His experience as a family man contributed to his fatherly manner. By 1982 he and Penny were busy in the pioneer work, and in 1986 he began 11 years of service as a circuit overseer in the United States.
त्यांनी १९७७ मध्ये पेनी यांच्याशी विवाह केला आणि दोघांनी मिळून आपल्या मुलांचे संगोपन केले.