this is a testimony i typed out for the Word of Life Ministry...
Word of Life has had such an impact on my life. God has used this program to mold and shape desires in me. My name is Kristina. I grew up for the most part of my life participating in Patch the Pirate Programs. In my fifth grade year my church decided they wanted to make a switch to the Word of Life Program. I was devastated. I loved the program we were already doing. For the first two years, I didn’t allow myself to enjoy the program. Once I entered the teens, however, this frame of mind changed. I loved Word of Life. I especially loved the Teens Involved Ministry. I have always loved competition and this gave me a chance to compete in areas outside of school. I was involved in each category I could be- drama, puppets, piano, poetry, choir, and eventually teaching. I had always wanted to be a teacher and Word of Life helped me begin building towards that goal and I saw I had a talent for it. I loved it. I am currently training at Piedmont Baptist College in Winston-Salem, NC. You’ll never guess what my major is—elementary education! I am going to be a teacher. This is not all, however. My youth pastor left in the middle of my senior year. I continued to participate in Teens Involved, but I, in effect, left the youth group to begin ministering in the gopher buddies program of Word of Life. This change also impacted my life. My freshmen year of college I joined back up with the gopher buddies as my ministry. This year was a great experience for me and God opened my eyes to the wonders of preschool age children. I am now, thanks to the Word of Life program, working to gain two degrees in a four year time-span. The first is still a Bachelors in Elementary Education, and the other is an Associates in Early Childhood Education. I accredit this decision to God’s working through the Word of Life ministry. I hope to continue working in this ministry for the rest of my life as I watch “my kids” be impacted for Christ as well.
