Deanna Bjork moved in 1991 from her native California to Summit County, Colorado, where she now lives with her husband of 27 years and their four children.

Deanna's heart was "wrecked" for the peoples of the world when she began traveling in leadership with Teen Mania Ministries in 1996. Through the years she has traveled all over the world with various organizations. Currently, Deanna is in leadership at One Community Church. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Beautiful Feet International Ministries and co-leads trips into Kenya frequently.

In 2006, Deanna founded Miracle House, Inc. Her responsibilities - as founder, president, and visionary, plus working with the growing board and advisors in the U.S. and communicating with those in Kenya - keep her on her knees!

Deanna is hungry for more of God and for deeper and deeper encounters with Him. She loves to share Christ's love by sharing the gospel, praying the prayer of faith, or holding a hand.

One of her greatest compliments came from a machete-wielding woman on a Kenyan path among the fields, in the middle of nowhere: "you are our people."

Contact Deanna: deanna@miracle-house.org

Arienne is a sophomore nursing student at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She holds an internship position at New Life Church called The Furnace. Arienne has a passion for the children of Miracle House and has traveled with Deanna to Kenya three times and will be going again in January 2008. She spent an extended time at Miracle House in the summer of 2007, staying an additional two weeks after the team had left for the states. During her time there she had many different experiences, helping teach the children during their daily lessons, learning Swahili on a deeper level and walking through a typical day in the life of the teachers in Misri slum. She is excited about her future possibilities serving the Lord, spending more and more time in Kenya.

Contact Arienne: HisPrincess@qwest.net

Samantha is a real estate broker in Summit County, Colorado and helps manage the advertising and employees for the company. She currently lives in Dillon with Toby, her husband of 17 years and their two children, Shane and Mikaela. Over the years she has served on several non-profit boards within her children's schools and the community. She is currently a volunteer staff member and serves on the creative team at One Community Church. Samantha feels strongly about giving back to her community, and in doing so, showing and exampling the love Christ has for them.

Samantha has a heart hungry for God and has asked Him to show her how she can better serve Him. These beautiful children of Kenya have found a special place in her heart. She traveled on her first ever mission trip in summer 2007 with her husband, Toby. God has since opened up a whole new world and the possibilities are endless!

Contact Samantha: ST_Meister@msn.com

Dan is the President and owner, Mountain Meadow Development, Inc. since 1991. He has been involved in church leadership for 15 years, and is currently on the pastoral cabinet of One Community Church. Over the years, Dan has traveled with Beautiful Feet International, Church Building Ministries Inc., Teen Mania Ministries, and Miracle House to many countries around the world; including, Jamaica, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Scotland, Thailand, Laos, Burma, Kenya, and various sites in the United States doing street ministry and crusades. Dan currently lives with his wife Deanna and their four children in Summit County, Colorado.

Contact Dan: DanBjork@comcast.net

Jeannie Brewer moved in 1984 from her native Oklahoma to North Texas, where she now lives with her husband of 20 years and their two children, two horses and two dogs.

In 1987 Jeannie began working in the financial industry where she is now AVP and Business Systems Analyst Project Manager for JPMorgan Chase.

Jeannie's world was rocked in 1997 when she realized "If Jesus Christ is all I have - I'm okay - because Jesus Christ is ALL I need", and responded to God's call to GO! God began to develop in her a heart a passion to "Give justice to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute. Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people." (Psalm 82:3-4) She began traveling in leadership with Teen Mania Ministries in 1998. Through the years she has traveled all over the world with various organizations.

In 2003, Brian, her husband, Jeannie and some like-hearted/minded friends founded Beautiful Feet International Ministries, Inc. to "GO" where others won't/can't by enlisting, equipping, empowering and enabling this generation to get actively involved in fulfilling the Great Commission!

Jeannie and her husband Brian have recently been called to High School Youth Ministry in Sulphur Springs, Texas, where they will make their home until being called full-time to some, yet unknown, remote location on the international mission field... sometime in the near to distant future...

Jeannie's heart for the nations is coupled with a desire to make a difference - she continues to pour her life into mentoring and discipling college-age gals, opening their eyes to the needs of a lost, hurting and dying world...

Contact Jeannie: Jeannie.e.brewer@chase.com

Sean Butson is President of DC Capital Management, an investment management firm focused on bringing unbiased, institutional investment expertise to individuals and small businesses. In particular, the company develops customized investment portfolios focused on generating absolute, after-tax returns. Prior to forming DCCM, Mr. Butson spent eight years as a stock analyst for Legg Mason, covering the media and telecom industries. In 2002, he received the Wall Street Journal award as the #1 stockpicker in the wireless services industry and finished 3rd in the 2002 Greenwich Institutional Investor Poll for Communications Towers. In addition, during his tenure at Legg Mason, Mr. Butson served as an expert witness, lectured MBA courses in finance and capital markets, frequently appeared on television (CNBC, Bloomberg, CNNfn), and was quoted in major publications (The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post). Preceding his work at Legg Mason, he was a portfolio manager and credit analyst at Bank of America for three years, where he received the Top Analyst award. Mr. Butson is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds undergraduate degrees in Finance and Politics from The University of Maryland and Wake Forest University, respectively.

Mr. Butson is married to Kathy and they have a son named Dillon. The Butsons currently reside in Maryland and Colorado, where they enjoy the outdoors and volunteer work at church. Mr. Butson is passionate about using his spiritual gift of finance to educate and empower people to be good financial stewards, and is inspired by Jesus' Parable of the Talents: "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'" Matthew 25:23.

