Where will you work?
Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Describe what you will do.
We are both nurses and plan to work in Congo where we anticipate working alongside Congolese colleagues in the hospital, in education and in community work.
Why did you choose your ministry? What led you to that ministry?
Mark grew up in Congo until the age of 12 when his family returned to Canada during a period of conflict in the country. He attended Peace River Bible Institute where he obtained a bachelors in Global Ministries and then worked in Mozambique as a missionary for two years. Amy grew up in Tanzania and returned to the United States to go to college at Penn State where she attended nursing school. She also worked in Africa where she met Mark in 2009.
In 2012, when our commitments in Africa were finished, we moved to New Jersey to get married and for Mark to continue his education as a paramedic and then as a nurse. Our three boys were born in New Jersey: Daniel born in 2013, Jack born in 2016 and Andrew in 2018. We currently live in Texas where Mark works in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Amy works on a Labor and Delivery Unit. We share in the responsibilities of homeschooling their three boys.
We hope our presence, faith and profession would be an encouragement to the people of Congo and a reminder that God sees them and loves them and is working for their good even in very hard circumstances.
Have you had other occupations?
Mark - paramedic in Jersey City. Amy - nurse at Duke University Hospital
Hobbies, interests?
As a family we love to spend time outside. We enjoy playing at parks, geo-caching, hiking, and camping. We all enjoy reading. And - thankfully - we all enjoy traveling and going on an adventure. Favorite sports or sports team?Mark and the boys love to bike and swim.
