Meet Joe and Shannon
Meet Joe and Shannon Zimmerman have committed to serving God in the Dominican Republic for the next three years.  They will be serving work teams that come to the DR.  One of their responsibilities over the next several months, is to raise the personal support they will need to keep them on the field during their three year commitment.  They will need ministry partners back home who are interested supporting Joe and Shannon with prayer and financial support for their time there.

More information on how you can support them can be found calling 1-888-Solid Rock or by clicking on the donate now button.

A Little More About Joe and Shannon
 

Joe was born and raised in the small town of Wauseon, Ohio and is the middle child from a family of five.  He came to know the Lord at a young age and grew up in the Wauseon Evangelical Mennonite Church (now known as Crossroads) where his mother, father, and grandmother still attend.  In high school, Joe was very involved in sports and played on the school basketball and golf teams.  With a family history of attendance, Joe chose Taylor University in Upland, Indiana to continue his education.  While at Taylor, Joe studied Business Systems and played on the University golf team.  In January 2003, he studied business management while touring Europe with other students.   After graduating in 2004, Joe bought a house on the north side of Indianapolis and took a job as an assistant golf professional at a country club in Carmel, Indiana.  That year he had another experience abroad as he volunteered through Solid Rock in the Dominican Republic for the first time.
 

Shannon was born in Houston, Texas but grew up in White Lake, Michigan where her family still resides.  She is the oldest of three and also came to Christ when she was young.  Her home church is Grace Church in White Lake where much of her family and extended family continue to attend.  During her high school years, Shannon played the piano and bassoon and was a member of the color guard, track, and dance teams.  She was also an active member of her church youth group and served on a short term mission trip each summer where her first trip to the Dominican Republic occurred in 2003.  Through friends at Upper Peninsula Bible Camp in Little Lake, Michigan, Shannon was introduced to Taylor University and made it her school of choice.  She majored in Spanish Education as a result of her trip to the D.R. and studied in Oaxaca, Mexico and Seville, Spain.  She also returned to the D.R. on a short term Spring Break trip in 2004.  After graduating in December 2006, she took a long term substitute position teaching high school Spanish and then a full time position shortly after.

Joe and Shannon met for the first time at Upper Peninsula Bible Camp when a group of friends drove north for a camp staff reunion in November 2003.  Joe was a junior at Taylor and Shannon was a senior in high school, so sparks of love did not exactly fly.  Unlike Shannon, Joe never worked at camp, but had been friends with many of her camp friends through Taylor.  The following year, Shannon began her first year of college as Joe was finishing his last.  As camp friends continued to spend time together, so did Joe and Shannon.  They were dating by January, engaged a year and a half later, and married a year after that in June of 2006.  They travelled together to the Dominican Republic for their honeymoon in Punta Cana, and later with Solid Rock for a few weeks in January 2007.
 

In 2007, Joe decided to leave the golf business and go back to school with a transition to a teaching program to become a high school business teacher.  However, before he had a chance to begin, his program was unexpectedly cancelled in March of 2008.  With his current job at the country club coming to an end by summertime, Joe and Shannon considered their options, then decided to contact Solid Rock in search of long term service.  By late June, Joe and Shannon were approved as the new Guesthouse Hosts and are more than excited to be serving God in the D.R. for the next couple of years.

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