Hello All!

Jarod and Sarah here! 

First of all, thank you for even gracing this website with your virtual presence. Seriously, we’re honored. We hope you find encouragement, inspiration, some humor, and see God’s plan at work through our obedience to Him in this life journey. 

So, a little about how we got here: back in the good ole college years, God rocked our hearts for cross cultural ministry in a life-changing way and there was no turning back. Since those early days, we’ve pursued, both near and far, God’s heart for all peoples. From living and serving in the Rwandan rain forest (that was fun), to starting a US non-profit to fight food insecurity (never would have envisioned this), to serving as Missions and Outreach Pastors at our home church in Arkansas (and I said I’d never work for a church), our passion to love and serve has always guided our steps.

Now, we find ourselves serving with Alongsiders International based in Nairobi, Kenya. We’ve joined an awesome team of world changers to help spread a one-on-one youth-discipleship movement across not just Kenya, but around the world. At the core of it, we work to equip compassionate young Christians to relationally walk alongside those who walk alone - to love, welcome and encourage the most vulnerable children and orphans within their own communities.

Simply put, we are outsiders, equipping insiders, to become Alongsiders, and walk alongside those who walk alone across the beautiful continent of Africa!

We have three epic sidekicks: Adah, Esther, and Ezra who keep life full of surprises, laughter, and excitement. They are just as much a part of this life and faith journey as we are it is an absolute joy to experience the many ups and downs of life abroad with them by our side. I’ll leave you with one of our favorite sayings - we choose to fill our life with adventure, not things and have stories to tell, not stuff to show. We hope you’ll follow along with us in this new adventure!