Jamie Pyles has been a member of Samaritan Ministries for 19 years, served on the Board of Directors of SMI for 14 years, and has been a full time representative of SMI for more than 3 years. He and his wife travel extensively for SMI, representing the ministry at conferences and conventions all over the U.S. He and his wife began home schooling their three children in 1984 at the home they still occupy in Oregon.