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Freedom International Ministries, Inc.

P.O. Box 92

Noblesville, IN 46061

  1. (765)602-3941

info@itisforfreedom.com

 
Our testimony has truly been our testimony for the last 19 years. Toni & I met in August of 1990 during our freshman year of High School. That’s right High School sweethearts, even voted “cutest couple” our senior year. I wish I could say things were always so story bookish but that wasn’t the case. Let me back up a bit...I grew up attending a small church & Toni was raised in a church too, but it wasn’t until the fall of 2001, 4 years into our marriage that we truly became Christians and began a personal relationship with God thru accepting the Lord Jesus Christ. One year into our new found faith, we were both convicted to share some things that we had buried in the past, even kept from each other. God working in our lives brought to light the need to confess those things to each other so that there would be nothing between us, hindering us from growing in Christ together. I’ll not go into detail but I mention the following only as a testament to God’s grace. We had reached a point at which we were going thru counseling and struggling with the possibility of our marriage ending. Again, only by the grace & mercy of a loving God can we count it all joy now as we look back. We would not trade the events of our past or the trials of dealing with those events which have led us to where we’re at today. During that time, God used our new found home church, Harbour Shores and the people there to mentor us thru that difficult time. We have been at Harbour Shores for the past eight years and have truly enjoyed becoming involved in ministry, especially with the youth. Serving in youth ministry prompted us to consider full time ministry in some capacity. In the fall of 2007, I started a pastoral internship in search of direction as to what may lie ahead. After completing the internship, we felt content to continue serving in youth ministry but had decided that we were open to whatever God might have for us. And now the rest of the story… June of 2008 I got a call from Jason Hilgeman who asked if we’d consider partnering with them full time in the DR! I said why not, but I better check with Toni. After much prayer & a survey trip that our family was able to take in December of 2008, we knew that this was the ministry that God had for us. We are currently sharing our ministry & seeking to raise monthly support in anticipation of being in the Dominican by the summer of 2011. Your prayers & financial support are greatly appreciated as we prepare to be a part of the amazing work that God is doing in the DR.   In His Service, Josh & Toni Simos