Mission Organization
First Free Church
Ministry overview
Friendship Evangelism/Prayer
Supported by First Free since
2019
Biography/Description of Ministry
Barb and Guy both grew up in South Minneapolis with Barb asking Jesus into her heart in Sunday School when she was 5 years old. Guy took awhile to reach that moment when he knew personally that Jesus is Savior and Lord.
Barb grew up at First Free and she came to Alaska where Guy was stationed in the Army and we have been married for 57 years. After being discharged from the Army in 1968 we attended First Free together.
In the mid 1970’s while at a Missions Conference at church, Pastor Chapman asked those interested in missions to come forward and I looked at Barb and said the Lord is calling me to go forward and Barb said she felt the call also.
Our journey took time as we felt we were called to serve in Alaska, but we came to dead ends and then got busy raising our family and serving at church and working. We were disappointed, but knew there would be an opportunity for missions in God’s timing.
Then in 2000 at a Wednesday night prayer meeting, Dave Boeltl, a missionary supported by First Free, came with a prayer request for a First Nations mother from Fort Hope, NW Ontario, Canada who’s second son committed suicide. This started a conversation and an open door as Barb and another lady from church were invited up to Fort Hope with Dave and a music group for a Worship Fest. Interestingly, Barb and Guy do not sing well or have played hockey, but God connected us with Dave and we traveled with him for some years as he used his musical and hockey skills to minister the Gospel in NW Ontario. During this time we both received our ministerial ordinations through Sarah Family Ministries and Barb volunteered as a Minneapolis Police Chaplain for over 13 years which was good training for the many tragedies we would encounter.
Through Friendship Evangelism while with Dave we gained favor with a lot of families and many would come to Minneapolis and stay with us. As connections grew, Dave released us from his leadership and we still minister together as well as meetings on our own. A strong prayer ministry has grown for us with our Aboriginal friends and Barb especially ministers a lot through Facebook and phone as well as both speaking at meetings.
We also work together with other Native ministries such as Overcomers Ministries in Wisconsin, Open Arms Native Missions in St. Paul and DB Ministries where we have traveled to many places in Canada, Alaska and Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.
Through Friendship Evangelism while with David we gained favor with a lot of families and many would come to Minneapolis and stay with us. As connections grew, David released us from his leadership and we still do a lot of ministry together as well as meetings on our own. A strong prayer ministry has grown for us with our Aboriginal friends and Barb especially ministers a lot through Facebook and phone as well as both speaking at meetings. Our calling seems to have developed slowly, but God orchestrated a pathway in a very nice way.
We also work together with other Native ministries as Overcomers in Wisconsin, Open Arms Native Missions in St. Paul and DB Ministries where we have traveled to many places in Canada, Alaska and Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.
Contact
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