ABOUT | renaoord

About Me

I live in beautiful British Columbia, Canada
I am the mother of four beautiful children
I have a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta
Master of Religious Education from the Canadian Baptist Seminary in Cochrane, Alberta
Taught in Canada and China
Was a Chaplain and Volunteer Disaster Relief Worker with Samaritan's Purse
Completed a Grief Following Trauma Course
Completed an Assisting Individuals in Crisis Course
Completed a Group Crisis Intervention Course
Children's Church Leader
Youth Leader
Counsellor in camp and church settings
Tour Manager from the Rockies to the Pacific
Short-term missionary to Haiti, Uganda, Belize, China, Thailand, the Ghetto in NYC, Mexico, Greece, Eastern Europe, and Canada.

I love God adventures.

Here are a few examples...

Praying with a voodoo queen in Haiti
Leading a dying woman to Jesus in a shack in the jungle in Belize
Giving Arabic Bibles in Thailand to Muslims
Taking food and clothing behind the Iron Curtain after Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Sharing Jesus with an elderly couple in Mexico City while an earthquake rumbled the ground beneath my feet
Teaching English to Muslim immigrants in Greece
Rescuing a street girl in Uganda
Leading a Bible study in China
These are just some of the amazing adventures God has led me on.
I have written my story in A Life Set Free. It is a story of my healing from abandonment and brokenness -- to seeing the beauty of God's power through a life surrendered to God. Click here to order A Life Set Free.

with Carol Graham

with Tony Koretz from A Minute to Midnite