Amanda grew up in a pastor’s home, was saved at an early age, and was clearly called to missions as a teen.  The Lord allowed her to minister in short term missions’ endeavors to several countries, and she served as a full-time missionary with two different church planting teams in England from 2017-2026. The Lord has led Amanda to join another church planting team in Grosseto, Italy, as of the summer of 2026. There are many opportunities for her to minister in the church in areas such as music, children’s and women’s ministries, English classes, Bible studies, and personal evangelism.  Amanda plans to help the team in Italy organize and administrate a brand new Bible institute to teach Italians to lead churches throughout Italy. Her current team includes Frank and Jennie Maietta and the Paul and Kelly Childers family. She is excited to learn Italian and be able to help missionaries throughout the country in whatever ways the Lord allows.