What is the moral of this story? Go help a home missionary and good things will happen.

Mission Matchmaking

by Richard Atwood

On this side of the country we find Nathan.

He is a young college graduate who moved from Tennessee to Colorado to help a Free Will Baptist Home Missions church. He hopes to find a good Christian young woman to share his life.

On the other side of the country we find Rachel.

She moved from Alabama to New York with her parents to help start a FWB church. She hopes to someday find a good Christian young man to share her life.

Fast forward…

My wife Sandy and I visited New York. Rachel’s parents, Jim and Sylvia Martin, are working with Dana and Betty Booth to plant a church in Rochester. We all went out to eat after the Wednesday service. Sandy and I were both wishing that our son, Nathan, had been with us to meet Rachel.

When she was getting ready to leave, I grabbed a napkin and borrowed a pen from her father. I asked, “Would you email my son Nathan and say hello? He’s a nice Christian.”

“Okay,” she said, with a question in her voice. My wife and my daughter hung their heads in disbelief that I would do something so embarrassing.

Rachel did, in fact, send a message to Nathan, and he responded. They began talking on the telephone, and then Nathan went to New York for a visit.

To make a long story short, the wedding was held in June. Now, both Nathan and Rachel [pictured above] are helping with the work in the Home Missions church in Rochester. They teach children’s church, drive the church van, and help with the teens.

What is the moral of this story? Go help a home missionary and good things will happen.

About the Writer: Richard Atwood is the director of missionary assistance for the Home Missions Department. Read more about Home Missions at www.homemissions.net.