Sam came to Australia as an Assyrian refugee from Iraq. He was born into the Church of the East tradition, and finished high school in Baghdad. He studied a Bachelor of Technology (Electrical, Electronics) at UWS Nepean (now Western Sydney University), graduating in 2003. During Study and after graduation, he worked with global software companies for 17 years primarily as a Sales Engineer at companies like IBM. Along the way,...

My wife Shupi and I come from Zimbabwe and in December 2016 God blessed us with our beautiful daughter whom we named Unathi which means “God is with us”.  Before coming to college, we lived in Harare (capital of Zimbabwe) where I served as a full time campus staff worker with The Fellowship of Christian Unions in Zimbabwe (FOCUS) while Shupi worked as an IT auditor with Deloitte. Our story...

My family and I came to Australia from Singapore when I was 3 years old. My parents were not Christian at that time but God in his graciousness has worked through various people and contexts to bring the gospel to bear fruit in my family’s life. Looking back I’m so thankful for generous friends and ministers who taught the Bible faithfully, modeled faith in action and cared for us. Before...