~ Serving in Ecuador; South America ~
Jesse was born and raised in Wyoming in a godly Christian family. He also grew up attending the Shield of Faith conferences, and since he was around nine years old, he desired to be a missionary as well. When he was sixteen, he heard a specific call to missions, and from that time forward, he focused on growing in the faith and his walk with God. At nineteen, Jesse had the opportunity to visit Ecuador with three young men. It was a time of awakening for missionaries to go where the name of Christ has not been named. For the next few years, he sought where God wanted him to be a missionary: in Mexico with his uncle Mike Ball, in Chiapas with Jorge Rodriguez, and after Mexico, he went to Ireland/Scotland. While in Ireland, the Lord told him to go home and prepare for Ecuador. In 2018, he returned to Ecuador to find precisely where the Lord wanted him to minister. God answered his question of where by laying the jungles of Ecuador heavy on his heart and a specific village in which to live. Shortly after he returned to the States, he married Tess Wasson.
Tess also grew up in a Christian family and was interested in missions at a young age, primarily out of a hero complex, she realized later. The Lord continued His perfect work, however, and at age 18, she attended the SOF missions training program, where God confirmed missions to her and changed her motives for it. She continued pursuing missions but had no clear direction for where God wanted her. However, with her marriage to Jesse, they continue to pursue the mission work God has called them.