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Kelsey and I had a growing conviction to leverage our life full time as missionaries
as undergrads while at the U of I. We both experienced God building us up and
using us as undergrads. As we wrestled in prayer over specific direction, we started
to become convinced that college campuses were (and still) are a tremendous
mission field. We set our course in May of 1998 and have been laboring in this
capacity ever since.
Today’s college campus looks very different than it did even in the mid 90’s. The
issues have intensified as our culture has grown more and more secular. Today the
buzz on campus is gender-neutral housing (where men and women room together,
share the same bathrooms, etc). We’ve experienced a tangible difference even in
the past couple of years. However, even as things grow darker in our culture, God’s
good news of salvation through faith in Christ shines ever more brightly.
For almost 14 years now we have been doing similar work of evangelism,
discipleship and leadership training in the context of planting and working in local
churches on college campuses. Today we live in East Lansing, MI and work with a
thriving ministry at Michigan State called EPIC. We lead and help disciple leaders in
midsized groups in the dorms, do international outreach, teach and train – but we
are passionate about being in the trenches the whole time.
Kelsey and I will celebrate our 15th year of marriage this August. We have four
children who enjoy the mission with us: Aliana (10), Micah (8), Annalia (5), and
Nathanael (almost 2). We found out on New Years Day that we are expecting our
fifth (pray for us!)!