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As  MKs (missionary kids), Marty and Jeanette Windle both grew up in the small towns, jungles and Andes mountains of Latin America.

Marty attended Prairie Bible College, where he graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Theology. He obtained a Master of Arts in Theological Studies in 2004 at the Miami International Seminary. He also holds a Doctorate of Divinity from Lancaster Bible College.

Jeanette graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Biblical Studies and Theology from Prairie Bible College in Three Hills, Alberta.

Marty and Jeanette served in the pastorate in Montana and Wyoming from 1981-1984 with the Christian & Missionary Alliance, with whom Marty was ordained in 1984. In 1985, they moved to Bolivia as missionaries with the Gospel Missionary Union (now AVANT Ministries) an interdenominational Christian mission organization. While her husband served as field director, Jeanette worked with women and children at risk in varied regions of Bolivia.

Marty and Jeanette have four children.

Jeanette began her publishing/writing career producing Spanish-language educational and inspirational material for women and children at risk as well as writing articles for a variety of international publications. Her first book, Kathy and the Redhead, a children's novel based on her own experiences growing up in South America, was published in 1991. This was followed over the next years by the Parker Twins Adventure Series, a teen novel Jana’s Journal, and adult political/suspense titles, CrossFire, The DMZ, FireStorm, Zona de Despeje, Betrayed, and Veiled Freedom. Her most recent suspense novel, Freedom's Stand, was released by Tyndale House Publishers in June, 2011.

Marty and Jeanette moved to Miami in June, 2000, when Marty assumed the position of Vice-President of General Services for the Latin America Mission, a nondenominational Christian mission organization working throughout Latin America. Jeanette developed a ministry as consulting editor and mentor in training indigenous writers in a dozen different countries from Mexico, Spain, Philippines to Croatia and Bulgaria.

In January, 2006, Marty and Jeanette moved again to Lancaster, PA, when Marty accepted the position of President of BCM International, formerly the Bible Club Movement, a nondenominational mission organization with 750+ missionaries in some 50 countries across 5 continents. Jeanette is the editor of BCM World, BCM’s news magazine, and continues to work with developing Christian writers around the world. Both travel extensively and between them have ministered in more than 35 countries.