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Tim Rickel

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Tim was fascinated from an early age by the missionaries who presented at his dad’s church. In those days, most had at least one huge snakeskin that they would unroll on the front pew and a story to match it. At twelve, while reading Isaiah 6:8 for the first time in his bedroom, Tim heard God gently say, “I want to send you.” After just a few minutes he said, “Yes!” and felt the joy of being called by God to a mission.

His first assignment with WGM was church planting. A small outpatient clinic had been built in a Garifuna village in Honduras on the Island of Roatán. When Tim arrived, he was asked teach the youth of the village, which turned out to be a great way to learn Spanish! With just three months of language learning, Tim dove in. The time of harvest was at hand, and that first year thirty young people gave their lives to Christ. During those first years in Honduras, it was normal for at least one person a week to come to Christ.

Tim held many roles during his thirty-seven years of ministry with WGM, and his approach has been a willingness to serve where needed most and to seek to follow God’s will, even when the move wasn’t up and to the right. Among his proudest accomplishments are taking WGM from the slide era to the video production era, building the first website for WGM and seeing Member Health established as a full department of WGM. None of these initiatives originated with Tim, and others did the frontline work in accomplishing them. But Tim used his influence and position to make these things happen, and WGM is better for them.

Tim and Laurie don’t know what is next for them in retirement. There are unknowns, such as metastatic breast cancer treatment. But they believe the same God who called them to missionary service many years ago is the same God who will lead them in the next pathway of following him. For the rest of this year, there will be green valleys and still waters to enjoy as they listen for the next assignment.

Read more about Tim’s journey with WGM here.

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