Bio

Jennifer was born into a Christian home, the second of four children. Her mother’s older sister, a single missionary to Japan, was the heroine of the family. Through the years Jennifer was growing up, her family would occasionally invite a missionary—often a single lady—into their home for a meal. Jennifer always wanted to be a single missionary when she grew up, and she is grateful to the Lord for putting that dream in her heart and then fulfilling it, to the praise of His glorious grace!

Jennifer graduated from the nursing program at Bob Jones University in 1990 and later received a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Kentucky in 1993. After serving as a nurse practitioner for three years in Pickens, South Carolina, Jennifer felt the Lord’s call into medical missions in Micronesia.

She was accepted by GFA in 1996 and in 1998 arrived in the Marshall Islands, where she served with the Utters and Fishers for three years. During her first furlough, she was reassigned to Papua New Guinea to serve in the Highlands with the Berbin family as well as other single missionaries. From 2002 until 2017 Jennifer served in the clinic there, as well as trained and supervised Sunday school teachers and nursery workers. Other duties included translating hymns and songs and other ministry materials from English into Melanesian Pigin. 

In 2017 Jennifer began working in the town of Kainantu in the Eastern Highlands province. Jennifer is currently teaching ladies’ Bible studies in two locations to women who have never had exposure to this kind of teaching. Jennifer volunteers with a local corporation that has a contract to help in the government hospital. This has opened numerous doors for ministry by forging positive relationships among the health care community. Her coworkers at the hospital are health care workers from Nepal. Jennifer has had opportunities to introduce these Hindu families to the Bible. Jennifer is actively involved in a local church, where she teaches a ladies’ Bible study and Sunday school classes for the young people.

Read Jennifer's blog at fellowservant.net.

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