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Seeing Past Ourselves–February 2026

One of the most difficult things about living missionally is the discipline to not fixate too much on one’s own life.  Each day, we all have things that we are thinking about that can consume our thoughts if we let them.  We can easily end up so absorbed in our own world so much that…

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Praying and Sowing–January 2026

God has been taking me to different places in our region to pray and talk to people. One thing I have noticed is that often where I just pray one week may be where I witness the next week! This was the case in January of 2026. God sent me to a town north of…

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The Kingdom Comes Outside the Library-December 2025.

I was heading to the library one morning as I needed to print some things out. I noticed an older man sitting on a bench outside the library and struck up a conversation with him. He was friendly and easy to talk to. We talked about the weather and how we both preferred snow to…

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It was Blurry But Now I See-August, 2025.

Paige and I went out for some intentional time of outreach one August morning.  I asked Paige where He felt like we should go and He said, “Lake Tye.”  I had one other place in my mind but as I asked the Lord I felt like Lake Tye came first.  So off we went.  After…

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Encounter at the Bucket Swing–July, 2025

I was with our 2 year old daughter Olivia at a park in our region.  As I was pushing her on the bucket swing, I was meditating on God’s love for us and felt His presence powerfully.  Then I noticed a park worker come and begin to rake the wood chips. I said, “Hi” and…

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Disagreeing With Love–July, 2025

Paige and I were out doing some evangelism in a local park.  Prior to going out in prayer, I had a vision of someone with someone with a “red bandana” who had experienced “desertion.”   After talking with a few others in the park, Paige pointed out someone wearing a red hat.  Not exactly a…

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Knee Pain Gone!–June, 2025

My friend Paige and I went out to do some intentional evangelism one morning.  Along the way, we met a gentleman “S” and began talking with him.  I had a sense from the Lord of pain in the left leg and asked “S” if this was true.  He acknowledged that he did have pain in…

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The Power of Listening Ears–May 2025

I was with my friend and fellow evangelist Cory one Thursday afternoon in the North Seattle area. The Lord had put on my heart to revisit a park that Cory and I used to frequent to do evangelism. We went there, had lunch, and began walking around looking for people we could engage in conversation.…

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Sudden Nudge by the Alley–April 2025

My friend Tanion and I took a trip to downtown Seattle for some intentional outreach in late April. After stopping at Adoration House for some time to worship and pray, we came to downtown Seattle and had a picnic lunch along the Puget Sound where Logan and I had ministered to “C” the week before.…

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Adoption and Reconciliation–April 2025

My friend Logan and I went to downtown Seattle for some intentional time of outreach on a mid-April Thursday. After lunch, I felt the Lord guiding us to go down near Pudget sound where the ferry boats come in. There is a beautiful spot there where people come and sit on the rocks and reflect…

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Surprise at the Swimming Pool–March 2025

I like to go swimming once a week these days as I find it relaxing and healthy at the same time.  But one added benefit to swimming is that no one has in ear buds (which is not true when you go to the gym).  Those without ear buds are easier to talk to than…

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The Gift of the Gospel-And Shoe Strings–February 2025

My friend Paige and I headed to downtown Seattle for a one day mission trip. After a stop at the Adoration House of Prayer for some time to fill up in God’s presence, we were on the Seattle link bound for International District. I shared with Paige the testimony of Lu’s healing from the previous…

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A Masked Woman Gets Healed! -February 2025

I was down in Seattle on a mid-February day. I had felt a bit spiritually heavy when I left home that day, and stopped by the Adoration House of Prayer in the U-district for some time to pray, worship, read Scripture, and get in sync with the Lord. I left feeling a lot of joy…

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We have many testimonies from years prior to the start of the Mission2Mobilize ministry. we would like to share as well as much can be learned from these experiences, and they are a part of how God shaped us. Enjoy!

