Scottie and Kristi Hudgins were approved as Baptist Bible Fellowship missionaries in May 2000. Scottie is a 1998 graduate of the missions course of Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. Kristi is a 1996 graduate of the elementary education and missions course of Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. They served their internship at the Berean Baptist Church, Bolivar, Missouri, where Scott was ordained in 2000.

They have ministered in Lebanon and Egypt.  Because they were unable to get residency status in those countries, they relocated to Bogotá, Colombia in 2007.