This led to big gaps in his education until he met a missionary who ended up helping pay his school fees and in return George helped teach her the local language. Through her guidance she was able to lead him to faith in Christ. She taught him that there is a loving father who loves us unconditionally, no matter what we are going through. She became his spiritual mentor throughout his childhood.

His missionary friend returned home to the U.S., and found an orphanage for him that could provide the academic and spiritual needs while she was gone. During his stay there for four years, he experienced feelings of rejection, loneliness, favoritism, and generally feeling unloved. This trying period of his life ignited his vision to build a school that would provide a safe place for children to flourish and grow physically, emotionally, academically, and spiritually.

During his last year of highschool, he felt God was leading him to serve God further through a ministry called Youth With a Mission (YWAM). He completed his Discipleship Training School and then stayed on for another year as a staff member. The second year he met a young lady named Ashley, from Texas, who had joined YWAM to attend the Discipleship Training School. 

Ashley was raised in a Christian home with two loving parents, two brothers, and two sisters. She came to know Christ at the young age of 3. Her parents were very active in missionary work all over the world, and she was privileged to be involved in mission work from a young age.

When she was 19, she had a life changing event that altered her life forever. Her best friend of many years, passed away suddenly with her parents and sister in a violent car crash. She struggled for awhile with depression, loneliness, and suicidal thoughts. During this trying period of her life, she felt God call her to join a mission in Africa. Through further prayer and seeking, God led her to join Youth with a Mission to attend a Discipleship Training School in Jinja, Uganda.

Throughout the six months Ashley and George worked together, they got to know each other and developed a close friendship. After she left Uganda, she felt called to another mission in India where my Uncle had started several different orphanages. She traveled with her two cousins and Uncle, to teach English but also to share the love of God with the orphaned children. During her stay, her eyes were opened to the neglect and abuse that children can often face in orphanages. This ignited her vision to care for the fatherless and oppressed.

When she returned home to the U.S, they prayed together and decided to pursue a deeper relationship together. They continued their relationship long distance for three years. Through prayers, God led them to pursue marriage. George moved to San Antonio, Texas in 2009 and they got married soon after.

Their visions were united to start a school in Kenya that could meet the needs of children who are going through struggles like George did growing up as a child. 

Ashley and George have been married now for 14 years and are blessed with three children; Aaliyah, Malaika, and Josiah.