Emily Barlow

I cannot remember a time when I was unaware of God’s love for me and his intimate pursuit of me. My earliest memories are of my family and church worshipping together. I accepted Christ as my Savior when I was seven, and by the time I was twelve, the Lord was placing a love for missions in me. Throughout my teenage years, God showed me how He was taking my love of missions and transforming it into my main way of serving Him. By the time I graduated from Anderson University in 2003, I was ready to raise my support and begin working as a career missionary.

For my first three terms of service with WGM, I served in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where I partnered primarily with the Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center. During that time, I taught English Language Arts, directed twenty plays, mentored countless teenagers, and even served as Principal for grades 6-12 for a time.

Now, God has directed me to my new mission field, not to any specific nation but instead expanding all over North, Central, and South America. He has uniquely positioned me to continue my calling with WGM as I reach out to WGM global workers in all our educational ministries in the Americas. I am able to listen to their hearts, lift up their requests in prayer, find resources to help their needs, encourage them in their struggles, and travel to their ministries, offering in-person support and additional training through workshops and professional development. God truly extended my borders. He has also given me another ministry closer to home: to teach adult learners who are earning their high school equivalency diploma in Indianapolis.

My opportunities for impact are multiplication-based. Each one I am able to help will move on to help countless others who in turn will grow to help even more. May God get all the glory for how He uses education to transform us, our communities, and our world!