who talked to me about the Lord and who I heard audibly praying for me. On November 26, 1985, my father led me to Christ at home in my bedroom. It was a Wednesday night and we had just come from church. I kept asking him questions about what the preacher said, and so he explained the plan of salvation to me and I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. I had just turned five years old the month before. I am so thankful to have been saved at a young age and brought up in church.
In July of 2003, I traveled to Washington State for a week and my eyes were opened to the people there, particularly in Colfax. I saw a close nit community of caring people who were lost and going to hell. I saw a community where people lived their whole lives and never heard the gospel. As I looked over the beautiful rolling hills of wheat, my mind went back to where Jesus said the fields are white unto harvest. A song came into my heart. "My house is full, but my field is empty. Who will go and work for me today? It seems my children all want to stay around my table, but no one wants to work in my field." I knew then that the Lord was calling me to go and work in his field. We are excited to be here in Colfax, WA. |