Our Family - The People Who Make Up Tikkun Olam
Meet Laura, Abby, and Andy...
Laura Curl and her children: Abigail (16) and Andres (13) are also starting their fifth year in Wolf Point with Tikkun Olam. Prior to moving to Wolf Point, they had been living in Denver for 7 years, where Laura worked as a teacher with Denver Public Schools. Before that, they lived in Mexico, among the Tarahumara people, where Laura was a missionary. When Laura decided to make the transition back to the States from Mexico, God provided for this family in amazing ways, allowing Laura to get a teaching license, blessing them with a home, and including them into the larger family of Bear Valley Church.
Laura taught Kindergarten at the elementary school in Wolf Point for 2 years and loved getting to know the children, the teachers, and many families in the community. While Laura enjoyed teaching in a school setting, she wanted to focus more on younger children. Last year was our first year of having Little Orchard on the Hill as our in-home daycare and Laura has done amazing work being the center Director by teaching children Bible stories, praying over the children, teaching them about who God is, and helping them understand how unconditionally loved they are by the Father.
Abby and Andy are homeschooling for the first time and look forward to new experiences and creating a customized learning environment to further explore their interests. Abby is currently learning how to drive and plans on getting a therapy dog, working with the Department of Child and Family Services to offer play therapy to kids who have been recently removed from their homes. The Curls are also starting a cooking class for youth in Wolf Point to teach their imperative cooking skills that focuses on health and nutrition.
Meet Hannah...
Hannah grew up mostly in Colorado Springs, Colorado and attended Colorado Christian University, where she studied Elementary Education. She enjoyed running cross country and track with her teammates and excelled in steeplechase. Hannah continues to be an avid runner, enjoys reading, and helping her friends and community.
In 2017, Hannah prayed to find a place where Christian laborers were few and where there was also a great need for teachers, so that she could use her skills as a teacher to serve and build relationships in a community in need of the Gospel. She connected with Tikkun Olam the following summer and was convinced that the opportunity matched all the specific things that God had put on her heart. Here on the Fort Peck Reservation and throughout her three years of teaching, she has found that answer to prayer and many more blessings.
When Hannah isn’t teaching first grade or coaching cross country, she is often lesson planning for Sunday school or greeting children at the front door who want to spend time with her or grab a snack. Hannah shares “Wherever we go, each day can become an offering of love to God, as we pray, seek Him in His word, and love and speak the truth to the people He has placed in our lives. May that love and urgency grow!”
Meet Sarah…
A Wichita, KS native, Sarah graduated in May of 2019 and spent a year working at Child Start. This is her second year with Tikkun Olam and is teaching 1st grade at Southside Elementary. While starting your first year of teaching is difficult for anyone, beginning in the middle of a pandemic has been both uncertain and nerve racking, but Sarah has handled it wonderfully. From helping out with Wednesday night youth church to always lending a hand at our Tikkun Olam daycare and the community’s local soup kitchen, Sarah is right at home when she is serving the Lord and His people in Wolf Point.
When she’s not lesson planning and serving the community, good coffee and listening to music fill her days. She also enjoys reading and writing, hiking, and working out with everyone else in Tikkun Olam. Sarah’s heart for intentional Christian living is what brought her to Wolf Point, which is evident by the way she has already formed meaningful relationships with kids in the community and with her Wolf Point church family.
Meet The Harrisons…
The Harrison family are in their fourth year in Wolf Point and came to us from Decatur, Illinois. Anthony and Faith met nine years ago when they both had internships at the International House of Prayer and have since been radically following Jesus into the missions field. They have been married for 8 years and blessed with three wonderful children.
Faith has a background in Information Technology, specifically in systems/web administration and cybersecurity. She has a Bachelors Degree in Information Technology with a concentration in cybersecurity. Anthony’s background is in heavy equipment operation and agriculture, but has stepped away from these familiar roles to follow what God has called his family to do on the Reservation. He is a Special Education Paraprofessional within the school district, ministers to members of the homeless community, youth at the local skate park, pretty much anyone who crosses his path. The Harrisons are a very passionate about unity in the Body of Christ Yeshua through a culture of prayer. From starting a city wide prayer walk to being a safe haven for dozens of neighborhood kids, The Harrisons are valuable members of our team who actively listen for God’s voice to help in their church, community, and in our organization.
Meet Andrew…
Andrew came to the United States from Malaysia as an international student in 2013. He graduated with his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and went to pursue a Specialist Degree in School Psychology. Always wanting to work with children, he felt like God was calling him to use his skill set to help students in an academic setting. While interning as a school psychologist in 2020-2021, he didn’t feel that he was really making a difference or helping anyone with his work. During this time, Andrew heard about Tikkun Olam through a friend and after visiting the community of Wolf Point, knew this was the path God had planned for him. His passion is connection and mentoring, and goes out of his way to look for students who need a positive role model in their lives.
Besides starting his first year as a school psychologist and interventionist, he also helps out with different committees at the schools and recently started a tabletop roleplaying club at the high school. Andrew volunteers with our cooking classes and loves empowering youth to feel confident in the kitchen. He especially enjoys spending time with the Tikkun Olam family and sharing many laughs and meals with them throughout the week.
Meet Janet and Edwin Mowoh
Edwin and Janet married each other in 1989 and are blessed with three biological children and three grandkids. Janet holds a diploma as a livestock technician and Edwin has a degree in physical and sports education. They both worked for the Cameroon government for many years while they raised their family. In 1998, God led Edwin and Janet to start a ministry with the vision of reaching out to children in their community, especially low socioeconomic ones. They reached out to the children with the Gospel while also prioritizing their physical and emotional needs. They praise God that they are able to reach 50 orphans and 33 widows/ single moms.
Edwin and Janet’s vision to continue to reach out to underprivileged people still remains a burning passion in their hearts. They operate their 501(c)(3) organization in the USA with the motto as "Loving people, changing lives". Speaking love and truth to people is their top priority, which is evident in the way that they humbly serve and care for their Tikkun Olam team members and with countless youth in the community of Wolf Point. Edwin and Janet share “Joining Tikkun Olam is a fulfillment of our passion to reach out to the children here at Wolf Point. We are glad to be part of this awesome team to inspire the world.” We are excited to have the Mowohs with us for their first year in Wolf Point, with Edwin serving as a PE teacher and Janet supporting the school district as a special education paraprofessional.