OUR STORY
Josh and Concilia met in Zambia, Africa. Josh graduated from Grand Valley State University with a bachelor of Science, and Concilia graduated from Global Ministries Bible Institute with a diploma in Christian Ministry. Josh was born and raised in Grand Rapids, MI and Concilia was born and raised in Livingstone, Zambia. They got married in Zambia when Josh went to be a missionary there. After they got married, they started their married life serving Jesus with Overland Missions. They lived in a tent on the Zambezi river reaching unreached people groups in the bush of Africa for almost 3 years together. But after their marriage ceremony in Zambia, they were blessed to be able to go on a honeymoon to South Africa. During the honeymoon Josh & Concilia spent a lot of time in the word of God and in prayer together. They also watched a film called “Nefarious”. It is a powerful documentary on sex trafficking that everybody in the world should see. Please take the time to watch it on YouTube.Here is the link for the film “Nefarious”- https://youtu.be/MFaDHgXPbUg. - It is also embedded below.
After watching the powerful documentary called “Nefarious”, they both started talking about God’s heart for His girls! They had seen all the horrible ways girls are trafficked in the third world and looked at each other then said “we have to do something”! Edmund Burke said “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men and women to do nothing.”After serving Jesus for almost 3 years in Zambia and praying for the trafficked regularly, Josh and Concilia eventually packed their bags and went right to SE Asia to reach the trafficked there working with two other anti-trafficking ministries there to get as many girls out of the sex trade as they could by God’s grace! They served trafficked women and girls in SE Asia for 5 years.
Then on one of their return visits from their missionary work in SE Asia while coming back to give birth to their 2nd child in the USA, they felt God’s leading to check out trafficking in the USA to see what it looks like around the USA. So, they took some flights and drove to explore trafficking in Houston (Texas), Flint (Michigan), and Detroit, MI. After going on those trips, they had a feeling God would eventually transition them from serving the trafficked in SE Asia to serving the trafficked in the USA. God broke their hearts deeply for the trafficked in the USA during those trips!! After their trips around the USA they took time to pray and seek God about what God would have next for them.
Josh and Concilia briefly returned back to SE for about 8 months after the birth of their 2nd child and continued to serve trafficked girls there. But then, after living in one of the biggest red light districts in Asia and serving the trafficked in SE Asia for 5 years in total..God called them to the USA to start “God Who Sees Ministries” in Grand Rapids, MI. right where Josh was born and raised. The rest is history! They love serving the trafficked, sharing with others about the huge need to reach the trafficked, and loving on God’s daughters (the trafficked) that need to know how loved they are by God!
Please join us in partnership financially and prayerfully. We want to invite you to sow into what God is doing in and through our lives. Join us in prayer as we join hands with God and all He has called us to do for His kingdom and Glory! Pray for us for wisdom and strength to run the race well that God has set before our family!
We are so thankful for each and every one of you.
Love always,
Josh, Concilia, Faith, and Hosanna