Elmo & Kat Compton

So, we gonna do this thing or what?

We both attribute our love for God and His global mission to the fact that we were born into Christian households that were passionate about serving the Local Church. We both accepted Jesus as our savior early in their lives, and began pursuing global missions soon thereafter. It’s hard to decide exactly when Peru became the focal point of our story because we both were exposed to Peruvian missions as teenagers on short term mission trips. It was during those trips that we surrendered to be career missionaries. It’s almost as if Peru has been weaved throughout their entire lives because neither one of us really remember a life without Peru as the center focus. The story of when we began to pursue Peru together began in August at Bible College. As with many Bible colleges, there was an excitement when new students arrived and word quickly got to Kat that there was a good-looking guy introducing himself as “Hi, my name is Elmo and I want to be a missionary to Peru”. When Elmo introduced himself to Kat as having the desire to serve in Peru she responded with “Huh, me too!”. Elmo then replied “So, are we going to do this thing or what?”.

We have been “Elmo and Kat” ever since.

We made it official on June 14th, 2007 when we got married at Kat’s home church, First Baptist Church of Caldwell, NJ. After completing our undergrad at Boston Baptist College and Louisiana Baptist University followed by a mission’s internship and Elmo’s Ordination at FBC, Caldwell, NJ we were approved through the BBFI to be missionaries to Peru in September, 2011.

Infertility plagued our new marriage for nearly 5 years. We tried to conceive but weren’t able to until God finally allowed us to conceive a healthy baby boy that was born on October 13, 2011, less than a month after being approved as new missionaries. Elmo Compton V (the fifth) goes by the nickname of “Cinco” which is five in Spanish. While he is the only child, he is the life of the party and definitely the most fun member of the family.

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