The Beginning
The inception of Pu.Re began in 1993. With my dad stationed at Rockville Air Station, an Air Force radar surveillance post, our family of four, marveled at the unadulterated beauty of the island. God’s creation was painted in every direction, as far as the eyes could see, and although many longed for the warmth of the sun and comfortable familiarity of the states, for my brother and me, and many of our peers, Iceland held a mystery. A mystery that was other-worldly, indescribable, and thirty years later, still enduring. I was smitten.
It was at this time, my season of gawky, in-between tween years, that God planted two seeds, one, in the rocky terrain of the island, and the second in the soil of my heart. Both of these seeds laid in wait. Dormant…. Until a dream was given in 2017; a dream that began the journey back to the island of “Fire and Ice.” A journey back, to share the hope and the love of the Heavenly Father, to a nation that is thriving in the ways of the world, but starving in the spiritual truths of Jesus and His gospel.
I believe that across the globe, the Remnant, just like seeds, have been laying in wait for a time such as this…