Cochrane Family

Dave is from Sydney, Australia and was introduced to Teen Missions when he visited the Boot Camp in Cebu, the Philippines back in 1988. In 1991/92 he participated as a leader at the Australian Boot Camp on a team that went to Israel. After that he was hooked and the next few years saw him taking part in Boot Camps in Australia, the Philippines and the US. By the end of 1995 he had joined staff with Teen Missions in Australia.

Vanja is from Belem, Brazil and was a team member at the Brazil Boot Camp in 1991/92, returning every year as a leader/volunteer until 1996.

Dave and Vanja met and worked together in 1996 with Teen Missions in the US on the Missionaries to America team. In 1997 they led separate US teams but the wedding bells were ringing and in October that same year they were married in Brazil. Since then they have been working with Teen Missions in the western part of Brazil, Porto Velho, where there is a property, boat, Boot Camp and since 2000, a BIBLE, MISSIONARY & WORK (BMW) Training Center.

In 1999, Jasmin Joy was born to them in Brazil and the following year, while in Australia, Samuel Lucas arrived.