What if the Lord interrupted your career at the peak of the American dream? Saul Keeton walked away from 25 years in commercial real estate. Kevin Granger left nursing and music behind. Both said yes to something bigger.

In this episode of The Deal Podcast, host Joshua Wilson sits down with Saul Keeton and Kevin Granger of Family Missions Company — the largest lay Catholic foreign missionary organization in the world — alongside co-host Jude David, JD, DCL, MBA and Managing Partner at FA Mergers.

Saul and Kevin share how the Lord rerouted their lives, what it takes to run a mission organization sending 200+ missionaries into 11 countries, and how business owners and stewards of capital can become the shaft of the spear that pushes the gospel into the world's most underserved places. This is a conversation about legacy, kingdom ROI, and what happens when ambition meets surrender.

🎯 What We Cover:

• Why Saul left a 25-year commercial real estate career for the mission field
• Kevin's journey from music major to nursing to global missions
• How Family Missions Company became the largest lay Catholic foreign missionary organization in the world
• The "tip of the spear" model — and why business owners are the shaft
• Running a mission organization with 20–30 staff and 200+ missionaries in 11 countries
• Kingdom ROI: how to think about return when souls are the metric
• Why 3.6 billion people have never heard the name of Jesus
• Gospel poverty, transparency, and how missionary funds actually flow
• Working yourself out of a job — building self-sustaining missions
• Identity rooted in being a son of the Father, not a to-do list

🤝 Connect with Saul Keeton & Kevin Granger:

On IG:

Saul + https://www.instagram.com/saulkeeton

Kevin + https://www.instagram.com/kevinjgranger

Family Missions: https://www.instagram.com/fmcmissions/

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💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jude-david-jd-dcl-mba-172a6a76/

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