Our Story

OUR STORY:

I, Marilyn, was born in Port Huron, Michigan to a set of wonderful Christian parents who brought up my brother, sister and I to have faith in Jesus Christ.  My father read the bible in our home, and we attended a very conservative Christian church.  As I grew up, got married and moved away from home, I thought I was saved.  It wasn’t until I realized nineteen years and three beautiful children later, that my husband was an alcoholic.  I had never been around alcohol and as our marriage became more violent, I was divorced for the safety of my three children and myself.  I worked with a young man who left the computer industry to preach with his Pentecostal father.  I went to hear him preach and found that I had not made Jesus, Lord of my life, to make all my decisions.  When I did this, I was truly born-again, and my life began to change drastically.  I really fell in love with my God.  I began to ask Him to teach me to know His voice.  He got me involved with many ministries such as prison ministries, counseling, teaching, preaching and choir.  Then when my children were grown, He sent me out to various countries to do the same.  I went to Amsterdam, The Dominican Republic, Haiti and lived in China, Japan and Israel to name a few.

All this time God was training me in His ways and helping me to teach others how to have a relationship with Him. This was my life for the next thirty-four years.  The Lord told me I needed another husband because He sends His people out two by two.  I said, “if you want me to have a husband you will need to bring me one.”

During this time, I was staying with a friend's mom while her daughter and husband went on a twenty-fifth anniversary cruise.  Ruth, my friend’s mom, was a very special lady.  I took her to the gym three times a week, and she would say, “let’s go to lunch.”  She really enjoyed going out to lunch. So, on September 12, 2016 we invited two other friends to go with us.  We went to a place called John Boys, which was a restaurant that cooked southern food.  I had never been there.  However, as we were waiting for our food this good-looking gentleman named Bud, came up to the table to say hello to Ruth as they attended the same Pentecostal church.  Ruth told Bud she was sorry to hear that he had lost his wife of almost fifty-one years.  I stood up and asked him if I could pray for his heart.  As I stayed with Ruth, I took her to church and bible studies and we kept running into Bud.  One night we attended a senior dinner at the church, and there was Bud.  He graciously seated Ruth while I parked the car.  Bud sat at our table that evening, and we talked through the entire evening learning about each other’s life.  Several days late my friend, Caroline, called me to inquire if it would be alright if she gave Bud my phone number.  A few days later Bud called and asked me to meet him for dinner.  We went out and had a wonderful time.  We knew God was putting us together.  Praise God for His faithfulness in bringing me a wonderful, kind, loving husband and a strong Christian partner.  Bud knew that I felt the Lord was calling me to the country of Panama.  Abba had sent me to the John Hopkins Hospital in Panama in July for corrective surgery which was only a fraction of the cost of surgeries in the United States.  After seeking the Lord by both of us, we were engaged on February 28, 2017 and married on July 22, 2017.

We went through the process of selling Bud’s house and moved to Panama.  Being a resident of Panama will bring the cost of surgeries to a much more affordable level.  The Lord told us to bring Asian orphans to Panama for major surgeries, rescuing them from just succumbing to their illnesses.  Our second mandate from the Father, is to put the “Super Book” on national television in some Asian countries. The Super Book is all the children’s Bible stories in an animated series.  When this has been done in other countries, many children as well as adults have been saved and found the love of Jesus. 

We have at least three other projects in three different countries that God has told us about through His Spirit.  Bud and I have a common goal of finishing strong for the Lord while bringing the love, hope and healing of Jesus Christ to a lost and hurting world.

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