June - December 2025

Hello from Grenada, It's been a while since I've posted about our lives here. Time continues to fly and life goes on. I will try and give you a brief update from each month so you can have a little picture into our lives.

June 2025

One of the highlights this month was having some visitors. Two of my cousins, Rebekah and Julia, came down for a week. It was so much fun to show them our lives here in Grenada! We did some touring around the island, got a few projects done around the house, as well as including them in the outreach things that we had planned. The week went by quickly and before we knew it, they were headed back home.

As far as church activities, we had a few extra things planned this month. One was for Whit Monday on the 9th. As a church we went to a playing field and played games and had supper. On the 29th we had a fellowship meal at church.

July 2025

The month of July bring the WATER students from SMBI. This is a program that gives young people a chance to experience life on the mission field. They are normally here for most of the month. As we plan the schedule for them, we try and balance it between work projects and ministry projects. It's enjoyable to interact with these young people for the month.

We also celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary! God has been so good to us over the years! It's been an amazing 13 years together!

August 2025

August is sort of a transitional month for us. We transition from the summer activities to looking ahead to school starting in September. Every year as a church we go camping over Carnival time. This is a chance to get away from the Carnival activities as well as connect as a church. This year was quite a bit drier than last year and that was a blessing since some people slept in tents.

As a family we did take a few days of down time. It was a good time of playing games together and being intentional with investing in our family.

September 2025

School started this month! It was nice to have our little school room completed, so the children have space set aside for their school. It's nice that it is in the back of the house, away from the distractions and loud traffic outside.

During the summer months we take a break from doing Bible Club and Boys' Club. September is the month that we get back into doing these outreach programs again. It's always good to reconnect with people after not seeing some of them as much over the summer.

October 2025

One Saturday this month as a church we walked around the village and passed out Gospel tracts to people. It was enjoyable to meet some new people and talk with them about God. Our prayer is that the people of our village would desire a personal relationship with Jesus Christ! We also celebrated Thanksgiving on the 25th.

We celebrated Jodi's birthday this month! I'm so blessed to have her as my amazing wife. She unselfishly serves so many people in so many ways! We took a little family day trip and visited Welcome Stone at the top of the island. The hike was rather steep since we couldn't drive all the way up, but the view was well worth it!

November 2025

We got to start out the month with celebrating Quinton's birthday. He joined our family four years ago! It's hard to imagine it's been that long. He has now lived in Grenada longer then in the U.S.A. He continues to bring lots of laughter and energy to our family. It can take a lot of energy to keep up with him! Our prayer is that one day he will use that energy to serve God!

This month had the normal church activities of cottage meeting, family night, prayer meeting, Girls' Club and Boys' Club.

December 2025

This was a fairly busy month. We were involved in a week-long Bible School for the youth. Each day had three different classes. There were two teachers that came and taught the classes. It was a good time of being spiritually fed. There was lots of good teaching and good interactions with the youth that were there. I served as camp pastor for the last couple of days. It was encouraging to see the youth interested in investing in their spiritual lives.

We had a few extra church events because of Christmas. We went Christmas caroling a few times and also went to a mall and sang Christmas carols as people were shopping. The day after Christmas is also a holiday here, Boxing Day. As a church we had a meal together and then played games.

We also celebrated my birthday. God has truly blessed me this last year. He has been teaching me to rely more on his strength and not my own.

Thank you for your prayers and support!

Brian for the Kauffmans