Who We Are
The story behind Purpose Foundations, it’s members and the journey that led us here.
Why Purpose Foundations Exists
Purpose Foundations exists to help people uncover their God-given identity, discern their direction, and live with significance — instead of drifting through life on autopilot with a vague sense of purpose and little to no understanding of their true value and potential.
Powered by Leaders of Freedom and the Purpose Foundations team, our mission is this: awaken identity and purpose in a generation, build AI-enabled global ecosystems and platforms that empower people to live out their God-given calling and give Him all the glory.
Meet the Team
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Isaac Sadler
CEO | FOUNDER
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Kharon
CIO | CO-FOUNDER
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Meklit Emkulu
COO | CO-FOUNDER
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David George
Visual Communications Director | CO-FOUNDER
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Jacob Smith
CMO | CO-FOUNDER
Below you’ll read our stories.
Below is the story we’re inviting you into.
Isaac's Story
Isaac's Story
Purpose Isn’t Something You Create. It’s Something You Uncover.
For most of my life, I felt unseen, misunderstood, and out of place. Growing up as a military kid — moving from country to country, switching languages, trying to fit into worlds that were never mine — I learned to perform, to please, and to attach myself to other people’s dreams just to feel like I mattered or belonged. On the outside I looked charismatic and driven, but on the inside I carried an infection of confusion, loneliness, and a deep lack of identity.
If you stripped away my goals, the achievements I chased, or the substances I used to numb myself with, I didn’t know who I was or why I was here. My life didn’t feel grounded in anything real; I had moments of direction, but underneath it all I was outrunning an ache I didn’t know how to name, let alone face. But that chase ended the night I overdosed, November 28, 2020 — and the next morning, on my slow walk home through the park, I realized I couldn’t keep living this way.
I remember stopping on the path, feeling hopeless and helpless, looking up toward heaven and saying out loud, “God, what do You want me to know, and what do You want me to do?” And in that moment, I heard three things that changed everything: get wisdom, though it costs all you have, and share wisdom with others on how to live properly; discover the gift I placed in you and give it away in service to others; and help people uncover and awaken the gift within themselves.
That was the beginning. God showed me that significance is found in living aligned with truth — in fearing Him, keeping His commands, and giving away what He’s placed in you. That’s where freedom begins. And He made it clear that I was called to motivate and encourage others to fight for that freedom too.
I believe God called me to build Purpose Foundations because we’re living in a generation starving for meaning and direction. King Solomon (Prov. 29:18) and Viktor Frankl both agree that when people lack purpose, they pursue pleasure and perish — but when people have clarity, understanding and vision, they step into and lead the lives they were created to live.
When we finally see what God sees in us, connect the dots He has woven through our stories, and partner with Him to build a life of significance and purpose — leading that life brings glory to His name. And this second chance at life was gifted back to me to bring Glory to His name, the One who saved me from myself.
Forever and ever… thank you, Jesus.
Kharon's Story
Kharon's Story
When God rebuilds what the world breaks, the warrior becomes a guide.
We do not use his real name for one simple reason: he cannot legally allow it.
Kharon is one of the senior-most intelligence officers in the U.S. Department of Defense and the Army. For over three decades, he has operated in roles where names are redacted, identities protected, and missions never spoken aloud. Very few people ever reach his rank, his access, or his level of strategic responsibility. He is the kind of man who briefs generals, shapes operations, and carries classified scars and burdens the world will never know exist.
But long before he joined Purpose Foundations, he was wrestling with a private collapse.
After a lifetime of service — a lifetime of being the warrior, the protector, the one others leaned on — he found himself nearing retirement without knowing who he was anymore. His entire identity had been built around his role. And suddenly, the very thing that once anchored him began to dissolve.
For the first time, the man who had run toward danger his whole life felt lost, hollow, and unsure of his own worth. He could summarize decades of sacrifice into a single box, and still feel the ache of insignificance deep beneath the armor.
That’s when our paths crossed.
I sought him out because I was drowning in my own battles — fear, pain, self-deception, and the fight inside my mind. I needed someone who understood what it meant to endure, to confront darkness, to face reality without flinching. And when we met, he didn’t just teach me how to survive. He did something far more powerful.
There’s a moment I’ll never forget.
I felt weak, pathetic, and small sitting across from a man who had spent his life as a warrior — an elite intelligence officer, a Ranger, the kind of person you expect to be fearless. I told him I didn’t feel brave. I told him I didn’t know if I could keep going.
