In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His Kingdom, I give you this Charge: PREACH the WORD! 2 Timothy 4:1
Open Doors
Posted by: Trey Ripma on February 07, 2012
What a year this has been! God has brought mea long way. I use to ask God to show me a miracle and then I would believe in Him. I...read more
About Trey Ripma
Job Title: Well Drilling/Expeditions
Bio:
“Very Truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.”
This verse means a lot to me because I come from a ten year addiction to cocaine. I never understood the power of Christ that is with in us or the possibility of becoming a new creation in Christ. Most of my life I told God, “if you show me a miracle then I will pick up my Cross and follow you.” Through different circumstances in my life I finally surrendered my will. I found when I did this that’s when the miracles started taking place. It’s not about God proving Himself to us but us believing, obeying and allowing Him to love us and live through us. Once I learn life’s not about me, it’s about others that’s when God showed me His heart for the nations, and every second I wasted another person was dying without knowing Him. I found many missions organizations but none aligned with the heart of God like Overland Missions. After being in Zambia for one month with Overland Missions I experienced even more of God’s miracle working power and I knew this is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I continued on in Zambia for another 5 months using my past work experience with heavy equipment and received training on the well drilling rig. I have now joined staff and I will be working in the Well Drilling Department. This has been a huge blessing for me because we are meeting the physical need of water in the villages while ministering the spiritual need of living water to the lives around us.




