More Than a Mission Trip

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Carrie loved going on mission trips, but with small children, it was almost impossible to travel to another city—much less another country—even for a week. Amy was already praying about starting an adult English program. When these two friends talked, Carrie realized she could “scratch the itch” of cross-cultural missions without using her passport.

Amy had already completed adult English teacher certification through KIN, then Carrie got certified. They started a program at their church in January 2018. Before Covid, that small initiative, spearheaded by two people, had grown to 4 classes and many church volunteers!
 
Carrie loves the mix of cultures populating the classrooms each week. She’s also inspired by the relationships that develop between classroom helpers and students. One retired couple invites students and their families over to their garden, letting them pick fruits & vegetables to take home. But perhaps best of all, Carrie has seen students learn to trust God as he answers prayers. Some students without a Christian background now regularly ask for prayer…and expect God to answer!
 
The program Carrie leads at Buffat Heights Baptist Church should relaunch in-person this fall (2022), if possible. Carrie looks forward to watching church members come together to support not only the English program but also every family represented in the classes. Here at KIN, we’re confident God will provide the increase so that they are back to four classes—or more!—very soon.
 
Carrie was looking for a substitute mission trip, but she got much more than that! She got a fuller, richer everyday life.

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.  -Ephesians 3:19-20 ESV

​READY TO GET INVOLVED?
It’s not too early to volunteer as an encourager at Buffat Heights or another location this fall. But maybe God is drawing you toward starting a new program, like Carrie & Amy did a few years ago. Our next adult English teacher training is coming up August 2022 at Buffat Heights! Click here for details. And don’t worry. We can walk you through each step of starting (or restarting) a program, beginning with our handy-dandy one-page start-up guide.

Buffat Heights' adult English students represent all these countries!