“Andrew and I began our connection with St Michael’s Church separately when we moved to London for work as young professionals. We each found – and remained at – St Michael’s church, which is where we met in the late 1990s. St Michael’s became our church “home” for the years we were based in London. We are grateful for the wonderful friends, sound, biblical teaching and supportive church community we found at St Michael’s church in the busy capital city!
We enjoyed being part of the same home group and we eventually married there in 2003. At that time, Andrew was working as the lay assistant for the church – a role he enjoyed for about one and a half years. In 2004, we felt a strong call to serve God overseas and embarked on a new adventure towards the end of the year, when we moved to South Africa for Andrew to train as a pilot. This was the start of a new chapter, which led to working with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in East Africa and we are currently based with MAF in Uganda. Throughout the journey, St. Michael's church community have encouraged us, prayed for us and have been part of the work of MAF in East Africa through their prayerful and generous support, a blessing we are so thankful for.”
The Parkers moved to Kampala, Uganda in December 2016 and are part of the MAF Uganda team. MAF is a Christian missionary organisation which uses light aircraft to bring practical assistance and spiritual hope to people living in isolated communities. Uganda is the fourth country the Parkers have worked in with MAF since moving to Tanzania from London in 2009.