Jun 25, 2025 Once Lost, Now Found

Lilick came from a home marked by both faith and complexity. Her father, Matthew was a Christian ship captain and her mother, Martha, was a devout member of a different faith.  

As a child, Lilick followed her father’s faith, but like many, her path took unexpected and painful turns. 

When she migrated to the island of Borneo to live with her brother, her life spiraled. Adolescence and early adulthood were the darkest times of her life. For over two decades, she was entangled in a lifestyle of promiscuity, drug, alcohol abuse, and tobacco use.  

The pain she carried was heavy—and hidden. 

Eventually, a family crisis called her back home to Sulawesi. Her younger sibling, deeply addicted to narcotics, had fallen ill. Lilick returned to care for them—but tragically, her sibling passed away.  

That season, though shrouded in grief, became a turning point. She found herself living with family members who attended the Bungadidi Seventh-day Adventist Church. They invited her to join them for worship, and little by little, Lilick began to hear the voice of God through Scripture. 

Still, her heart hadn’t fully changed. 

It wasn’t until years later that something began to shift. Lilick moved in with Ibu Indar, a faithful member of the Adventist Church. There, surrounded by love and truth, she grew more engaged with Bible study and began slowly turning from the life she once knew. Then one day, a divine appointment changed everything. 

Pastor O. Rantin, newly assigned to the area through QHM funding, stopped by Ibu Indar’s home.  

He and Lilick talked a lot that day, and through the power of the Holy Spirit, her walls began to come down.  

She shared her past—the pain, the struggle, the longing for something different. Slowly that heavy pain she had hidden away was being lifted as Pastor Rantin listened.  

From that moment, an intensive Bible study began focusing not just only on knowledge, but on transformation. 

The Word of God did what only it can do. Week after week, truth healed the places where shame was once held. And after months of studying and after years of wandering, Lilick stood alongside two others and was baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 

Today, she continues to walk a new path, still learning what it means to live in the freedom of Christ. She asks for prayer—for strength in her journey, for courage in her witness, and for opportunities to lead others into the same hope she has now found. 

Because no life is too lost for the love of Jesus to redeem.