September Volunteer of the Month

Kim Huffman

Background
Kim currently lives in Goshen with his wife of 37 years Janet and is the Pastor at Goshen Christian Church. He grew up in Wabash County on a dairy farm and attended Bible College in Cincinnati. Kim has 2 children, 1 grandson and a granddaughter on the way.

Time volunteering
Kim has been helping at LoveWay since September of 2005

Why he began to volunteer
An ad in the newspaper sparked his interest in helping at LoveWay. He had recently moved to the Goshen area and was looking for some volunteer work to do. He had a horse when he was growing up and missed being around them. Here he gets to have a horse without all the expense.

Favorite memory about LoveWay
Kim remembers working with a student that was really afraid of the horses when he first started riding. By the end of the semester, the student really enjoyed riding and cried because he was sad that he didn’t get to come back.

Favorite Horse
Nibbles was his favorite because she was the first horse he worked with here.

First memory of LoveWay
When he first started here he was just “thrown into it” because LoveWay was so short on volunteers at the time and needed help so badly. He says it was about 6 weeks before he knew exactly what he was supposed to be doing.

In his spare time
Kim enjoys fishing and working with the Boy Scouts when not volunteering. He also likes to spend time with his 2 ½ year old grandson Trevor. He collects cans at his church for our can drive as well.