BIOGRAPHY:    We were both raised in Oklahoma and met at Oklahoma State University. The day we married, we moved to Colorado, where we both worked for the U.S. Forest Service for about four years before going to Gambia, West Africa with the Peace Corps.

Upon returning to the States, we spent a couple of years in Arkansas and then moved to Utah for more Forest Service work. While in Arkansas, we first learned about Food for the Hungry on the web. Things really got going in Utah, and by November of 2002, we had quit our jobs and moved back to Oklahoma to finish raising our support to come to Bolivia. God really opened our eyes to the needs of the poor in the Peace Corps, but also to the inadequacies of a merely physical approach to development. We are very excited now to be working with an organization that attempts to minister to the whole person, realizing that God has a plan for each individual and each community and strives to help meet both physical and spiritual needs. Our current position is in the area of environmental education and management, which includes a multitude of disciplines. We look forward to serving here in Bolivia for several years.

REASON FOR WORKING WITH FHI: We are excited to be part of an organization that promotes the truth that all people are created in the image of God, and that seeks to minister to the poor both physically and spiritally.