Nancy Nunn
NANCY NUNN DIED MAY 1 2009 Nancy believed it is a christians ultimate destiny to finish this life in the presence of God, and until that time was her ultimate responsibility to take as many others as possible with her.
Nancy was born in Cornsay, Co Durham on Dec 12 1943 into a family background where God and the gospel affected every thing in life. At first this war time baby's life was hard, Mum work in an ammunition factory, some of Dad's land was used as a practice ground for troops and the homeguard. In her teens Nancy gave her life to Jesus and soon led some of her School friends to the Lord. Missionary books became a great part of her reading :she talked of listening to every news bulletin as the story of Jim Elliot unfolded. Nancys reaction to it all was that she wanted to become a missionary .Someone handed her a book the story of John and Betty Stam. From then until the day, she died Nancy wanted to take the Gospel to China. Nancy started to have her holidays at Capernray Hall , on one such holiday she met David the man she was married to for 43 years.
Together they reached a point of commitment where they knew God was calling them into mission. After 2 years of interviews and applications they started work for Christian Mission to the Communist World in 1985 and latterly for Operation Timothy . In July 1985 Nancy was giving out gospels and new testaments in Vienna to visitors from Eastern Europe, 5 Hungarian lady's took new testaments from her. another lady ran up to Nancy to ask for one,but there were none left and she walked away with tears steaming down her face. That was the day Nancy vowed she would get as many Bibles, new testaments and Gospels into Eastern Europe as she possibly could.From that day until she died Nancy has kept on working sending out well over seven hundred thousand John's gospels alone with thousands of bibles and new testaments. She sent literature to every country in Eastern Europe,Turkey, Elat in Israel and Bibles and New testaments to China.
She was so grateful to those who worked and gave to make it possible.We shall miss her greatly as we face the days ahead as a family and Operation Timothy . Please keep on praying for us all as God works out His will in our lives Yours in His Service
DAVID NUNN
Letter from Romania
‘Whoever finds his life, will lose it and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it‘
I remember when I first met David and Nancy, It was before the Romanian Revolution in 1989 . We met secretly in a leader’s apartment, to discuss the need of Christian literature . Nancy wrote down all the details. Over the years, thousands of N.T. and Bibles for adults and children were packed in their car and brought all the way to Romania. Nancy never saw the people who got the precious Word of God in their hands , but I am sure she will meet many changed lives in eternity.
From time to time, David and Nancy were taken to visit possible church sites in villages, Nancy took notes and photos, shared the needs and raised the funds. Today there are dozens of such church buildings across our land. Nancy didn’t know many of the believers personally, but they got to know their Lord better. One of these churches is a gypsy church in Gura Raului, where GLO Romania has an active ministry among adults and children.
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She never took any meetings, but she listened to every sermon and lecture David gave in churches and in the Bible School, always rewarding him (and the translator)with a cup of tea and biscuits. It was her job to encourage and support the preacher, while God used the messages to make many young Christians grow.
Nancy loved meeting people, children & adults if they knew English or not. She always had a smile and a word of encouragement,when not in Romania,she often phoned to get updates about gypsy work, children’s work, bible school and church ministry and got others to pray for the people involved
She delivered all the bibles available, raised all the funds she was able to, encouraged as many people as possible,drove as many miles as she could. Some of the people she so diligently lived and worked for never knew her. Others knew her and appreciated all she did. Some of us had the great privilege to know her as a close and dear friend
We miss her greatly, but we know the work she started along with David will continue through the people that she lived for.
Doina Vasilca
On behalf of GLO Romania
Doina is supported by Operation Timothy & work with gypsy children around Sibui