Karen met her pastor/husband Mike when he was her youth minister! She grew up in Tasmania, which is a beautiful little island state with wonderful scenery and a slow pace of living.
She is a primary school teacher at a public school, Burnie Primary School, and does team teaching in a grade 516 class. She and her co-teacher have 45 students between them, This is her first year of teaching. She loves being a teacher and finds a great deal of fulfillment in her career.
Mike and Karen work as a team running camps, youth retreats, youth rallies, and other youth events as often as they can. There are a lot of young people where they live and they are a great resource. Their focus is to develop a new generation of leaders within our church.