For Jennifer and Jason Nails, advocating for vulnerable youth is more than a mission, it’s a way of life. They have six children, four of which have come through adoption.

In the Summer of 2011 they led their first short-term mission trip to Ecuador and realized quickly that this could not be a “one and done” endeavor. Over the next 5 years they consistently lead trips to Ecuador where they began to build God-ordained relationships with others who shared their desire to see the children and youth break-free from generational poverty, abuse, and neglect.

They spent many tearful nights mourning the reality these kids faced and cried out to God asking, “What now?” It was then they knew God placed a calling on their hearts to do something. In 2016, in response to Isaiah 1:17 which says, “learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause,” Restore17 was born.