She's a Gospel singing legend. But did you know that Sandi Patty and her family have been involved in red kettle and disaster response efforts with The Salvation Army?

As a missionary kid (MK), Viki Payton found the Lord early in life. But at a youth conference, she heard a Chris Tomlin song that made her question whether she had been "truly living" for God. The answer drew her back to a ministry reaching fellow MKs in Germany.

Sallie House is a Salvation Army home for kids who have been abused and neglected. Chanté Douglass, who works with the children, has been there herself, so she relates. She also wants the kids to meet a friend of hers: Jesus.

Theirs is a 60—year love story that began with an exchange of Valentine's Day cards. Bill and Alice Brown, retired Salvation Army majors, had no inkling then that their journey would bring unimaginable loss and great joy.