Caroline Wilkinson hails from France but now lives in South Yorkshire. She is married to John Wilkinson, an itinerant evangelist, and has two children, Benjamin and Samuel
What do you do?
I have recently gone back to work and am a support learning staff member at a college in Rotherham. I help young adults with special needs. I’m also a busy mum and travel with my husband to the great nations of America and Canada.
Tell us about your life
I was born in France in a non-Christian family. My mother and father’s marriage ended after 19 years and our family was shattered and pulled apart. My mum went back to live in England and my father moved to the south of France. I stayed by myself, aged 19, near Paris. It wasn’t until two years later, in August, 1991, that I came to know the Lord as my Saviour after visiting mum for a few weeks in the UK.
I met my husband John in my mum’s church in 1993. I moved here and we tied the knot in May 1994. We were told that we could probably never have children and this was the one miracle I wanted God to perform for me.
John had heard of a revival that had broken out in Brownsville, which was near Pensacola, Florida. We flew there in April, 1999, and the Brownsville Revival completely changed my life forever. Every night was filled with awesome worship and a message of repentance from Evangelist Steve Hill.
Steve and his wife, Jeri, prayed for us on one of the nights for a miracle, for children. In November, 1999, my miracle happened. The Lord answered our prayers and I was pregnant, and little Benjamin was born on August 2, 2000.
In 2006, God did it again – I became pregnant once more and my second little miracle, Samuel, was born on March 13, 2007. I have so much to thank God for!
We recently left the comfort of our home in England to follow God’s plan for our lives and we have travelled across America and Canada spreading God’s Word and seeing his healing power being displayed. As a mother it is such a joy and a privilege to see my two boys experiencing revival and seeing God touching so many lives! I know that they will cherish this forever.
How do you hear God’s voice?
I usually hear God’s voice when I pray and when I seek his face. He is a faithful God who answers prayers. I always find it a privilege as well as a very humbling experience, to hear his voice when I pray for other people too. How amazing is that?
What do you believe God has planned for you?
His plan is for me to be used as an encourager to my husband while he ministers and also as a godly mother for my children. I know that God has called us as a family to go wherever revival needs us to be.
If you could sum up your experience of being a Christian in one sentence, what would it be?
Being a Christian is the most fulfilling, amazing, powerful and supernatural experience I have ever had – the best!
How do you build your faith?
I build my faith by renewing my mind everyday, by praying and seeking God and by reading God’s Word to strengthen my faith.