He went upstairs and came back and said, “this is for you.” He placed in my hand his dog tags from the most dangerous mission he’d ever endeavored, one he thought he wasn’t coming back from. Then he looked me in the eye, put his hand on my shoulder and said, “You are a Spiritual Ranger, Isaac.”
He told me that real courage isn’t just facing the battlefield — it’s truly in facing the wounds we hide.
He said, “I’ll run into gunfire all day long, but this stuff? The pain we carry inside? That’s what terrifies me. And you have the courage to go there.”
That moment named something in me I didn’t know was there. It’s where the idea of the Spiritual Ranger was born — later symbolized by the Archangel Michael necklace — not as branding, but as a mantle he spoke over my life.
And then something remarkable happened…
As much as he poured into me, Purpose Foundations began pouring back into him. Through our conversations, the identity work, and the process he watched unfold in others, he began to see value in himself again — not in what he had done, but in who he truly was. His identity wasn’t discarded; it was redeemed, welded back together like kintsugi — whole, meaningful, and filled with purpose.
His priorities shifted. His hope returned. He began to walk with a quiet clarity that had been buried under decades of duty and silence.
In his words:
“I didn’t know if I could stand up again — you, Isaac, got me off the ground.”
Today, Kharon serves as the Chief Intelligence Officer of Purpose Foundations — a role only someone with his background could hold. He brings three decades of global intelligence mastery into this Kingdom mission: pattern recognition, strategic clarity, threat analysis, problem solving, wisdom, discernment, and an ability to connect dots at a level few people on earth ever reach.
He sees what others miss and protects what others overlook.
He builds pathways from fragmented chaos to clarity — something he once did for 50+ nations across the globe, he now does for Purpose Foundations.
And he contributes profoundly to Purpose Foundations because God is giving him a new legacy — not a legacy of classified missions no one will remember, but a legacy of identities restored, lives transformed and Spiritual Rangers rising with significance and purpose.
The man who once held the line for a country now helps people hold the line for their own souls.
The man who once lived behind armor now helps others remove theirs.
The warrior who once feared his own wounds now leads others into healing.
Meklit's Story
Meklit's Story
The Life You’re Meant to Live Begins When You Stop Living for Everyone Else.
Before Purpose Foundations, Meklit was living under the weight of expectations that were never hers to carry. As the oldest daughter in her village — the one other girls looked up to — she learned early to perform, to excel, and to meet the standards set for her. Her parents wanted her to become a doctor, so she pursued medical school even though deep inside she felt disconnected from herself, unsure of who she was, and spiritually distant from the life she longed to live.
But beneath the pressure, God had woven something different into her design. Meklit carries the strength of individuation — the rare ability to see and value what makes each person uniquely themselves. Her core strength is significance, a deep desire for impact and meaning, paired with a futuristic mindset that constantly envisions what life could become. She’s driven by clarity, moved by emotion, and gifted with a spiritual mercy that allows her to forgive, to see the good in people, and to respond to the deep social and mental needs she feels called to serve.
When Meklit went through the Purpose Foundations beta, everything came into focus. For the first time, she saw how much progress she had been making in the wrong direction — pursuing a path chosen for her, not by her. Through the process, she discovered what she loved, what she was good at, and what she believed the world needed, and it didn’t match the story she had been living. Her transformation moved her from people-pleasing to purpose, giving her the confidence to realign her identity with what God said she was and what she saw the world needed. She began leading her life with intentionality — meeting her needs, expressing her values, and using her strengths in contribution and service to solve the problems that are meaningful for her to solve.
Today, Meklit is the backbone of Purpose Foundations — the operational center and administrative overseer who helps keep our mission grounded, focused, and aligned with what matters most. She pours her time, energy, and effort into this work because she desires to contribute to something meaningful, glorify God, empower others, and experience (and help others experience) a life of true freedom.
David's Story
David's Story
When God Brings Your Life Into Focus, You Learn to Bring Clarity to the World Around You.
David’s story begins in a place most people only read about — a missionary compound in India called Peace Valley, where his parents cared for, and still do to this day, widows, orphans, and the forgotten. He grew up surrounded by need, faith, sacrifice, and love. His father, Bobby George — a man once offered a green card to America — turned it down because God called him to serve the poor. Those choices shaped David’s heart before he ever knew he had one of his own to offer.
