Staff
Brook Birch
- brook.birch@wordmadeflesh.org
- Country
- Nepal
Brook was born and raised in the small Kansas town of Hesston. Having been surrounded by a supportive Christian family Brook grew up with a wonderful visible example of faith in God and sacrificial love. Although Brook accepted Jesus as her Savior at a young age, it was not until spending a summer serving God among the poor in Haiti that she was able to fully make her faith her own. During her time in Haiti, God began to show Brook His heart for the poor and to fill her with compassion and a desire to spend her life on behalf of them. Brook has 3 sisters and 2 brothers, including a brother who was adopted from Haiti.
Brook attended John Brown University, in Arkansas where she completed a degree in Digital Media. During her college years she had the opportunity to serve Jesus overseas several more times in Haiti, as well as in Spain and Morocco. During a chapel service at JBU Brook was introduced to Word Made Flesh through director Chris Heuertz. His example of wholehearted abandonment on behalf of the poor lead Brook to join WMF on a servant team to Nepal in the fall of 2003. During her servant team experience Brook felt God calling her into a deeper commitment to service among the poorest of the poor. Brook returned to Nepal as field staff in 2005.