David Preston
David Preston grew up in
southwest Ethiopia, the son of Ron and Lu Preston, Presbyterian missionaries in
Ethiopia and then Honduras. From an
early age he saw missionaries who were doctors, teachers and evangelists using their time to fix out
board motors, building and fixing building for their families to live in and
not having enough time to do the work God had called them to do. So from early age David felt called to support
this type of missionary need with the skills
God had given him.
David and his wife Leah have
served with Wycliffe for the past 30 years. David has been an auto mechanic in
Australia, ran business services in Kenya,
took care of logistics for teams in Mozambique after a 17 year civil war,
oversaw the building of the SIL center in Nampula, Mozambique and ran it for 7
years. The last four years with
Wycliffe, they spent in South Africa running a guesthouse as well as leading
building projects in Angola, Mozambique and Kenya. Since 1997 they have been
part of 9 building projects with SERVE.
They look forward to continuing with the same kind of ministry with
SERVE.
Education:
Universal Technical Institute,
1978 Diploma
in Auto Mechanics Omaha,
Nebraska
Darwin Institute of Technology,
1987 Certificate
in Diesel Mechanics Darwin,
Australia
