Thanks for your interest in getting to know about us and the ministry we are a part of with Ethnos360. Below is a bit of our story.
Both Tim and Andrea were raised in Christian families and have benefited from the influence and teaching of faithful believers in their lives. They met during the second half of their training with New Tribes Mission and were married in March of 2001. They completed their training in 2002 and moved to Asia-Pacific November, 2003.
After learning the trade language, Tim & Andrea had opportunities to do survey work in the Island of Borneo. They prayerfully moved into a region of the island, believing God would open a door for the gospel. This began a “next chapter” in their lives of culture and language study, learning a language that had no formal alphabet of dictionary.
In 2006 Tim and Andrea adopted a 3 week old Indonesian girl named Dina. Dina was adopted from a village 6 hours from where they currently live and serve. In 2007 Andrea gave birth to Abby, 16 months later. This season of their life was full as they learned language, and learned to be parents. Nine years later Titus was born in 2016, and Torin their youngest in 2018. What a joy it’s been to see God give such beautiful and unique children to them.
They’ve seen the Lord bring light to dark eyes and life where there was spiritual death!!! What a joy to see God building His Church. It has NOT been a quick process and has had many challenges, but God is working. They’ve had several people asked to be baptized and the teaching continues in a variety of phases. What a blessing to be a part of it this process.
With around 13,000 people in the language group where the Ullum’s work there is still so much to be done. So many to still hear and understand God’s Truths. In light of the overwhelming needs in this area, Tim and Andrea have partnered with other local churches to continue the evangelism and discipleship process in that area.
Please pray with the Ullum’s and the team that God would raise up people who are hungry for His Word in their language and who are willing to help be part of the translation process. So many of the man hours require the native speakers to check and recheck throughout the project and there is a real need for more help.
In 2020 Tim and Andrea joined the area leadership team and have been active facilitating and consulting other church planting teams. This is a huge need and great privilege for them to serve God’s servants in ministry.
The Ullums have also been key partners to other tribal church as they develop a missionary training program. This program is intended to equip indigenous believers to cross cultural borders with the good news. The Ullums see this as a critical partnership towards the gospel expansion.
In May 2025 Dina and Abby will graduate High School and the Ullums will return to the States for a season of transition. Their hope is to remain engaged in ministry with Asia Pacific as the Lord allows.