Growing up in Kingston, Jamaica, Captains Patrick Holeness and Karen Pitter-Holeness embraced The Salvation Army life. At age thirteen, Karen found her love of preaching, and Patrick discovered his love of music, and they both found each other. In Jamaica, children learn that education and good manners will take you through the world. Patrick took this motto to heart and became a high school music teacher in Kingston, and his musical gifts earned him the position of bandmaster for The Salvation Army Caribbean Territorial Band. Likewise, Karen's gifts were guiding and managing people in the travel industry. Years later, both in successful careers in Kingston, Patrick was recognized for his musical talent. Patrick accepted a job as the youth and music director at the Evanston, IL Corps, and he and Karen moved to the United States. While in Evanston, Patrick heard the call to officership. Karen did not. She loved preaching and helping those in need but felt the inequities in America for the Black community were so significant that she did not see a way to overcome them. It was, however, those inequities that became the catalyst for her decision to go to training.She must deliver the message of hope. Twenty years later, the captains have served marginalized communities across the Central Territory. Sharing the same motto of their youth, they teach young Black children how to walk tall, look people in the eye, and embrace the idea of "bloom where you are planted."