People Stories - the Gaardlykkes

The Gaardlykkes - Ruth, Thorvald, Tordis, Marjun

Last week we had visitors from the Faroe Islands come to our Tuesday Bible Study. They had been in contact with Mark via the BBC website. The Gaardlykke family – Thorvald, his wife Ruth, and two daughters Marjun, 22, and Tordis, 20 –  stopped in Beijing for five days on their way to the Phillipines. Thorvald works as a highly skilled electrician on oil rigs in the North Sea. Ruth has worked in some capacity over several years with Operation Mobilization. They have contacts with a NTM family in the Phillipines where the husband is American (mk) and the wife is Faroese. The Gaardlykke family will spend 6-8 weeks deep in the Phillipine jungle to construct a type of hydroelectric turbine so the m family can have consistent and inexpensive electricity. They will also help the m family with their three young children and reach out to local people. Last Friday, their final evening in Beijing, we all went out to dinner for Beijing duck. We learned a lot more about them and their lives.  Their life story makes our life look tame. Pray them for them, the m family they will serve, and their daughters who wonder what they will do in the jungle.