Joel and Amanda Griffin
Joel and Amanda Griffin, married in 2005 and have two beautiful daughters, Madalynn and Sophia. They were born and raised in Northwest Georgia where they have been involved with their home church, CrossPoint City in Cartersville, GA, since 2006. God called them as a family to serve internationally in January of 2016. After serving in Burkina Faso for 2 years, becoming appointed as long-term missionaries through Envision, they attending language school in France for 1 year before moving to Guinea.
They enjoy the fruitful partnerships they have built with the Guinea national church pastors, a local English center, child rescue center and other missionaries. They also enjoy the development and discipleship they get with short-term teams, 2-year residents, and interns.
Joanna Gregg
Joanna was born in Colorado, left there when she was 3, and has been moving around ever since. After graduating university, she moved to the Atlanta area and joined West Ridge Church of Dallas, GA in 2007.
Joanna went on her first of three short-term mission trips with West Ridge to Burkina Faso in 2008, before moving there in January 2011. She served there with Engage Burkina until the end of 2019 when the team made the decision to leave due to security. Through this process, Joanna felt God leading her to relocate to Guinea where she is looking forward to continuing similar work with Engage, helping the National Church share the message of Christ with those who don’t know Him.
