| Though Kyle graduated from college
barely two years ago, his work in Berlin is not his first taste
of mission service. During college, he was part of two one-week
evangelistic trips to the Czech Republic for Athletes in Action.
As part of the New Wilmington Mission Conference's summer service
program, he served two months doing experiential relationship-building
mission work in Malawi. As a child and youth, Kyle attended the
New Wilmington Missionary Conference, and during high school he
participated in both local and national mission teams.
The experience in Malawi in 2002 turned out to be formative.
“There,” writes Kyle, “I met a young African
Christian by the name of Fletcher Matandika. He had founded an
orphanage called ‘Ministry of Hope.” He and his co-workers
had almost none of the resources available to me in the United
States. However, out of pure love and devotion to the Lord, he
and his friends poured everything they had into helping these
children. The experience at the orphanage and the time I”
spent with Fletcher forced me to re-evaluate my goals and my relationship
with Jesus.”
Kyle was an English tutor and coordinated English-speaking activities
at the Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany during 2002
and 2003. It was during this period that he learned of the ministry
to the Kurds in Berlin and went on to volunteer his time there
for three weeks in 2003. During that period Kyle felt a call to
return, having discovered that he “has a heart for the Kurds.”
Kyle holds a bachelors of fine arts in theater and a bachelor
of arts in German from Miami University of Ohio. He is a member
of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Boardman, Ohio.
Birthday: March 29 |
