Strimple spent his early childhood in an orphanage before being adopted at age four. The Strimples look forward to helping Kentucky Baptists get personally involved in volunteer mission trips to Poland. They don't have anyone older to ask or call. The Kentucky pastors can really help these young guys even for two weeks by adopting a pastor to teach and mentor. Calvin Wilkins, director of the Kentucky Baptist partnership missions department, said he is excited about the Strimples' availability to serve in Poland.
Volunteers come back with a new worldview.
It brings the Great Commission alive. The Episcopal Church Missionary Community in Ambridge, Pa., under its director, Sharon Stockdale, sponsored the conference along with Rock the World Youth Mission Alliance, which ran a concurrent program for young people. One was the crucial role of prayer to undergird all mission. We have seen that power here at this conference in the intercession offered for us by a team throughout the week. The other was preparation.