Allen Pate and his wife Cindy attend First Baptist Church of Chappell Hill. They have seven children: Tara, Tiffany, Tom, Azamat, Talgat, Wendy, and Jessica. They became interested in orphan ministries through a host program in the summer of 2003. Two of their five children were adopted from that program and two others were adopted from Colombia. Allen is a deacon in his church and a business owner. Cindy is a housewife and is active in many church and ministry programs. Allen sees orphan care as a beautiful way of sharing with the less fortunate, as we are called to do as Christians.