Agatha (nee Harder) is an honorary NCEM member. She resides in Linden, Alberta, with her husband, Peter.
Agatha’s missionary service has included several locations. She joined NCEM in 1964, on staff at the Montreal Lake Children’s Home (SK). That was followed by ministry in the northern Manitoba villages of Thicket Portage and Shamattawa.
She then served on staff at La Ronge Indian Bible School (SK) and as Dean of Women at Key-Way-Tin Bible Institute (AB). A licensed nurse, Agatha was often called upon for medical help on all these assignments. She also served as hostess at NCEM’s Headquarters.
As a single worker on isolated stations, Agatha had learned firsthand the value of visits from fellow missionaries. Those lessons helped during her years as Ministries Coordinator for Single Ladies. Agatha’s last northern station was in northeastern Saskatchewan where she found “wide open doors” into peoples’ homes. She ran a Sunday school in her home, a craft night, and encouraged believers to worship and fellowship together.
Years later Agatha says, “I’d do it all over again, even knowing all the hardships … To be instrumental in leading someone to Christ, to see them grow and live for God and serve Him … it’s worth it.”
