Albert is a US citizen and completed an MTAT degree and FAA and A&P courses in Mechanical Engineering Technology and Aviation Technology in Spring 1990.
He worked for AirServ for three years until early 2000 before he was accepted for a short term assignment of six months in Chad with MAF.
Albert has also worked in Mozambique, South Africa, Chad and Djibouti as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer and also Chief Engineer, working on Cessna 206, 210, 208 and to a lesser degree on KingAir E90 and 200 aircraft.
Rosane is Brazilian and qualified as a Physical Therapist in 1990. From 2004 she worked for YWAM in this capacity and was based in Angola, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Kenya. She feels she was most fulfilled when working in Angola working with children who had artificial limbs.
Albert and Rosane married in 2001 and they undertook their first joint assignment with MAF then for three months in Chad. They they returned to the USA to raise support before longer term work with MAF. Their first assignment with MAF was to Bangladesh where Albert worked as Chief Engineer.
During their time overseas they have had two children, Daniel and Joshua. They are now based in Mongolia where Albert is again undertaking the role of Chief Engineer.