Jeffrey was raised in Fort Worth attending Westridge Church of the Nazarene and accepted Christ as his Savior as a teenager on a Young Life ski trip. He got involved with Campaigners (a bible study with Young Life) and during college started searching for a home church.
He attended Christ Chapel Bible Church where he was mentored by Assoc. Pastor Chad Winsor and involved with their singles ministry. He then attended McKinney Memorial Bible Church where he was involved with "The Huddle" a singles ministry. He was on the leadership team and mentored by Pastor Jon Sherman.
He then moved to Trinity Bible Church where he was invited to go on his first mission trip to CCCD Jamaica. While on this trip he learned of the work of the missionaries there(1 Peter 4:10), the ministry to the deaf children and was called by God to be a missionary with CCCD.
Being single at the time he was not excited about going to the mission field alone but was willing to trust God for a suitable helper in this work if that was His will. Two months after returning from the mission trip he met Jodi. Jeffrey shared with her about his calling to the mission field on their first meeting and praise God she was excited.
She desired to serve on a mission trip and planned to go the next year. Jeffrey and Jodi were engaged that Christmas eve and married March 1st, one month after Jodi's first mission trip. They have been working on getting to the mission field through CCCD ever since. As their desire to be on the mission field has grown so has their family, now with 5 children and a dog.
The Daniel family has served with CCCD in the capacity of Work team Coordinator for over 4 years for 6-8 weeks at a time. Jeffrey and Jodi have served on the Missions committee at TBC, led TBC's mission trips, involved in TBC's Kids ministry, the Choir, and TBC's First Impressions ministry. Jeffrey ran his own business in the Fort Worth area for over 15 years.
Jodi has been involved with Center of Hope, Grace House, Music Camp at Christ Chapel, their neighborhood association board and the PTA at the children's school.
Jodi grew up as a military kid moving from state to state and country to country. She accepted Jesus as her Savior at 8 yrs old and was baptized at 13. She grew up in church knowing about God and now desires to serve Him and others through this calling for our family.