Meet Our Founder - 
Fern Nichols, President and Founder of Moms In Touch International
(MITI), located in Poway, California, loves to pray. She remembers
as a young child going to Wednesday night prayer meetings where she would sit next to her mother in the
pew with her legs dangling unable to reach the floor. As she listened to the prayers of the saints, her heart was filled
with peace and security.
In every circumstance, whether she was at home, or coming and going
in the car, or at church, Fern's mother demonstrated that a loving God cared and was attentive to hear and answer prayers.
As a result, Fern asked Jesus into her heart as a young girl.
As a wife and mother of four children, Fern never could have imagined herself being called by God to teach,
equip, mobilize, and encourage women to pray for children and schools. She says, "Moms In Touch International is a simple
ministry: encouraging moms to get together and pray for their children and schools, believing that through prayer God releases
His power." God has taken it from one mom in 1984 to groups in every state in the nation and in over 110 foreign countries.
The Moms In Touch booklet is now translated into 34 languages. It is a ministry that is greatly impacting eternity right
here on earth.
Fern possesses the tenderness of a mother, the strength of a warrior and the wisdom of a seasoned teacher.
She speaks with contagious enthusiasm and passion which inspires the listener to believe God for the impossible. She
is a popular speaker at conferences and retreats, and has been a featured guest several times on many national radio and TV
programs such as Focus on the Family with Dr. James Dobson and Dennis Rainey of Family Life Today.
She has authored three books:
• Moms In
Touch International - describes the purpose of MITI, the prayer format, and shares how to start an MITI
group.
• Prayers From a Mom's Heart - shares thirty topical prayers to pray for your
child.
• Every Child Needs a Praying Mom - is a Silver Medallion winner. She
shares insight into the power of prayer for
children and the impact of the legacy
of prayer on future generations.
These books are available on the MITI website (www.MomsInTouch.org) or at local Christian bookstores.
Fern and her husband Rle were married in 1968 and have four children: Tyrone,
Troy, Travis, and Trisha, three daughters-in-love, Patti, Bonnie, and Tara, a son-in-love, Chris and three grandchildren.
Brief History of Moms In Touch International -
In the fall of 1984, Fern Nichols' two oldest children of four were entering junior high school.
Her
heart was heavy and burdened with concern as she knew they would be facing their greatest test in resisting immoral values,
vulgar language, peer pressure and philosophies that would undermine their faith. She cried out to the Lord asking
Him to protect them, enable
them to see clearly the difference between right and wrong, and make good decisions.
The burden to intercede for her boys was overwhelming. She asked God to give her another
mom who felt the same burden, and who would be willing to pray with her concerning their children and their school.
God heard the cry of her heart and led her to another mom who shared her burden. Others were invited to come and they
began meeting the following week for prayer.
This was the beginning of Moms In Touch International - moms in touch with God, their children,
their schools and one another through prayer. As moms began sharing what God had been doing in their lives, and in the
lives of their children through prayer, other groups began to spring up all over British Columbia where they were living at
the time.
The Summer of 1985 brought a change to Fern's family as they moved from Abbotsford, British
Colombia to Poway, California. She soon discovered that God had given her still greater opportunities for carrying on
the work that began in Canada. Once again she prayed that God would raise up moms who were willing to "stand in the
gap" for their children. That fall, Fern began the first MITI group for Poway High School, and soon many other groups
began to form for schools in that district. This grassroots effort spread quickly as moms prayed for groups to start
around the state and across the nation.
The Fall of 1987 brought the first published Moms In Touch booklet, and in January of 1988
the first Moms In Touch retreat was held with 35 women. They prayed for national exposure and God answered their prayers
that spring when Fern got a call from a producer at Focus on the Family and by May she and twelve other moms were on the air
talking to Dr. Dobson! That first radio program brought over 20,000 responses.
Today, there are Moms In Touch groups in every state of the United States, and representatives
in over 110 foreign countries around the world.
