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Patrick (a Canadian) and Holly (an American) met in 1989 while working with
International Teams in Austria, delivering Bibles, Christian literature, food,
medicine and clothing to the Eastern European countries, shortly before the
various revolutions and the demise of the Iron Curtain.
They were married in California in 1990, then attended Wheaton College
Graduate School together from 1994 to 1995 where they both received their
Master's Degrees in Missions/Intercultural Studies.
The Lord took them to Japan as "tentmakers" where they taught English as
a Second Language. They soon became managers of the schools they were
teaching in, and bought the schools in 2000. As Patrick states, "We became
Kingdom Entrepreneurs, not just working in the Japanese community, but
creating jobs for others and using our positions to help bring about spiritual
change within the communities we worked."
From 2005 to 2007, Patrick studied for his MBA from Regent University School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship (Virginia) and specialized
in Marketing and International Business.
In December of 2007, the Lord led Patrick and Holly to Nairobi, Kenya, where they offered business acceleration seminars and consulting to
companies of various sizes in different industries. They opened their business in January of 2008, only one week after the post-election violence
and the chaos that ensued.
Because they never received their work permit, Patrick and Holly returned to North America in July, 2009. Currently they live in Kelowna, BC
Canada with their three children where they are actively promoting the understanding and expansion of business as mission and Kingdom
Business. Patrick is the "big picture" one, the dreamer, the creative one and the diligent student of marketing and business acceleration. Holly is
the "one with her feet on the ground", the detail-oriented, practical, "just give me the facts" one. Together, they are an excellent business team.
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