Palermo, Italy
Roberto & Kristin Macaluso
Roberto was born and raised in Palermo. God called him to follow Jesus and serve Him during a Youth for Christ summer camp when he was 14 years old.
At the age of 19, Roberto did a gap year in England with Youth for Christ Britain. Despite having planned to stay in the UK following the gap year, he felt an undeniable call from the Lord to return to Sicily to serve Him among teenagers. Roberto continued to volunteer every opportunity he got during his university years and also began leading the youth group of his church.
Kristin’s parents are British missionaries in Italy, so she grew up in a small town near Messina in Sicily. She got involved volunteering with Youth for Christ when she was 15. She took a gap year in the UAE after she finished school, and studied in Scotland where she did a Bible Teaching Training Course after completing her university studies.
They got married in 2021 and, after a lot of prayer and a strong sense of conviction, the two are now in full time ministry. Roberto serves as the Online Learning System Manager for Youth for Christ International and as a youth-worker for Youth for Christ Italy. Kristin is part-time with Youth for Christ Italy and passionately leads a girls-club every week as well as meeting with girls one to one. Roberto completed his master’s degree in theology in 2024.