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Chris is a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and ministry partner, Christy and their two children, Leah (7) and Jacob (5). He is a graduate of Victory Bible Institute, and the In Ministry Training program, in Tulsa, OK and is a licensed Minister through Victory Fellowship of Ministries, Tulsa, OK. Currently, Chris operates Fire! Ministries, Inc., a ministry founded by Chris and dedicated to "Reaching a Generation, Changing the World", and is District Sales Manager in Las Vegas for Fortune 500 company, Assurant Health. He founded and pastored The Revolution Center, a youth outreach church, in Las Vegas.

Chris has served in many ministries over the years. He implemented and led the Evangelism Outreach program at Good News Christian Center in the Chicago, IL area. He has traveled as a Team Leader and Project Director to over a dozen nations (including most Central America, Vietnam, and Russia) with Teen Mania Ministries and Victory World Missions. Chris also served as Short Term Missions Director and on Pastoral Staff at Victory Christian Center, alongside Pastor Billy Joe Daugherty, in Tulsa, OK.

Contact Chris: Chris.Roames@ssurant.com

Brent has been in Pastoral Ministry since 1991. He moved to Summit County, Colorado in 1998 and is currently the Senior Pastor for One Community Church in Dillon. Brent has traveled to Kenya and was part of the dedication of the first building for Miracle House. He has pastoral experience in the areas of leadership, team development, public teaching, worship, student ministry, missions, and discipleship. He holds a Doctorate in Ministry, a Masters of Divinity, a Bachelors in Human Resources, and 2 Associates Degrees in Marketing and Retail. He is married to Kelly since 1981 and has two children, Mandy and Joshua. He loves the outdoors and a variety of hobbies. He has a passion and calling to see the lives of people engage the presence of God and the transformation that comes to hearts that encountered the authentic living God. Brent's personal mission is to see Heaven invade the Earth; God's reality made ours.

Contact Brent: Brent@onecommunitychurch.com

Jeremy serves as the associate pastor of The Church @ Agape Outpost in Breckenridge, Colorado. After graduating from Ozark Christian College in 2000, Jeremy began serving at a church in Kansas and in 2002 moved to Breckenridge where he has lived for most of the last 8 years. Jeremy met his beautiful wife Rachael in 2003 and they were married in 2005. He graduated that same year with a Bachelor's Degree in Christian Leadership from Colorado Christian University. Jeremy has made several trips to Kenya and has been blessed to work in both of MH's day centers as well as taking part in pastor's training and marriage workshops. He is humbled to serve as a member of the Miracle House board and grateful that he has the opportunity to play some small role in addressing the physical and spiritual needs of these precious children that God has placed in our care.

Contact Jeremy: jeremy@agapeoutpost.org

My husband, Gerry, and I have three children and eight grandchildren. Parenting, along with its challenges, has brought us to a place of friendship with our adult children and great amusement and pride in our grandchildren.

My vocational career as a Pastor started at Calvary in 1982. Prior to that time I had served in many areas, focusing in Children's Ministries. God has been so faithful and has given me opportunities to serve Him while allowing me to fully develop and use the gift of administration and my passion for people. Creating pathways to set people up for success, both spiritually and in ministry, gives me great joy.

In 2003, I began serving on Calvary's Care, Support and Recovery Team. That has proved to be a very fulfilling place of ministry for me. Then, in 2006 God called me to broaden my ministry and also serve with the Adult Discipleship Team as an Area Leader for Small Groups. The responsibility of walking alongside small group facilitators, providing resources, encouraging them and helping them succeed in their ministry is stretching me and will reap many blessings as their groups grow into Biblical Communities.

In 2008, Senior Leadership asked me to take the reins of our Women's Ministries. What a joy it has been to, again, minister alongside this group of ladies who have a passion to help other women go deeper into the Word while building meaningful relationships.

In the fall of 2009, once again, God put me in a position to further develop Calvary's Disability/Special Needs ministry. What a privilege it is to partner with Joni And Friends (an international organization with a passion to minister to the marginalized) as we help make visible the invisible.

The opportunity to serve on the Board of Directors of Miracle House is a privilege and responsibility I take seriously. Because of God's call on my life and His obvious preparation and use of the gifts He has given me, I look forward to serving with great JOY!

Colossians 3:23 is my Life Verse. "Work hard and cheerfully at whatever you do, as though you are working for the Lord rather than for people." It reminds me where my focus needs to be every day of my life!!

Designer/Artist/Wife/Mom

Bethany grew up knowing God had a plan to use her talent. From a farm in Kansas to Boston, Phoenix and L.A., she worked in TV stations and production companies along the way doing computer animation and design. Landing in Los Angeles where she found "the film industry". She got to work with wonderful people on fun projects and even picked up a few Emmy's and an Oscar along the way. That was all B.K. (before kids). Now a mother of two, Tatum and Teaghan she spends a lot of time volunteering at school trying to grow them in the Lord and as their taxi driver. A job she wouldn't trade for anything. On the side she finds time to do freelance design work that you might have seen at Target, Walmart or you local party store.

She holds on to her Bible tight, as she summits to God's exciting plans. And gives him all the Glory for the Things He Has Done. She lives by the motto: Art is a gift from God and an artist is a giver of that gift to others.

Bethany lives with her husband Rick and two kids in Thousand Oaks, CA. They are members of Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village, CA.