Dave and Kris McCarter began house parenting in 1985 and came to the Oblong Children’s Christian Home to continue this ministry in 1999. Dave has also served churches as a youth minister and preaching minister; and he and Kris together have served as youth group sponsors and Sunday School teachers. Kris is the principle organizer of the local Ashes to Beauty/Men’s Encounter Post. Dave is a graduate of Lincoln Christian College and Kris of the Doreé School of Beauty Culture. Dave and Kris have two biological children (Nathan and Natasha) and four grandchildren (Ezra, Sela, Eli, and Madison).