Geoffrey’s Testimony

 

I was born and raised in a Roman Catholic family that remained active in the local Catholic church up until my first communion. My family stopped going to church and religion was not practiced within my home after that. My family was a “good” family who believed that their deeds and good works were good enough to earn heaven. Sadly, I simply believed that I was Catholic, and I was American, therefore I was automatically a Christian and going to heaven. Most of my family members are still lost.

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In 2004, I met my wife, Kara, while we were both seniors at the University of Florida. My wife was saved and came from a family that did go to church. We graduated that spring and Kara followed me as I went on active military duty. My wife’s positive influence on me is what would ultimately lead me to the Lord and salvation as she lived out the guidance of First Peter 3:1-2.

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On May 30, 2010, while attending services at Grand Highway Baptist Church, I accepted the reality that I was a sinner and that I was going to hell. My reason for holding out for so long was simple. My love, pride, and admiration for my fleshly father, who was (and still is) lost, but who is an honorable and good man. I had held on to the belief that I was a good person, as is my dad, and that God would surely let us into heaven and reward us for the good things that we did on Earth. I had followed in my father’s footsteps as a police officer, and I knew the good that we did each and every day. I had also deployed to Iraq for over a year in 2006 and 2007 and saved many lives as a MEDEVAC pilot and section leader. I foolishly believed that God would understand and would overlook the fact that my father and I weren’t saved because of all the good that we did and of the sacrifices that we readily made, and ultimately would make if necessary for others, to include giving our very lives.

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Paul’s words in Ephesians 2:8-9, forced me to look outside of myself and my own good works to get into heaven. I finally understood that my Salvation was a gift from God, by grace through faith. To actually realize that the wages of sin is death, is a sobering experience and is critical to anyone who is truly saved. I prayed and I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Savior. I was scripturally baptized two weeks later.

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Kara’s Testimony

 

I was born and raised in Florida. I had the privilege of growing up in a Christian home, attending a Christian school, and being in church every time the doors were open. When I was in Kindergarten, I made a profession of faith. I knew all the answers to all the questions about sin, Jesus, and heaven and hell.

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A couple of years later, I was sitting under the preaching of an evangelist during an elementary chapel at Calvary Christian School in Winter Garden, FL. I realized then that I did not have a relationship with Jesus, and I needed to secure my eternal destination right then and there. Sitting in my seat, I turned all that head knowledge into heart knowledge by asking Jesus to forgive me of all the wrong things I had done in just a few short years of life and to save me from an eternity separated from Him. I was so excited I had asked Jesus to be my Saviour that I ran to the school office as soon as chapel was over and called my mom on the school phone. “I just got saved!” I excitedly shouted into the phone to my mom. From that day forward, my life was forever changed.

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There have been bumps in the road both big and small as well as periods of my young adulthood that grieved the Holy Spirit…all of which I so very much regret. I am so thankful for a God who has never turned His back on me, whose grace is abundant, and forgiveness abounds, and who gently kept calling me to return to Him.

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My life verse is Philippians 1:6, “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” What a blessing this promise is that He will continue to do a good work in me!

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For the past 10 years, it has been such a joy to serve the Lord in ministry alongside my husband. Now, what a privilege and honor it is for our family to surrender to the calling of God on our lives to missions!

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The Testimonies of our Children

 

Our oldest daughter, Victoria, accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Saviour on October 29, 2016. She was baptized on February 28, 2017.

 

Our son, Noah, accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour on May 8, 2019. I had the honor of baptizing him on August 28, 2022.

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Our youngest daughter, Anastasia, accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Saviour this year while traveling on deputation. She has not been baptized yet as she wants to wait. Anastasia’s desire is to be the first person that her dad baptizes after we plant our first church in Punta Arenas, Chile.