About the Author

   Carol was raised in a rural farming community in Iowa for the first
   16 years of life. The family moved to Minnesota where she finished
   high school and then pursued academics. She met her husband,
   David, during his internship with Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
   in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They married in 1969, and have
   ministered together in Idaho, Indiana, Ohio, Australia, Germany,
   Finland, and Canada, David as pastor, counselor, and trainer,
   Carol as educator and helpmate. They have two daughters and five
   grandchildren.

   Carol received a B.A. in Anthropology and Languages from Bethel
   College, St. Paul, Minnesota in 1968, and elementary education
   teaching certification in 1972 from Boise State College, Boise,
   Idaho.  While her children were small, she substituted in the local
   elementary school, helped out at church, and was a stay-at-home
   Mom. In 1986, she received her M.A. in College Instruction with
   special emphasis in English as a Second Language from Eastern
   Washington University, Cheney, WA. She taught English language for foreign students at North Idaho Jr. College, Gonzaga University, and Whitworth College. She joined her husband at Elijah House, Inc., Post Falls, ID as Education Director in 1989. In 1994 while teaching in Germany, she experienced physical difficulties that were later diagnosed as multiple sclerosis. She and her husband spent 8 years in Victoria, B.C. where David supervised the internship of Elijah House Canada. Carol spent that time as intercessor, in recovery, and writing The Mystery of Spiritual Sensitivity.

Carol enjoys nature and music, playing the piano until vision difficulties made that difficult. She does pottery, knits, crochets, and paints. She and David worship at a bilingual church, The Rock-Rio de Via, ministering to the Hispanic community in the Grand Rapids area.