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Gary grew up in Lodi, CA, and accepted Christ at an early age. At age six, he knew he would be a preacher even though the doctors said he would never be able to talk well. Immediately after graduation from Sacramento State, he was drafted and served in the 2nd Medical Battalion in Korea 1968-1969. After being discharged, he worked in the underwriting department of Equitable Life. Carol's father was in the Air Force, so their family moved frequently. She attended elementary school in Puerto Rico, junior high in Mobile, AL, most of high school in Charleston, SC and graduated from high school in Newfoundland, Canada. She attended Florence State, Florence, AL for two years until her father was sent to Fairfield, CA. There she first attended the University of California Davis and then Sacramento State where she met Gary. During the time that he worked for Equitable Life, Gary was a member of the Gideon's International, studied EE, was the southwest coordinator for Here's Life Atlanta and did some volunteer church planting activities with PEF. That was when he finally answered God's call to be a preacher. He entered Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS in June 1975 with the idea of evangelism/church planting. In July 1976, while doing church planting surveying in San Bernardino, CA, both Gary and Carol felt called overseas. They were approved by Mission to the World in November 1977 and served in South Korea until the work ended in 1992. They then agreed to serve with BEAMM and after Spanish language school arrived in Ciudad Juárez/El Paso, where they served four and a half years. They are now overseeing and mentoring church planters in the Tijuana/San Diego area of the border.
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