While growing up in Singapore, Daniel always believed he would be involved in ministry, but it wasn’t until he witnessed a miracle during a missions trip that he believed that for sure.
When he was 15, Daniel led a missions team from his church to a tribal village. Hundreds had gathered from neighboring villages to receive free food. Yet, all the team had to share was a bowl of chicken– hardly enough to feed the village, and certainly not enough to feed a crowd of several hundred people.
Despite this, the team fed all the people and had food left over. As Jesus fed the five thousand, He fed the several hundred villagers in Singapore that day.
Daniel went on to become what he calls a “secular” musician with a strong faith.
Daniel is a gifted composer, worship leader and performing artist.
“I was a strong Christian, too, but the dichotomy between secular and sacred was non-existent. All was sacred to me,” he explains.
Daniel worked as a full-time musician for about a year before he joined Operation Mobilization (OM), a ship ministry where he served for two years as a worship leader.
After serving with OM, Daniel studied at Moody Bible Institute, where in 2016 he unknowingly helped create OneWay/Prayercast’s Chicago 77 prayer videos in the Moody Radio studio. After recording prayers for the 77 Chicago neighborhoods, Daniel took them home, edited them and added his music.
Later, during a missions conference, Daniel met fellow student Hannah Thompson and became connected with OneWay Ministries. When Founder and President, Michael Thompson, called Daniel about joining the OneWay team, Daniel had his reservations.
Daniel (here with wife Stephanie and two sons Malachi, and Ezra) joined the OneWay team in 2017
He and his wife Stephanie had two prerequisites for what would happen after Daniel finished school at Moody:
• first, no fundraising
• secondly, anywhere but Illinois!
“I told God, if you want me to join OneWay you are going to have to convince my wife, and He did,” Daniel explains. “We just knew we were supposed to be here with OneWay– for so many reasons. Firstly, it fit perfectly with what I wanted to do and secondly we had the strong impression that that’s where God wanted us to be.”
Now Daniel helps lead the OneWay Studios team as they compose music for Prayercast videos and other OneWay projects. His wife, Stephanie, serves part-time as Assistant Communications Director, putting her many skills and passions to work.
Together, these two are making an awesome impact, all while based in the great state of Illinois. More proof that God really does have a sense of humor.
Daniel is grateful to be using his gifts to help reach people worldwide.