Bro. Chad
I was raised
in a preacher's home. Since the day I was born I have heard the
gospel message. When I was around 6 years old I made a profession
of faith. Through out the next few years I would have doubts but
always went back to the time that my Dad knew what I had done and he
would not lead me wrong. When I was 21 years old the Lord began
to really convict me about my sin. I was the song leader, youth
director, bus worker, assistant pastor, and whatever else you can think
of. But down deep in my soul I knew something was wrong.
For 3 months I really struggled with whether I was saved or not.
Every time the doubts came I would convince myself that I was
saved because Daddy would not lead me wrong. The only problem was
that Daddy only new what I had told him and I knew all the right things
to say.
Salvation is not in a prayer. Salvation is the work of God in the
heart of a person that results in an outward change. On April
12th of 1991 the Lord showed me my lost condition and made plane to me
if I died in the condition I was in I would go to Hell. That day
at 6:00 in the morning I received the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior.
I had been preaching, I had seen souls saved, I worked hard in
the ministry but I was lost. That very same day God dealt with my
heart about preaching. I wanted to preach. One reason I would not
admit I was lost is because I knew if I were lost that I was not called
to preach. That day as I begged God to show me what I was to do
he made clear that he was calling me to preach. During the next
two weeks God made my calling abundantly clear.
Over the next several years Sandy and I would see
the Lord work as he led us to 2 struggling Churches with only a handful
of people and saw them grow in number, spiritual growth, and a love for
World-Wide Evangelism. Through Faith Promise Missions hundreds of
thousands of dollars have been sent to Bible believing missionaries.
In 2005 God called us to the Milledgeville Baptist Church and in
this same year God planted the seed that would lead us to our present
calling to Nepal. In February of 2008 while visiting the mission
field with our family God called us to the country of Nepal. The
Lord spoke to my heart and said go to the "Valley of the Mountains" and
". . . Take heed to the ministry that thou has received in the Lord,
that thou fulfil it." God has called us to be apart of the great
work in Nepal which Joe and Tanna Collins (my brother-in-law and
sister) laid the
foundation
for before their death in 1992. He has called us to join with my
parents Bro. Jerry and Sis. Martha Sellers who have built a strong and
powerful
framework in Nepal. He has called us to
fulfil
the ministry in Nepal. This will be done by working together with
other Baptist ministries to win souls, train nationals, start churches
and glorify our Lord and Savior.
Sis. Sandy
I was raised in church all my life. Around the age of 8 I went
forward during a revival service at my church. The head deacon
prayed for me and said I was saved. For years I thought I was
okay because I had confidence and respect in this man. On Feb 8,
1988 God made plane to me through a conversation with Chad (my future
husband) that I was on my way to hell that my faith was in man and not
in the finished work of Jesus. On that day I asked Jesus to come
into my heart and save me putting full confidence of salvation in the
finished work of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus
Christ. My faith was in him and my salvation was by his
grace. After Chad and I were married and he surrendered to
preach, God allowed us to work in 3 different churches. I was
actively involved in each ministry through Sunday School teaching,
planning of special events, Vacation Bible Schools, nursery worker,
visitation and soul winning. As God directed my husband I gladly
followed to what ever God had planned for our lives. For the last
3 years God has granted us the wonderful privilege to minister at the
Milledgeville Baptist Church where we have experienced such a wonderful
moving of God. What has made this place even more special to me
(us) is that it is so close to where Chad and I both grew up.
Through out our time of service
for our Lord we have always had a heart for missions. Many times
we would be burdened for fields and at times would ask the Lord if he
wanted us to go. Well in February of 2008 on a trip to Nepal
during the first church service there, God started dealing with my
heart about being a missionary to Nepal. As the Nepali Christians
began singing "Seek ye first" and "I Surrender All" God spoke to me,
although I did not know the language I new the songs. As the
teacher began teaching I looked over at the lady on my right, she
smiled and opened her Nepali Bible to the front and pointed to what
Book we were in. I counted down 19 books, then back to my Bible
19 books to find out we were in Psalms. Then she showed me we
were at Chapter 4. So Psalms 4 I started reading. The first
verse reads, "Hear me, when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou
hast enlarged me, when I was in distress ..." Well, I was in
distress. I knew God was calling us to this country. I was
very willing to come here but it was such a life change. Even as
I sat in this very different country, on the floor between ladies I
could not understand, God was already enlarging my heart towards them
calling me to come so that I could minister to them. The next
week at one of the village Churches I so wanted to communicate and
could not but I saw even then that God had already enlarged my heart
for the Nepali people. I am looking forward to the many things
God has for us in the beautiful country of Nepal.