After ending their mission work in Hannibal in 1956, the Kauffmans moved to Elkhart, Indiana, where Nelson served as Secretary of Home Missions for the Mennonite Mission Board and the two began attending Belmont Mennonite Church [REF].
Christmas Carol Kauffman's writing career began during her studies at Hesston College, when C.F. Yake, one of her professors, asked Christmas Carol to submit a short story to the magazine he served as editor of, the Youth's Christian Companion.