The single greatest purpose of our lives is that we may know the LORD. By God’s grace Rob and Hilary have been getting to know Him for most of their lives.
They both grew up in Christian homes in the Sunshine State, Florida. They met as teenagers at their church youth group. Rob served in the U.S. Army and worked in construction. Hilary taught at a public elementary school.
Rob and Hilary were married in 2012 and began to trust the LORD to raise children who also know Him, Theo and Jude.
They were shocked to hear of the millions of people who have no access to God’s Word in their own language, people headed to an eternity apart from Him.
This new knowledge coupled with conviction of God’s desire for all people to know Him prompted them to get equipped for taking the gospel to those who have not yet heard. Rob and Hilary attended Ethnos360 Bible Institute in Jackson, Michigan and Ethnos Training in Durham, Ontario.
The Bartholdsons are now serving in Arctic Canada, living with the Inuit and learning Inuktitut. They are trusting that as God’s grace reaches the Inuit, “there will be great thanksgiving and God will receive more and more glory” (2 Corinthians 4:15).