Allen was saved at the age of eleven years old while attending the Bible Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Our pastor was Dr. Roy Harris. Allen was saved through a direct result of our church's bus ministry. Upon high school graduation he attended Oklahoma Baptist College under the leadership of Dr. Jim Vineyard. In 1991, he returned to Jacksonville, Arkansas to finish his degree at Bethel Baptist College.

Stephanie was saved at the age of eleven while at church camp. Her grandparents are Dr. Roy and Anita Harris.  She is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist College.

Allen and Stephanie both served as Sunday School teachers, junior church workers and bus captains throughout their highschool and college years. Both served on staff of Bible Baptist Church under the leadership of Dr. Roy Harris. Allen served as the Youth Director, Bus Director, Junior Church Director, Dean of Students for Bethel Baptist College and the Associate Pastor during that time. Stephanie served as the Teen Girls' Sunday School Teacher, Junior church leader, choir member and bus captain -- as well as the church secretary for 10 years. We both have always been active in the soulwinning ministries.

The Lord burdened our heart for the Mexican people while on a Teen Missions Trip with our church teens in July of 1997. After fulfilling our staff commitments, we began full-time deputation in August of 1998 -- we arrived on the field less than one year later in July of 1999. We attended language school and graduated in May of 2000. The doors to the Faith Bible Baptist Church of Aguascalientes were opened in August of that same year.

The church has seen a high day of 211 and has salvation decisions and baptisms nearly every week. We have active ministries such as: Sunday School, Bus Routes, Soulwinning Programs, Ladies Ministries, Children's Ministries, Ranch and Village Ministries and a Bible Institute.  We also have churches in the pueblos of La Labor and San Pancho.  The Institute men have started a mission work in the ranch of Adames.