Rosalyn and John strongly felt that God called them to serve in Asia. After contacting several mission entities they felt more and more confused.
“We are practical people with degrees in business and education management and not in theology. In our contact with the mission entities we felt like there was no room for people like us,” said the couple as they were sharing at Tent’s online 20-year anniversary celebration last Saturday.
The couple were successful businesspeople in their home country. During a vacation trip to Asia, they did however sense that God called them to move from Europe.
“We owned a couple of companies and were heading a business-to-business ministry. We were also a part of a church start-up that we enjoyed very much. It was still exciting to experience God’s calling, and we always want to be ready to embark on new journeys. Pursuing his will was however confusing for us. It was like our personalities and skills did not fit in with the mission entities we contacted.”
Bless and share
In 2012 they decided to drive through half of Europe together with their 8-year old son, to attend a GO Equipped course in southern Germany.
“Something clicked at the very beginning at this conference and things started to fall in place for us. The conference confirmed our calling. Now we understood that there was a place for practical, down-to-earth people like us. We could thus start the planning of how we could use our skills to bless people and share the Gospel in Asia.”
Major obstacle
The couple sold the companies they were heading and started applying for leadership jobs in educational institutions in the Asian nation they felt God was calling them to. There was one big obstacle, though. Christians in the nation live under restrictions, and the contracts the couple were offered had clauses saying that they were not allowed to share about Christ with anyone.
“We were not willing to adapt to such terms,” the couple shares.
They continued to apply for jobs. In the end there was finally an employer who provided a contract without any anti-religious clauses.
“Now we have lived and worked here for almost seven years. It has been an amazing journey and we are grateful for what God has allowed us to do here,” shares the couple.
For security purposes the names of the couple in this article have been changed. We also do not share which nation they live in. Tentmaking Today knows their identity and can confirm their story.