The early years of my life were spent in what you could call a decidedly unreligious home in Mukwonago, Wisconsin. My father was raised Catholic and decided early on that he wanted no part in religion. Through the persistent witnessing of a friend at work, however, and the work of the Holy Spirit in his life, he accepted Christ. At that point we became a decidedly Christian home. We went to no fewer than three church services a week, and as a small child I assumed that was all I needed. The turning point came when a six year old friend of mine was saved, and in telling me about it, asked when I had gotten saved. That got me to thinking, and soon after, I made my own decision to accept Christ as my Savior. At the age of twelve I dedicated my life to missions, but as I reached my teenage years I put that aside. I decided that I wanted to be a lawyer and make the big money. I even planned to go to a Christian college to begin my education. God simply would not let me forget my commitment, however, and during the summer following my senior year He led me to 1 Corinthians 9:16 "...woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel!" I changed my plans to align with His, and attended Ambassador Baptist College. I met my wife there, and we were married July 23, 1994. I graduated the next year and spent three years teaching (and being taught) at the Christian school at Mountain View Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. It is a great privilege to be in Christ’s service, and I look forward to spending the rest of my life serving Him.

Keith Klaus

    I was raised in a decidedly Christian home. My parents were both involved in ministry for most of my life. When I was a child, my father pastored a small church in Leeds, Alabama. As I grew, my mother was the director of a home for abused women and children, and my dad was the director of a home for alcohol and drug rehabilitation for men. For obvious reasons, I was more involved in my mother’s ministry, and as a teenager I worked there. Eventually I became the day care supervisor for the Hannah Home. As a small child I had made a profession of faith; however, for a very long time I doubted that profession. Throughout my teenage years I battled with doubts and basically made myself ineffective for service. Every time I went on soulwinning visitation, I would doubt. Every time a message about salvation, hell, or the second coming was preached, I doubted. Finally, my first year at Ambassador Baptist College, while attending a Bible class where the teaching was more preaching, I accepted Christ as my Savior, without a doubt. At about the same time, God began dealing with me about missions. I surrendered to go to the mission field and took as my life verse Isaiah 6:8, however I decided that I would go on a temporary basis and return to the States to teach, as had been my goal since childhood. Finally, after struggling for some time, I read the verse Isaiah 6:11, "Then said I, Lord, how long? And He answered, ‘til the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without land, and the land be utterly desolate....’" It was then I realized that the call of God on my life for missions was not a temporary thing, but a life goal. Shortly after that, I met my husband and we were married on July 23, 1994. I finished my degrees in Elementary Education and Missions and have been serving in my home church’s school ministry for the past four years.

Julia Klaus

We have truly been blessed with our three children.  Kaleb Joshua was born on December 22, 1995. Bethany Grace was born on February 19, 1997. Levi Josef, our youngest, was born July 6, 2001.  They already have been a great asset to our ministry, and they are very excited about the prospect of going to Austria to tell people about Jesus!