Mike Yankoski, from Parker, Colorado, is a recent graduate of Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, where he studied computer science and theology. He seeks to live out his faith with radical intensity, and intentionally pursues a lifestyle that reaches others for Christ and glorifies God.
Mike and his wife, Danae, were married in August 2005 and currently live in Sisters, Oregon. They just recently returned from a research trip to Ecuador and Uganda focusing on the need for clean water. To find out more, check out www.yankoski.com.
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Sam Purvis, from Sisters, Oregon, was Mike's traveling companion during their homeless journey.
He recently finished his third term at Multnomah Bible College and now works fulltime as a real estate agent for Ken Hoffman Inc. Realtors in Portland, Oregon. Plugged in to Imago Dei, what he calls "a rad community of Christ followers," Sam continues to learn to love God and love others. Latin for "the image of God," Imago Dei was founded by Rick McKinley, author of Jesus in the Margins.
Sam, his spirit forever changed by the homeless experience, is currently "looking for a rhythm in life" off the streets. He holds on to the perspective of John 17: 15-16: "I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world."