Testimonies from 2024

From Taco Bell To Salvation Prayer!- October 2024.   In June of 2024, we did an outreach Saturday with KingdomCo Church.  That day, we were led to Taco Bell and after ministering to someone who matched our guidance that we received in prayer, we went to order food.   As I was about to sit down,…

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Testimonies from 2023

Encountered While Feeding the Ducks—April 2023 I (Candy)  felt like the Lord told me to go to the area of Lake Tye in Monroe, WA where you can feed the ducks and I would find someone there with a small child that was helping them with their coat or their shoes.  I didn’t know much…

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Testimonies from 2022

Healing in Walmart!—September 2022 OneWe received some great evangelism training from Paul Rapley at the YWAM base.  Soon after, we spent some time in Walmart doing some outreach.  I (Candy) asked for help from a Walmart employee to find the maternity section.  (It’s always good to be a legitimate customer while doing outreach.)   I briefly…

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Testimonies from 2021

Word of Knowledge for Head Injury—November 2021 The Lord reminded me (Candy) of a picture of someone with a head injury that I had received in prayer before doing outreach in Monroe, WA.  Later, I felt like I was supposed to approach  a group of 3 guys and ask if any of them had a…

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Testimonies from 2020

Let’s Go Be the Church–March 2020 One Saturday afternoon in late summer of 2019, I was walking along the road near my home headed for a short stint at the Korean spa.  I love to relax at the spa and can’t say I was all that focused on my environment around me.  Yet when I…

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Testimonies from 2019

Love is Patient—June 2019 It was early June and I was in the midst of a challenging semester at language school. A visit to the spa one afternoon was certainly not for the purpose of evangelism in my mind, but God seemed to have other ideas. I’ve learned, you never know where He may want…

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Testimonies from 2018

Stepping out is Contagious!–July 2018 I was hanging out in Ferris Coffee in Holland (formerly Jp’s) working on preparing Dunamis material for some upcoming teaching in North Carolina. This guy who was sitting near me looked “familiar.’ I’ve had that before…people just look “familiar.” I told him that he looked familiar and made a comment…

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Testimonies from 2017

Along the Way–November 2017 Last night, I finished teaching a 5 week Evangelism course for a small group brothers and sisters.  Included in our 5 weeks were two opportunities to go out and intentionally follow the Lord in evangelism outreach. As I reflect on the two times we went out, two stories are highlighted to…

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Testimonies of 2016

Spreading God’s Love and Fire-December 2016 Our weekly outreach group met with more than our normal amount of people that week.  I shared with our group about “perfect love casting out fear” from I John 4:18 and what love looks like from I Corinthians 13:4-8.  Our group seemed  especially ready to head out that night…

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Testimonies from 2015

The Fruit of Obedience!-September 2015 It was Thursday evening and I was teaching at my home church congregation on listening evangelism.  The teaching was part of a four-week event called “Prayer in Motion” that I was team teaching with Andrew Sisson.  This particular evening, I taught the participants about encountering the love of God, bringing…

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Testimonies from 2014

Patience Results in Salvation-October 2014 I arrived in Dan Yang South Korea on Monday afternoon, October 20  I was as one of the teachers for an Dunamis Evangelism Conference .  Almost instantly, I noticed a fairly tall Korean man who was one of the workers.  For some reason, he stuck out to me.  I didn’t…

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Testimonies from 2013

Evangelism at the Smoker’s Pit-May 2013 Donnie, one of my good friends and mentees has become a partner with me in prayer walking and evangelism efforts.  After ministering to each other one Saturday evening, we prayer walked the Calvin College campus.  After praying for several students in the library, we walked past the smokers’ pit.…

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Testimonies from 2012

Teaching Evangelism By Reversing Roles-December 2012 The original student I was supposed to meet last Friday at 2:30 was unable to make our meeting, so I began talking with another young On Saturday, December 1st, I was in downtown Holland, MI, itching to witness to someone.  However, the Lord seemed to shut my mouth and…

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Testimonies from 2011

Mission to Mission–July 2011 As I looked back through my testimony archives, I realized I didn’t have a testimony for 2011. Yet I recall some very powerful things I was a part of in 2011 that I forgot to write about! I’ll do my best here to share what I remember. I was a youth…

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Testimonies from 2010

That Makes No Sense God. Am I Crazy?-September 2010 It was 4 pm on Sunday afternoon and I was ready for some time alone out in the wild.  Despite growing up 1/2 hour from Sioux Falls, I am still somewhat new to the parks/nature areas in the city.  I hopped in my car, and drove off, praying,…

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