Courtney was raised in Jefferson, Oregon. His mother introduced him to the Lord at a young age and has grown closer to Him through the years.  After graduating High School in 1994, Courtney decided to become a professional Pilot and attended Hesston College in Kansas.  He returned to Oregon and worked as a flight instructor in 1996 while earning his bachelors degree in Art.  In 1999 he got a job as a pilot in Kodiak Alaska. It was during this time in Alaska that Courtney points back to where God touched his life with the passion for Bible translation. "God totally changed me with the power of His Word like I had never experience before.  At times, as I read the Bible, it was as if He was reading it to me! He became more than my belief, He became my Lord."  Soon after this he heard about how millions of people don't have access to this life changing Word; and Pilots were needed to help get the Bible to them. "I felt God put his finger on my heart and say, “this is what I want you to do". After receiving this calling in 2000 he returned to college again to receive an aircraft mechanic license which then qualified him for serving bible translation. Beth and Courtney were married in 2003, unified in the calling to bibleless people, and then served for four years as missions team leaders in their local church.

Beth grew up in Spokane, Washington. At the age of five she remembers hearing the gospel preached in an evening church service and knew God was asking her to respond.  After graduating Northwest Christian high school, she enrolled in a 1 year discipleship program at her church called the Master’s Commission.  She then served for two more years as an intern before moving on to Jefferson, Oregon at the same church Courtney was attending. Beth ministered full time as the children’s ministry director and church secretary there from 1998-2003.  Her experience of coming to the Lord at a young age has always encouraged her to present the Gospel to children. She has been on several short term missions trips and often desired stay longer to serve more needs. In 2001, she was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and was treated for 7 months with chemotherapy and radiation. The tumor found in front of her heart was the size of a softball, but she is cancer free today.  Praise be to God!  During that time, Beth says she remembers “having such a great sense of the grace of God and He was so near to me. There was no anger, no questioning, ‘why me, God?’ His peace was so wonderful during a troubling time that I wanted those around me who did not yet know God to see for themselves that He really is good!”  Beth continues to share this testimony knowing God has a great plan with it.  She gladly supports her husband in his role as a pilot and is eager to utilize her gifts and skills in any capacity that will help progress a Bible translation project.