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34. The importance of prayer and relationship building in ministry with orphans and local leaders: Tracy Arntzen from Saving Susan Ministry
Simply127
26 minutes 30 seconds
4 years ago
34. The importance of prayer and relationship building in ministry with orphans and local leaders: Tracy Arntzen from Saving Susan Ministry
In this episode of the Simply 127 podcast, Sara Beth interviews Tracy Arntzen, Co- Founder and Executive Director of Saving Susan Ministry. Tracy and her husband, Jay, own an elevator business and live in north Atlanta. Together they have three sons. Not long after starting their own business in 2008, they felt the call to change churches.
Through one of their church connections, Jay felt led to go to Cambodia after mission Sunday. He and one of his sons decided to go on the mission project. There he met a little girl with whom he had a strong connection. He even wanted their family to adopt her, but found out that the borders were closed to international adoption. Through prayer and guidance they felt led to still help support the girl, they nick-named Susan, and her brother.
When founding Saving Susan Ministry, Tracy was very adamant that prayer would be central to their ministry. Six years later it is still the most important thing they do. They approach orphan care in a unique and very relational way. There is an application process for anyone who wants to sponsor a child and work closely with local leaders in the countries where these children live.
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127 Worldwide
www.127worldwide.org
Saving Susan Ministry
https://www.savingsusanministry.org/
tracy@savingsusanministry.org
Books:
The Hole in Our Gospel
Richard Sterns
In Pursuit of Orphan Excellence
Keith McFarland
Philip Darke
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We want to simply tell inspiring stories of people tangibly living out James 1:27 and give people a place to learn more about caring for the vulnerable with excellence.
