Steve & Rita

We are Steve and Rita Williams, American immigrants presently living in Christchurch. In October 1990 we were commissioned from the United States as missionaries by Mission to the World, the missionary arm of the Presbyterian Church in America. For the first half of our missionary pilgrimage we served in Europe. In December 2005 we were redeployed to New Zealand to serve with the Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. 

As many people might be aware, missionaries often move quite a bit renting apartments or houses throughout their missionary service. As a result, many long-term missionaries are never able to purchase their own home and upon retirement have few housing options for the remainder of their lives. 

Arriving in New Zealand at the ages of 50 (Steve) and 46 (Rita) along with our two teenage children, the thought of ever owning a home for ourselves seemed quite remote. However, during our early years living in Tauranga, we were introduced to Liberty Trust. The notion of investing into a Christian trust that would be able to provide folks with a no interest home loan was truly exciting. However, because we were familiar with so many scams, even scams involving Christians, we were somewhat hesitant and thought that we would wait awhile and ask around to see if Liberty Trust was legitimate.