Allen Johnson and Debora Brodrick met at Manchester College in northern Indiana in September 1967. Within about a month love began to blossom. Shortly after Debora graduated, they married on July 4, 1971.

For the next several years they moved about in Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia, working in factories and school teaching. Jesse was born in 1976, Ethan in 1978, Joel in 1981, and Micah in 1985, each of them in Elkins, WV, although we lived in Pocahontas County, WV.

Raising our four sons has been a most blessed experience. We are immensely proud of each one, and their families. 

Our goal has been and is that we live Godly lives that reflect the love of Jesus to our family and community.