Aaron
and Laura first got to
know each other while at Eastern Mennonite University.
Cross-cultural experiences in college nurtured their sense of call to
mission work. Aaron spent a year in Ethiopia; Laura studied one
semester in Guatemala. They then chose to specialize
in areas that would complement that call: English teaching and nursing.
After getting married in 2002 they worked in their respective fields
for a few years. Then their family expanded with the joyous arrival of
their daughter Abigail in November of 2004.
Sensing the time was right, they then began to look for
mission assignments. After much
prayer and discernment with family and friends, they decided
that God was calling them to serve in Colombia with
Mennonite Mission
Network.
The
Kauffmans are members of Zion Mennonite Church in Broadway, Virginia.