Dave & Jean Ohlerking: PASSION
When Brandi and I joined Trinity Christian Center, now Healing Place Church, we knew very little about missions. Healing Place Church had partnered with Children’s Cup to serve orphans with AIDS in multiple African countries.
From our perspective, Dave and Jean Ohlerking were pioneers of missions efforts at Healing Place Church and they were our earliest influence when it came to bringing Jesus to the orphan and the poor. We admired the heart and passion they had for Africa and the children of Africa.
That passion influenced our decision to look into international adoption which led to adopting our daughter Jada from China. That passion influenced us to sow into thing bigger than ourselves and people other than ourselves. That passion influenced us to look for opportunities to be a blessing, because we were blessed.
That passion influenced us to pray, prepare and participate in the missions efforts at Healing Place Church. From 2004 to 2016, we had the privilege of experiencing other countries and other people from places such as Haiti, Swaziland, Mozambique, India, China & Honduras.
There is no doubt that the fruit of 6:33 Global’s ministry today has at least a little something to do with that seed of PASSION that we saw in Dave & Jean Ohlerking 17 years ago.
Thank you Dave & Jean Ohlerking and the team at Children’s Cup for your Kingdom example and influence!
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