by Janelle W.
for a mission conference
My childhood was saturated with God’s Word and biblical instruction. I believed on the Lord Jesus as a child and since then have desired to serve Him in foreign missions. I dreamed of being called to Africa. While in Bible college, my eyes were opened to unreached and often avoided nations shackled and blinded by Islam. I volunteered to go and bring light if God would allow.
Through the years, God has given me the opportunity to minister short term in several countries around the world which further strengthened my desire to go where “Christ has not been named.” After each trip, I asked God if He wanted me to return and serve in that country.
I was unsure if and when the Lord would allow me to enter into foreign missions, so I determined to help prepare the next generation of missionaries under my influence. For the last several years, I have had the amazing opportunity to teach God’s Word to children in our church, school, and community.
In the last few years, God opened the door for me to take a trip to the Middle East and another to North Africa. I was able to see firsthand the lack of access to the Gospel. I watched people react to hearing the truth spoken in love. I met young believers who have had a fraction of the exposure to the Bible that I have and how they have endangered their lives to receive more truth. I saw people waiting for light.
After my trip to North Africa, I began praying about the possibility of taking God’s light there. While teaching through Hebrews 11 in my Bible class over several months, God confirmed in my heart that this was the step of faith I needed to take. It is impossible to please God without faith. God is pleased when we believe that He will do what He said He would do. When Abraham was called to a place he could not see, he believed God and obeyed. He believed that God WAS able and WOULD keep His promises. Philip left a city in revival and ran to the desert at the Spirit’s leading. He opened his mouth and shared Jesus with one man that would reach others in Africa. God desires that all people come to Him in faith, and I believe that God can use anyone … including me.
Would you pray with me that God would send laborers to North Africa? Jesus told us to pray for laborers and He told us to go! God wants all of us to be involved. How could God use you to change someone else’s story for eternity?
Winter 2025-26