Get to Know Chris Sandford

Ministry Description

In Australia I will be acting as the Assistant Outreach Coordinator. This means that I will be planning all of our evangelistic events as well as working closely with the Outreach Coordinator to come up with new and engaging ways to share God's word.

I will also be a part of overseeing the wellbeing of the interns in Word of Life's Discipleship Training Center. This training center has college age Australians living on property, doing ministry with us, and getting a degree or certificate in counselling. My role will be to disciple several of the guys in this program and to present weekly devotions during our morning meetings.

Learn more about the ministry in Australia.

About Chris

I Grew up with Christian parents, my little brother was saved at the age of 4 and that spurred me on to see what it meant. At that point I understood that I was a sinner in need of a savior and I asked Jesus to be the Lord of my life. However, it was not until I was about 14 years old and I went on a mission trip to War, West Virginia that I started taking my salvation decision seriously. I realized that being a Christian was more than just acting a certain way when you were around certain people, it’s about having a constant and growing relationship with God. I continued to go on mission trips for the next five years of my life and I continued to grow my relationship with Christ which eventually lead to me coming to Word of Life Florida for what I thought was a single year. Through the missions opportunities there I grew a passion for seeing lives changed and so I went to the second year program to further pursue this goal. During that year I gained a greater passion for missions and seeing the lives of people all across the world changed for eternity. This lead me to choose the Cross Cultural Internship that Word of Life offered and then Australia as my destination. Over the two years of my internship I developed a huge passion for Australia as a whole and I can't wait to continue my ministry there as a full time staff.

"Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest." -Luke 10:2

Contact Information

csandford@wol.org
US Phone number: 336-792-0090