Nigel grew up in southern Ontario, only about an hour away from the Ethnos training centre. He grew up knowing about Ethnos because of missionaries that periodically come to his church, but he did not seriously consider being a missionary until taking a trip to Wayumi during his teen years. Kelsey’s parents were missionaries with Ethnos, so she grew up overseas in Guinea, West Africa and Papua New Guinea. She always knew that she wanted to do ministry of some kind, but did not know what that would look like. The two met through church, started dating in high school, and got married after they graduated. They went on to Ethnos360 Bible Institute (EBI) and are now serving there as associates in the student life department at EBI.