As a young woman, Lynne became somewhat jaded to Christianity because of a negative experience her parents had with a church. She only agreed to go to Bible college because her best friend was going and it afforded her the opportunity to live in Southern California. When Lynne surrendered to the conviction of the Holy Spirit and gave her life to Jesus, she could only think of what she was giving up to follow Him. She came to realize, however, as she surrendered more and more to the Lord, that God had great things in store for her, including marrying the love of her life and serving in Africa!