Mission Spotlight

Eunice’s Household of Faith

Cairns, Australia

Eunice opened up her home to be used for mission. Let's visit her in Australia to see how God blessed her ministry.

“My name is Eunice and I hail from Papua New Guinea. I've been living in Australia for 35 years now. While I was in New Guinea, I met this wonderful man, Peter. We have three children and nine grandchildren.”

“I was very active in the church, and I realized after three years that I needed more to life than what I was going through. I was called to do literature ministry, which means that I went door-to-door selling Christian literature.”

“I felt a calling to the ‘households of faith.’ What I mean by households of faith is that we are doing church in the home. In our Discovery Bible readings, our group found that we are able to have open and honest discussions, ask questions, and try to find the answers from what we were reading. You didn't have to have a Bible knowledge or spend so many years in the church in order to participate in a discussion.”

“I didn't go to church. It wasn't something that was part of my lifestyle.”

“My background is Catholic, and I decided to leave the church when I left home, and more or less have said no to all religion…up until I met up with Eunice. She told me about her household of faith she was holding at her home. I brought John along with me and it was very different from what I expected. I felt very comfortable in her home and the way that they conducted it. It was nice.”

“There's a lot of teaching and learning within the stories about morals. That's what I'm interested in. There's a lot of good learning there.”

“I started looking for God a few years ago. I was searching everywhere for the right church. I found the Seventh-day Adventist Church and then I reached out to Eunice. She invited me to the home group church. It's been amazing for my spiritual growth.”

“Rochelle is my niece. She's very responsible, very reliable, and has a deep passion for the Word of God.”

“Households of faith to me, at first, was a really awesome idea. I wanted to have a connection with people, getting deep into the Word, but I also wanted to be able to make friends and really feel like I was part of a family.”

“Doing life on your own is too hard today, but doing life with a group who supports you and prays for you is just wonderful. It's worth everything. It's worth all the hard work. It's worth all the preparation. It’s worth every bit of effort that I put into it.”

“I'm really looking forward to that time when I can open my home up to others, because I want to be able to see the change. I want to be a witness to see how Jesus changes people's lives like He’s done for me.”


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