“They left with a donated short bus and a God-sized dream.”
Jervis and Melissa graduated from Texas Bible Institute in 1996 and Christ for the Nations Institute in 2005. Jervis completed an advanced program in Frontier Missions, and Melissa in Children and Family Ministry.
Married in 1997, the couple now has six children; Shandice, Jermicah, Analiya, and Christina, along with Zander and Marcus, currently in the process of being adopted from Belize.
Jervis loves playing soccer with the kids at LOL and enjoys travelling to new places. Melissa enjoys reading and teaching the children how to bake. Together they have a desire to live a passionate life for Jesus and to be an example to others through their walk with the Lord.
In this 45-minute long from interview, Jervis talks with Coty Sloan of Fox & Hound about what the experience of building an orphanage looks like, and how you manage a God-sized vision so well.
In this 45-minute long from interview, Melissa talks with Coty Sloan of Fox & Hound about the reality of running an orphanage, painful beginnings, endurance,...