Our Testimonies

David’s Testimony

I grew up in a small farming community just outside of Ottawa, Kansas. My parents attended church faithfully and I had the opportunity of hearing the gospel at a very young age. When I was four years old, I realized my need for salvation, I went down stairs in our old farm house and told my father I wanted to ask Jesus to come into my heart. He took his Bible and explained to me God’s gift of salvation. That day I became a child of God. When I was nine years old, a missionary came by our church and shared his burden and calling for the people of Kenya. God used that experience to convict my heart about his will for my life. A few months later I surrendered my heart to serve Him as a missionary to Kenya. After I graduated from high school, I attended Heritage Baptist College. During my senior year, I met my wife and we were married eleven months later. For the last year we have been serving on staff at Heritage Baptist Church in Lawrence, Kansas. Since we have been on staff, I have had the opportunity to run a weekly nursing home ministry, be involved in a bus route, serve as a group leader in our adult Sunday school class and teach in our Christian school. I am so grateful and humbled that the Lord has chosen my family and I to serve Him in this capacity. We look forward to seeing what the Lord will do though us in reaching the people of Kenya in the future. 

Katy Jo’s Testimony

I was raised in a Christian home in Yukon, Oklahoma.  I was exposed to the gospel from the time I was born; however, I did not receive Christ as my Savior until I was fourteen years old. In the summer of 2008, I attended a youth conference where Pastor Rick Dawson gave his salvation testimony. I realized that I was lost and on my way to Hell, and at the end of the service I went forward and accepted Christ as my personal Savior. When I was a junior in High school I surrendered to God’s will for my life. Little did I know then that I would one day serve Him as a missionary in Africa. In 2015, the Lord allowed me to attended Heritage Baptist College. It was there I met my Husband and God confirmed in my heart the call to missions. My husband and I have served on staff at Heritage Baptist Church in Lawrence, Kansas for the last year. During this time, I have taught third and fourth grade in the Christian school, held a monthly Bible study at the Topeka Juvenile Corrections facility and taught in our teen girls Sunday school class. God has used the people and experiences at Heritage Baptist Church to prepare our hearts and minds for His work on the mission field.