The Cropseys were sent out as missionaries from Tenth in 2009 as part of a two-year global ophthalmology fellowship at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya. From 2011 to 2021, the Cropseys led a Serge team developing a teaching hospital for Hope Africa University in Burundi. In 2022, John joined the Rwanda International Institute of Ophthalmology (RIIO) where he serves as faculty and the Director of Global Ophthalmology and Institutional Development. John’s passion is empowering the next generation of ophthalmologists in the Great Lakes region of Africa to be the hands and feet of Jesus for the blind through Serge’s Eye Love Africa Project. In 2025, over 6,000 outreach cataract surgeries were performed across Eastern Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC), Burundi and Rwanda in partnership with Eye Love Africa.

Jessica’s ministry in Kigali is varied and has included learning Kinyarwanda, serving on the PTO and Board of Kigali International Community School (KICS), participating in various Bible studies, organizing academics at RIIO, hosting visitors and serving with John as the Regional Supervisors for the Serge teams in DRC, Uganda and Rwanda. Most importantly, lives are being transformed by literally seeing and tasting that the LORD is good as the gospel is preached in word and deed.