Jonathan Stoddard

I grew up in Colorado Springs with my parents and two sisters. During my senior year in high school, on what was essentially an impulse decision, I decided to postpone college for a semester and enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve.

After finishing basic training I moved out to Lookout Mountian, GA to start school at Covenant College. I continued to serve in the Marine Corps Reserve during college.  I met Jimmy Moncrief in the Marine Corps. 

In 2004, I graduated from Covenant College with a degree in Information and Computer science. Upon graduating I was commissioned in the Marines.

I had a few months before reporting for duty, so I decided to solo-backpack the Colorado Trail. This trail winds 486 miles from Denver to Durango. The average elevation is 10,000 feet and tops out at 13,334 feet. The trail goes through some of the most beautiful parts of Colorado and is a great "introduction" to the Colorado rockies.

I was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines based in Hawaii.  During my time with 2/3 I was deployed to Iraq twice. It was during these deployments that God taught me to really trust in him. Especially during the loss of several people who were close to me. It was also during the first deployment that I met my future wife, Lisa through eHarmony.com.

After being discharged from the Marines, Lisa and I were married and moved to my home state of Colorado. I started a business called the Kahuna Technology Group.

During August and September of 2009 I was growing more and more restless because I felt like I wasn't using my abilities for God's glory.  What was amazing was that Lisa felt the same way. God was certainly moving us towards a new direction.  

After much prayer and talking with others, I applied and was accepted to Westminster Theological Seminary where I will be starting classes the summer of 2010--just about a week after the bike ride! 

Lisa Stoddard

I grew up with my parents in Southern California in a small college town called Claremont. In 2002 after High School graduation I ventured a whole 15 minutes away to Azusa Pacific University. There I studied nursing and graduated in May 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and have since then practiced as an RN in both California, Hawaii and Colorado in Neuro/trauma and Neurosurgical ICU's.

I love to cook, organize, and do crafty things. I love reading...anything from the Twilight series to serious theological books. I also enjoy being outdoors and hiking, camping, running, and biking. (I'm hoping to ride some with Jonathan on this bike trip, and by some I mean a small fraction of what he and Jimmy are doing!) I love card games and board games - those are really the only things I get super competitive about! Lastly, I look forward to being a mom...someday. :)