Staff
Annie Keith
- annie.keith@wordmadeflesh.org
- Country
- Moldova
Annie Keith grew up in various parts of the US, but lived most of her life in the small town of Orange City, Iowa, with her parents, two younger sisters, and younger brother. Annie went to church with her family growing up, and asked Jesus to be in her life when she was little.
After graduating from Northwestern College in Iowa, Annie eventually migrated to Des Moines, Iowa, where she worked for Principal Financial Group for five years. During those years, she became rooted into her local community, officially and unofficially serving the youth and general community of Grimes. Annie began going to Sunday night youth group simply to help her friend—get pencils, talk to kids on the couch, crowd control, etc. Six years later she’d had the privilege of being present and watching Jesus work in the lives of the kids of the community through tragedies, mission trips, and the beauty of every day conversations.
Annie spent a lot of time in college and the years following serving on short-term mission trips, and still desired to serve overseas full-time. A good friend gave her an issue of The Cry, saying “I think you’ll like this organization.” She appreciated the honesty and insight of the writers, and the relationship-based ministry focus of Word Made Flesh. Annie then participated in a servant team in Galati, Romania, desiring to serve and encourage to the children and staff at Casa Vale in 2009. A bit unexpectedly, she found herself committed to serving in this part of the world, especially after spending two weeks in Moldova during her servant team. In January 2010 she joined the newly-formed Moldova team in Chişinău, where she is the Servant Team Coordinator.