We met at the University of Kansas in December of 1990. Our common experience of ministering overseas was one of the things that drew us to each other. We began dating in January of 1991.

We had a long distance relationship in 1992. Anne was living in Little Rock raising her initial financial support for her ministry and Jeff was finishing up his degree at KU. We were engaged in October and then were married on May 22, 1993.

Our first home was in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We lived there for about a year and a half while we raised support for our ministry at Kansas State. We have ministered there for the past two and a half years and spent our summers in Yellowstone National Park and Hungary on Campus Crusade for Christ summer projects.