Paul served as a missionary in Peru, where he met Charo, who was also ministering to street kids. They were set out in the middle of the war, where one had to go on without basic amenities and travel through the wild.
In a Q & A session with students, Paul shared how he fell in love with his wife. His exact words were:
I met my wife when she was young, and we ministered to street kids in the middle of the war, bombs were blowing up, and you would come back with lice in your hair, and here’s this beautiful girl who would do this kind of thing. She loved the Lord. Her parents weren’t positive about her being a Christian, and without being rebellious, she stood. She was a devoted person, and I fell in love with her, and I really fell in love with that.