Helen's Personal Testimony

CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION

Helen Redman - Director and Co-Founder

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Helen's Personal Testimony

All my life I was very timid and had a low self-esteem. My husband went home to the Lord very unexpectedly on July 6, 1986. Two days after the memorial service, in order not to go into a spirit of grief, I planted seeds by working 12 hours a day in our mission office. Three weeks later, I came home late from work extremely exhausted and an empty, void feeling engulfed my spirit. I turned the radio on to a gospel music station. As the music filled the room, I began to worship the Lord. As I was dancing, His presence came in the room and filled that empty void. I knew the very moment He did it. It was as if God had pulled a curtain down and that part of my life of 40 plus years of marriage with Henry Redman was behind me. He had a ministry for me, individually, that I had never previously experienced.

Immediately doors began to open for speaking and teaching. I knew it had to be God and as I would go through the doors He opened, He would give me a boldness I never had before. My husband and I pastored for thirty-three years. During all those years, I had never been asked to speak publicly for all our acquaintances knew how timid I was.

Philippians 4:13 became rhema to me that completely changed my life. It has enabled me to go around the world teaching and training Nationals to reach their own people.