Here is a little more about us…

Doug was born in Washington DC and now considers Boston, the home of much of his family, his home away from the field. Jen was born in Dundee, Scotland. She would consider home away from the field to be a small town called High Wycombe, just outside of London where her parents live. Although the more that we are on the field the more abstract the term home becomes!

We met in Germany at a Youth Conference in December of 2001 when Doug was working in Romania and Jen was studying nursing at Nottingham University, England. We were married in July of 2003 in Salisbury, England. In October of 2006 our son Jonathan Edward was born in Lima, Peru. In October of 2008 our daughter Sarah Elizabeth was born in London, England. Yes, we are a truly international family with 7 passports between the four of us

We moved in September 2009 to Kosovo from Tirana, Albania. Before arriving in Albania in July 2008, we were assigned to Peru to work within the Peruvian Field Office. Doug assisted the field director, Segundo Rimarachin, who is the first Peruvian to be in leadership over the field. He worked in many different areas from speaking and teaching, to office administration and field finances. Jen was the Child Sponsorship Coordinator, working with over 300 children and their sponsors. We also hosted many people who travelled through Lima for Work and Witness teams, Field visits and personal travel in what we affectionately termed “The Mann Motel”.

Our current assignment takes us to Prishtina, Kosovo. We are working with the Albania-Kosovo team and national leadership in development efforts. As with most assignments we will be involved in many different areas of work from education through compassionate and outreach efforts. We are very excited about the new opportunities and challenges.