Daniel & Lucinda met in Quebec, Canada studying French, both with the goal of serving as missionaries in Guinea, West Africa. They spent five years in Guinea. A year in Brazil where Lucinda is from and six years in Ecuador. They have been involved in prison ministry in the high desert of California for the last five years. Daniel leads a prison ministry team called High Desert Ministries. HDM is involved in bringing the gospel into the local jail, the High Desert Detention Center where on average 1,300 men are housed. HDM is also has a Bible correspondence ministry both in English and Spanish. HDM has students studying the Bible in over thirty jails and prisons around the United States. Along with the prison ministry, Daniel & Lucinda actively do outreach in their neighborhood.