Welcome to our website.
We are Derek & Sonia McLeod.
Our hope is that you will be blessed and encouraged by the content you find here.
Our desire is to see First Nations people across North America rise up in Jesus. The Lord has put it in our hearts to see the Church come back to her first love, Jesus Christ, and to see young Christians discipled in Christ.
We are a blended family, with five adult children, two young sons, and a growing number of wonderful and beautiful grandchildren. We have traveled and lived across Canada and the USA. Currently, we reside in Pennsylvania, USA.
Sonia
Sonia McLeod is the author of the autobiography, Rise Up My Beloved. She is also the founder of the 100 Days Walking By Faith journey for which she has also authored the 100 Days Walking By Faith Daily Journal. Hundreds of women have joined Sonia on this amazing 100 days journey that is changing lives.
Sonia’s own journey started at the age of 12. It was at this time that Sonia had an experience with God at a Christian summer camp that changed her life. “No one could convince me that God was not real,” she says of that moment.
Things drastically changed as she entered her teen and young adult years. Life changed for the worse. Running to escape an alcohol and violence filled home, Sonia was a high school drop out, addicted to drugs and alcohol, and living a high-risk lifestyle on the harsh streets of Canada’s largest city, Toronto ON. Over and over again, Sonia was faced with life and death circumstances in a swift downward spiral with a dwindling desire to live. She had no hope.
But soon, she felt the Lord drawing and wooing her back to Him. She began to seek the Lord earnestly. She was reading His Word daily, memorizing scripture, and learning to walk in obedience to Him. Before long, her life was completely changed and, in her own words, she “fell completely in love with Jesus.”
As her walk with the Lord grew, Sonia found herself back in Saskatchewan where she went through more heartbreak, grief, and sorrow from all sides. But through it all, Sonia has remained a steadfast testimony and light of the Lord’s amazing grace.
Today, Sonia is married to Derek McLeod and together they have seven children and several grandchildren. Their vision is to establish a Christ-based rehab center for those struggling with substance abuse which will be called The House of Rahab. She has completed ASIST Suicide Intervention training and is currently working toward obtaining a Social Work degree. In addition, Sonia has developed a website ministry called “My Nehemiah Wall”.
Sonia has a burden for single parents, especially young moms who are struggling, and for marriages that need the passion restored. She truly believes that the key to overcoming is having an intimacy with Jesus Christ which will strengthen and restore all that has been lost. She lives life with the firm belief that His word, His power, and His life is all we need when everything else is falling apart.