ABOUT US
David and I met through Circuit Riders. We served on the same Carry the Love tour team in Spring of 2018 and began dating shortly after that. We got married October 17th, 2019. On Christmas Eve 2020, barely a year into marriage, we became foster parents to a 3 week old and his 2 year old brother. They lived with us for 15 months until reunifying with their biological mother.
JANALI
I grew up as a pastor’s daughter in San Diego, California. After graduating college I moved to Kona, Hawaii to teach elementary school. It was in Hawaii that God drew my heart fully back to Him. I eventually met the Circuit Riders through one of their summer training schools. I heard God clearly ask me to lay down my career and get trained as a missionary.
I am entering my 6th year with Circuit Riders and am serving as the Project Manager for the entire media team. Circuit Rider media is a gritty collective of mission-minded creatives set on reaching a generation and amplifying the message of Jesus through media. Whether it is the hundreds who are trained at our summer schools or the 10,000’s of students we reach each year, media is at the center of the strategy to reach and mobilize them.
On the side, I take photos professionally and can be booked through my website linked below.
DAVID
I grew up in Lancaster, PA and lived there for the first 19 years of my life. In 2016, I felt the Lord begin to speak to me regarding both the need for the Gospel in this generation, and my role in carrying it to them. Within two weeks, I had quit my job, left home and joined a team of Circuit Riders on the road in the Northeast. I’ve been here nearly 7 years, and with every passing year I become more convinced that this generation belongs to Jesus!
This year, I’ll be helping lead our Discipleship Training Schools alongside a core team of Circuit Rider staff. More than ever, God has kindled in my heart a fire for discipleship, and a desire to develop leaders as Jesus did. These training schools are a highlight of our year as Circuit Riders. It is a joy to watch young men and women step into their original design as catalysts, and get equipped to live the rest of their lives on fire for God in every sphere of society!
I will also be helping plan, organize and lead large evangelistic crusades across America and the nations in the Spring of 2023 with our CTL Festivals team. We believe this is a new model of evangelism, one that will effectively gather the lost and bring many souls into the Kingdom in the coming years!
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david.barkman96@gmail.com