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Truth Connect 's mission is to connect 1st World church leaders with Majority World leaders to provide training in Bible, theology, and leadership principles. TC seeks to develop encouraging, symbiotic church relationships, and to empower communities through evangelism and relevant ideas that create sustainable economic and health initiatives. Don & Karen Schreier live in Johnstown, Pennsylvania where they have been members of Emmanuel Church since 1986. Don & Karen are high-school sweethearts and have been married since 1973. Don became a committed follower of Jesus while serving in the USMC ('73-'76). Don worked for a year in a deep coal mine in Jerome, PA. In 1977, Don & Karen with their two small children moved to Lancaster, PA, to study at Lancaster Bible College. In 1986 he completed a Master of Divinity at Capital Bible Seminary while pastoring a church in District Heights, MD. After serving in various ministries, Don and Karen obeyed the call of God to serve full-time with Mission Discovery in 1998. Mission Discovery is a short-term mission agency that specializes in facilitating mission trips for youth and adults. In 2000 Don & Karen founded HOLD the children, a child advocacy ministry to help poor children in Majority World countries have an opportunity for a better life. HOLD the children facilitates a number of schools and has constructed and operates an orphanage in northern Haiti. Don resigned from Mission Discovery/HOLD the children in December 2010. Don earned his Doctor of Ministry (Missions and Cross Cultural Studies) from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 2011.