Debbie says she has known and loved God for as long as she can remember. In 1977, Debbie was having marital problems when she first met Mike and Dottie Clark. Mike was teaching on the home and family. It was like a breath of fresh air for Debbie. She and her husband divorced in 1981. Debbie made it through the rough times listening to Mike's teachings. Mike and Dottie stood with Debbie for healing within her family. Debbie told God that she would always hope for her family, until Jesus returned if necessary.

Debbie went to work for Mike as secretary of the Church and Christian school that he ran in Moss Bluff, LA. In 1988, as the Clarks answered the call to serve in Guatemala, they realized the need for administrative help in the States to support their efforts abroad. Debbie immediately agreed to assist, and in her words, the rest is history. As the organization Build Your House on the Rock came to life, Debbie was there. What started out as part-time work for Debbie has grown over the years corresponding with the growth of Casa Aleluya. Her now fulltime duties support not only the Clarks, but 500 children, a budget in the healthy six-figure range, 15+ acres of property in Guatemala, a volunteer staff of 17, and several hundred committed sponsors and affiliated churches. Her work is entirely integral to the existence of Casa.

Her perseverance and faith in God for the healing of her family would carry Debbie through the 20 years following her divorce. At the dawn of a new millennium, Debbie and her husband were reconciled and remarried on September 5, 2001; it would have been their 32nd wedding anniversary. On leave in the US at that time, Mike proudly performed the ceremony. Debbie is truly one of Casa's best stories of servanthood and commitment.