John Shakal

My journey to becoming a FOCUS missionary began when I was a freshman in college when a missionary reached out to me and began to personally invest in me. He invited me to join his Bible Study, and while I initially said no, I eventually began to attend and found my life slowly begin to change. As we grew deeper in friendship, he invited me to make God the center of my life and eventually taught me how to lead my own Bible Study. At this point I realized there was nothing more important for me than to live with an Eternal Perspective and help other college students discover the joy of living the Christian Catholic Faith. 

On June 3rd 2017 I married the love of my life, Rachel, and we have since been blessed to welcome our son Benedict (2 years) and Avila (6 months) into the world. Above is a photo of us from Christmas 2019.