I was saved when I was sixteen through a gospel tract given by a school friend. At seventeen, I felt the calling into full-time ministry. I told my dad that I wanted to go to seminary after I graduated from high school, however, he did not allow me to do it then. Eventually I went to Seattle University to pursue a degree in philosophy, because that was the closest subject to theology.

I met my husband, Hendra Suhartanto, three months before I graduated. A year after I moved back to Jakarta, we got married. God gave us a precious daughter, Gabrielle, whom I homeschooled all the way until high school. During the busyness of being a wife and homeschooling mother, I had forgotten God’s calling for full-time ministry. But God never forgot! In 2014, three months before my daughter graduated from high school, a professor from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary visited JICF and recruited me to pursue a Master of Arts in Christian Education. Subsequently, by God’s grace alone I was able to complete a Doctor of Education in Ministry from Dallas Theological Seminary in 2020. 

As the Director of JICF Children’s Ministry since 2003, it is my prayer that all the children who come to The Rock will understand the Gospel accurately. And by the power of the Holy Spirit, they will experience regeneration, and will become fully devoted disciples of Christ as they are growing up.

In my free time, I enjoy reading, walking in nature, and spending time with people.

Although I was born and raised in a Christian family, I didn’t automatically consider myself a Christian. When I was young, my parents asked their children to attend church as Sunday morning routine. I considered Sunday school as a fun place to go because that’s where most of my friends were. I ended up becoming a Sunday school teacher in my teen years and was actively serving at my church. During those years I believe God was working in my heart by putting in me the desire to know Him personally. I had the curiosity to know what Christianity was all about. It wasn’t until I was in college in 1995 that I accepted Christ as my personal Savior. It radically changed my life, because it was the first time I was able to embrace the identity God has given me. I started to understand what it meant to have a relationship with Christ and to know that I’ve been saved by His grace alone through my faith in Jesus Christ. The Lord has been faithful in pursuing me with His love as I continue to grow in Him. Jesus is truly the greatest gift in my life.

I joined JICF in 2001 and have been involved in the Children’s Ministry since then. I started to work as a part-time administrator for The Rock in 2004, and became a full-time staff in 2006. I feel very blessed to be on staff here at JICF.  I love serving people through The Rock, and I love meeting new people. I also enjoy meeting with single ladies one-on-one or in a small-group setting studying Scripture.