Steve graduated from the University of Memphis in Radio, TV and Film with a minor in Journalism. He and his wife Marie joined Ecole La Foret training school in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1974, and served the historic Lausanne Congress with the Billy Graham Association. They served in YWAM Lausanne until 1980, founding ProclaMedia. They moved to Thailand in 1980, and directed YWAMs work for 15 years, along with 700 staff and 5,000 refugee staff, amongst the more than one million refugees from Indo-China. Steve’s continued leadership in YWAM Mercy Ministries International assists the needs of the absolute poor in crisis relief, rehabilitation, and development.