Chad's Testimony

Chad began his testimony by saying that going on a mission trip “is something you just need to experience”. He saw God working on a daily basis and observed that it was “evident we serve a living God”.

He was concerned prior to the mission trip how the team would respond to each other and any difficulties, but there wasn’t a problem…even when people were throwing up in buckets they had a smile on their face! Chad said that, looking back, how we interacted with others and how we came across to others related back to being in God’s word through the devotionals on a twice daily basis. Chad said: “they kept us on track” and “set our hearts in the right place as a team”.

Chad cited one instance of God’s hand on our trip: Pastor Chuc was called away and wouldn’t be available to give the sermon our last Sabbath. We were initially told the church elders would do it, but that Sabbath morning we were told our team was giving the sermon! Flexibility, flexibility, flexibility! We prayed for God’s guidance and the results were extraordinary.

Prior to the mission trip Chad and his wife were visiting family in Seattle. His wife, Sandy, packed his bag the night before he left for Mexico. Instead of packing his Bible Sandy put hers in Chad’s suitcase. Chad said he would have put his own Bible in the suitcase so Sandy doing the packing and Sandy putting her Bible in the suitcase were Providential. And that was one example of God taking care of a need before we even knew we had one!

In 2006 when Chad and Sandy were in Nepal she was asked to give a sermon at the last moment (Flexibility, Flexibility, Flexibility!). She quickly put one together and underlined the text in her Bible. That Bible was in Chad’s hands the last Sabbath in Mexico and to go one step further the theme was on Christian Unity which was not only fitting for the bicultural communion service we were leading, but would also later become the Northern Lights mission trip theme.

One remarkable story after another, just like Chad’s, was shared during the teams Reporting Back Service last Sabbath. Without a doubt this was God’s mission trip. And we were honored to be part of the experience of God at work in Mexico.

His servant,

Lynda

“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one.” John 17:20