JEREMY BARKER FAMILY

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 Jeremy 4/2
Sandra 8/24
Anniversary 3/23
Carina 1/27
Barrett 1/25
Henry 4/8
Alex 6/28
Joanna 11/27

I was a teenager when my dad accepted Christ, and although he didn’t know how to explain salvation, he made sure I read the Bible.

It was through the Word of God that I learned of my need of salvation, and at the age of sixteen, I accepted Christ.

Immediately afterward, I asked God to show me what church He wanted me to attend, and a few days later, a man from Wayside Baptist Church of Ridgeway, Virginia, knocked on my door and told me that if I wanted to go to church, a bus would come by and pick me up.

I began riding the bus to church, where I followed the Lord in baptism and was first trained to be a soul winner.

Five months later, our youth group attended Youth Conference at the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana, where I was called into full-time Christian service during an invitation given by Dr. Jack Hyles.

I enrolled in Hyles-Anderson College in the fall of 2000 and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in missions in January of 2005.

Sandra grew up in Germany in the home of a missionary. It was after a Missions Conference one evening that her dad led her to Christ. She later followed the Lord in believer’s baptism, and as a teenager, she surrendered to full-time Christian service.

I first met Sandra when I went to help two of my coworkers move, not knowing that they would be my future brother- and sister-in-law, as Sandra made the 3½-hour drive to help also. God used that to introduce us to each other, and at a stage in our courtship, as we are still courting, we got married.

We both have experience in the bus ministry, teaching Sunday school, and soul winning. Sandra has experience teaching in a Christian school.

I’ve had the desire to go to the mission field for years, and when God confirmed with me that it was time, we sold what we could (house, vehicles, etc.) to finance a three-month survey trip/internship to Nigeria, working with veteran missionary, David Maskey.

-Jeremy

David Maskey has been a missionary to Nigeria since July of 1994, and we are raising support to return to Nigeria to work alongside him for a brief period before starting our own independent work, which would be a soul-winning, discipleship, and church-planting ministry.

The day after we arrived in country was the 28th anniversary of Port Harcourt Independent Baptist Church, and they had…

  • 817 in attendance.
  • 170 first-time visitors.
  • 60 people saved.
  • 6 baptized.

The Nigerian people are wide open to the Gospel, and everywhere we went, they were asking for missionaries.

We are looking forward to returning to Nigeria so we can continue to reach the people with the Gospel, as well as disciple them.

-Jeremy

Roanoke Baptist Church
11015 Lafayette Center Rd.
Roanoke, IN 46783
260.478.5500
roanokebaptistonline.com

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  • Jeremy and Sandra Barker Prayer Letter: 5 Down–2 to Go!

    Jeremy and Sandra Barker Prayer Letter: 5 Down--2 to Go!Happy New Year to all of our supporters. We want to thank all of you who sent something extra during the Christmas season; it was a blessing. I have an exciting update—our visas have been approved . . . for 5 of us, that is! The visa process for getting into Nigeria involves an interview, which one must go through at a third party hired by the Nigerian Consulate in either Washington, D.C.; Houston, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Los Angeles, California; or Jersey City, New Jersey. With our travel schedule, the only branch we were going to be remotely near was Atlanta, Georgia, and we had the interviews for 5 of us there in October. Joanna’s due date wasn’t until December, so we were planning on getting hers (and Alex’s) in the mail, since it was allowed due to their age. However, due to the strict guidelines and sheer amount of paperwork involved (168 pages per person when we went to Atlanta), I really wanted to go into an office to make sure everything was done correctly and to avoid possible delays. God worked things out for us. Due to some unexpected changes in our schedule, we were going to be fairly close to the Washington, D.C., location, and we used that as an opportunity to submit the paperwork. God was definitely involved, as you are not usually able to be seen without an appointment (that takes multiple weeks), and if you are seen, it comes with a $90 fee. However, they saw us with no additional cost.

    We cannot afford, however, for Alex and Joanna’s visas to take a very long time to come in since our visas are set to expire on March 19, and we have to be in Nigeria to start the residency-permit process in advance of that date. Please pray for theirs to get approved soon. We plan on purchasing plane tickets in the month of January, with a March 6 departure date. Please pray for our continued health and safety as we travel and our final preparations for the move, as well as for wisdom and God’s leading on housing in Nigeria. The end is in sight, and we couldn’t be happier. Thank you for your part in making this possible with your prayers and financial support.

    Working hard to bring fruit to your account,

    Jeremy, Sandra, Carina, Barrett, Henry, Alex, & Joanna Barker

     

     

    Published On: January 11th, 2025Tags:

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