Since the summer of 1999, the Lamps have worked on the Executive Europe Leadership Team. Herb is beginning a new work in missionary care to missionaries throughout Europe as Director of Member Care-Europe, and Debbie has assumed responsibilities as Director of Women's Ministry. In these roles, both Herb and Debbie travel extensively across Europe visiting ministry sites and missionaries. Herb was born and raised in the western suburbs of Chicago and is the brother of Marj Mead. He is ordained in the Conservative Baptist Denomination.
Herb loves sports, reading and ideas, music and painting.
Debbie, who was born and raised in New Hampshire, moved to the western suburbs of Chicago as a teenager. Debbie enjoys outdoors and bird watching, handcrafts and reading. They live in the Black Forest area of southeast Germany. There, the children attend Black Forest Academy in Kandern, Germany, a Missionary Kid School. August 2001 Katherine Hoffman Kathy has taught at Woodstock Christian School in India since 1984.