Turner, John & Pat
"Individuals labour for themselves.
Their area is the entire planet, and their quotas are the ambitions of their people."
As a priest with the Maryknoll Fathers in Bolivia, John Turner understood what it needed to instil hope in people for a brighter tomorrow.
After 16 years in the priesthood, he was granted permission to transfer into the secular world, and he was in the process of making the shift when he was invited to a business meeting in Florida by a friend.
There, he met Pat Rogan, whose husband had served as a major in the armed services and had been killed in action during the Vietnam War.
In order to make ends meet, she was raising her two teenage sons on a widow's pension. She decided to start her own business because she "needed $200 a month more to make ends meet."
By the time she met John, she had established a thriving organisation.
The answer to Pat's question about whether or not John desired financial gain was, "No, I don't."
He responded affirmatively when she inquired as to his desire in assisting others, and this time his response was unequivocal.
They got married a few months later and have been working together ever since to build their business.
"I found a spouse, a family, and a business in this place," John explains. His worldwide experience enabled him to gain a better understanding of the way the firm operates. According to him, "it's unlike any other business in the world."
"Individuals labour for themselves. Their area is the entire planet, and their quotas are the ambitions of their people."
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