Ethen DeMarce

Romans 15:20-21

I was born in Calgary Alberta Canada in 1993. I lived there from 1993 till 2000. My family moved to New Tribes Bible Institute, now Ethnos360 Bible Institute, in 2000. I was saved in 2001 after going to one of my parents classes and hearing that I needed a savior. Mom and I talked after class for a long time and after understanding I was need of a help and knowing Jesus was the only real help I needed; we prayed and my life never went back to normal. Dad and mom finished the two year course and afterwards stayed on as staff from 2002 till 2015 after which they moved to Pennsylvania. I was homeschooled until 6th grade and then went to public school from 7th grade till I graduated from High School. My spiritual walk with God was almost non-existent until the 11th grade when I almost took my own life. I had lived a life so focused on materials and popularity that God was never important. After High School I attended NTBI with the intention to go overseas but all for the wrong reasons. After my first year God broke down my world view and changed it from materials and popularity to a firm foundation on Him, His word, His love and grace. At the start of my second year at NTBI my walk with God was changed and my relationships with people were not only reestablished but refreshed and renewed, especially with my parents whom I had spent all four years of high school hurting and ignoring. It was in my second year that God blessed me with the most amazing woman ever. I graduated NTBI in 2014, and July 30, 2016, I got to marry the love of my life, Emily Voth. The two years between graduating NTBI and getting married were spent preparing for marriage, praying, studying, spending time with family and friends and enjoying the challenges of life. Emily and I were both seeking the mission field before we met, now that we are married we both want what God has for us all the more. The two of us have one heart burning for the mission field that God has set before us.

Emily DeMarce

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Starting with a little bit of background information, I was born in Kansas and grew up as a Camp Kid at several wonderful Christian Family Camps around the country. As a child most of my time was spent working with my family in ministry, doing mime and drama, participating in AWANA and enjoying my homeschool studies. I grew up in a solid Christian home and I have always believed the Bible was true for as long as I can remember. That said, when people ask me about when I became a Christian I tell them that it is difficult for me to point to a specific moment in my life when I was “saved.” I remember when I was four years old and I prayed a prayer with my dad,  but honestly it wasn’t until I was 19 and in my first year at Bible college where I feel like I truly saw my sin and agreed with God that my sin deserved death. I look forward to one day finding out the exact moment when I passed from death to life, whether it was one of those two moments or somewhere in-between. I do know now without a shadow of a doubt that I will spend eternity with Christ because I believe that I have been, “justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.”(Romans 3:24-25a). 
 
God is so faithful and one of the most prevalent lessons He’s been teaching me in our relationship is how to rest in Him. He has been showing me just how much of a control freak I am and many times it has been that control issue which has caused me so much pain and heartache. I am so thankful that God is patient with me as He continues to open my eyes to new areas where I am striving to live life on my own rather than thriving in the security of His love. God’s gift of Ethen in my life has been such a blessing and a daily lesson in what it means to rest in Christ. Ethen has challenged me in so many ways because his faith is strong where mine is weak and visa versa. The process of sanctification is a journey and I’m so thankful that God meets me where I’m at.  I’m sure that as Ethen and I pursue a life of service overseas that God will continue to train me to rest and rely on Him, and I’m excited to get to know my God better through the process!

“All roads lead to the judgment seat of Christ.”

- Keith Green

"The grace that brings salvation has appeared to all men."

- Titus 2:11