About
Dezarae in Missions
Hi everyone! Welcome to my mission's page. It’s great to have you! I’ve created this as a space to share my ongoing adventures in ministry and missions and for those of you who've joined me as a ministry partner to follow along throughout my journey.
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The Lord has been teaching me and reminding me of the importance of stewarding ministry partnerships, that this mission He’s sent me on is so much bigger than me. Of course it is! I am just the “go-er” or the “messenger” here, Romans 10:13-15 shows us that there are different roles we play as believers to reaching the unreached and giving the lost an opportunity to call on the name of the Lord and be saved. Without your obedience to say yes to God’s call in supporting and sending me, I would not be able to fulfill my calling to go and tell those who have yet to believe or have not yet heard the gospel. This here is your ministry too, thank you for partnering with me while I partner with God in how He is moving in the nations!
I am honored and so excited to share with you travel and ministry updates, photos and testimonies, prayer requests and praises, and updates on my financial support raising journey right here in my blog! If you haven't yet subscribed to this blog, go ahead and put in your email to receive updates as new ones are posted!
“‘For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the scriptures say, ‘How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!’” — Romans 10:13-15
Dezarae Westveld
My personal story
The Power of God's Love
Sharing my personal testimony has always taken a bit of dying to myself, but even if solely for the purpose of walking in the victory the Lamb’s blood has bought for me, especially so that another might overcome, then here is a bit of it. All glory be to God...
Growing up in Grand Rapids, MI, I gave my life to Jesus as a small child and spent years at Bible camps, youth group, and even an international missions trip with my church! Yet, however present the Lord was in my life, I faced adversity of all kinds... From abuse to homelessness, or mental illness and addiction, survival became a normal part of my life. Over time I eventually walked away from the Church and my faith entirely. Until one day I realized I couldn't escape the oppressive darkness of the world on my own and remembered God and called on His name to rescue me. He opened a door for stability, community, healing, and belonging through the believers He strategically placed in my life, the same ones who carried me back to the foot of the cross when I couldn't get there on my own.
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He not only rescued me, He redeemed me! Since then, He's sent me back to the places of brokenness I was delivered from to bring His love and healing hope of redemption to those who haven't heard, have yet to accept, or have themselves strayed from His paths. Over the last few years, I have been serving God in women's ministry leading Bible studies; in inner-city ministry throughout Grand Rapids and Detroit, bridging the gap between the Church and those who are marginalized; and most recently, in short-term missions with The World Race supporting local churches and ministries in 6 countries over 11 months. Stay tuned for the next chapter of this journey as we find out together how it unfolds!
"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."
—Revelation 12:11