Auger and his wife, Debra, have served as faculty members in CBC-Ecuador's ministry arts program - Robert was director of ministry arts - during the past two years. They have four children. Slechta has accepted a call as executive director of the CBC-Canada campus in Strathmore, Alberta, beginning in August.

A graduate of Barrington College in Rhode Island where he studied music, Auger completed a Masters degree in marriage and family therapy at the University of Rhode Island and served as a licensed marriage and family therapist before heading to Ecuador

The Augers gained valuable ministry arts experience with Covenant Heartsong, a ministry based in Chicago and sponsored by the Evangelical Covenant Church's former Department of Christian Education and Discipleship (now Christian Formation). In the early 1980s, each led a separate ministry team during tours throughout North America.

Later during that decade, they served as worship and youth pastors at Deerbrook Covenant Church in Humble, Texas, as part of Bandwagon Ministries, a ministry that helped Midsouth region churches through the Department of Church Growth and Evangelism. They also aided in the production of Quigley's Village children's videos.