My name is Melissa Fast. I am 18 years old. I come from the Mennonite congregation in Bielefeld, specifically the Leopoldshöhe branch. Since August 2024, I have been helping out at Morgenland Campo 7 as a piano teacher and school teacher.
I grew up in a Christian family and was able to learn a great deal from the Bible from a young age. I came to faith in 2013. However, I have only been living with God in my day-to-day life since 2020. One evening in 2022, I felt very clearly that God wanted me to be involved in mission work. And so the thought gradually occurred to me that perhaps I should spend a year abroad. I prayed about this, and God led me to Bolivia.
As I mentioned earlier, I am privileged to serve here as a teacher. I am a class teacher for Year 3. I also teach maths and music to Year 4, as well as music to Years 5 and 6. I will soon be starting to give piano lessons as well.
Please do pray that I may be a blessing to the people here this year.