But despite that foundation, he entered adulthood unsure of who he was becoming. He loved photography but he didn’t know how his passion and gift connected to his uncertain future ahead. He left India for Germany believing God had called him into business, but the vision was blurry. The habits of Western culture pulled at him. His identity felt unanchored. His confidence was thin. And beneath it all was a quiet ache: What if I’m replaceable? What if my gifts don’t matter? What if I don’t matter?
I met David in the summer of 2024 at church in Stuttgart. He was shy, soft-spoken, and humble — but I saw something rare. He listened with his whole being. He absorbed truth like a sponge. And he carried a reservoir of love so deep it almost didn’t match his age. What made me trust him wasn’t just his loyalty; it was the way he challenged me in love. He didn’t flatter, he sharpened. He became my brother — not metaphorically, but spiritually.
And then came the shift.
One night, he stayed over. We prayed, studied Scripture, and I shared the heart behind Purpose Foundations — not as a product, but as a calling. Something ignited in him. He saw a picture of who he could become: a leader, a creator, a man aligned with God’s identity for him. That moment woke him up. Over the past year, he started posting again; shooting again. Building discipline, not drifting. He began running toward the life he felt God calling him to — a life of meaning, clarity, and impact.
Today, David is the Visual Communications Director of Purpose Foundations — the eye of the movement. He reveals value the way a poet reveals meaning. Through imagery, he captures identity, emotion, truth, and purpose with precision and heart. His visuals don’t just look beautiful — they communicate something sacred. He is helping architect a visual language for a global movement, shaping campaigns, videos, brand identity, and the aesthetic architecture of our message.
He has already been part of our most defining moments — capturing the first time I ever read the e-book aloud, witnessing the joy and fire of the vision when first realized, and seeing Purpose Foundations not as an idea, but as a God-appointed mission.
David gives his time, energy, and life to Purpose Foundations because in many ways, Purpose Foundations helped shape his life. It reminded him who he is, what he carries, and what God placed inside him. Now he uses his gift to help others see the truth inside themselves too.
Jacob's Story
Jacob's Story
When You Find Your Way Forward, You Build the Bridge for Those Still Searching.
Jacob’s story begins in loss — the kind most people never recover from. His mother died when he was young, his father went to jail, and life tossed him between relatives in a whirlwind of instability and grief. Most kids collapse under that weight, but somehow Jacob kept a spark alive. Even in the darkest chapters, he chose to believe there was something more for his life — even if he didn’t yet know what that “more” was.
He became an entrepreneur early, chasing possibility with the same stubborn hope that helped him survive his childhood. Before COVID, he built a successful e-commerce business… and after it collapsed, he spent years drifting, trying new projects, starting over, and fighting a quiet battle with directionlessness. Nothing felt aligned. Nothing felt meaningful. He carried unspoken lies like armor — I’m alone. I have to do everything myself. People can’t be trusted. Nothing really matters.
But beneath all of it, the light never went out.
We met in the summer of 2021, long before Purpose Foundations existed. We were broke and hopeful. Shortly after, he moved in with me… sharing a single room — he slept on an air mattress, I slept in on a more comfortable bed, and we dreamed out loud every night like two kids refusing to quit. We tried building two different businesses that failed. We tried ideas that didn’t work. But Jacob never stopped believing in possibility, and that relentless hope made me trust him with mine.
I’ll never forget the moment I knew he was called to this mission. We were talking about the future, and Jacob — with his strengths of Futuristic and Ideation — began painting possibilities I also had dared imagine. He saw the global movement. He saw lives changed. He saw communities transformed. He saw the impact and potential of Purpose Foundations the way I did.
And when he began to apply the principles of Purpose Foundations for himself, something shifted. He began to stand taller. His confidence returned. His direction became clear again. He started rebuilding the part of himself that life tried to break — the part that believed he mattered. The part that believed God still had something good for him.
Today, Jacob serves as the Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Visionary of Purpose Foundations — a fellow architect of the messaging, the strategist behind our content, and the bridge between the heart of this mission and the people who need it most. He has an unusually sharp intuition for human psychology, culture, creativity, and what captures attention. He helps shape our voice, our impact, and the movement we are building across the world.
Jacob gives his time and life to Purpose Foundations because this work means something — because helping people walk out of darkness is personal to him. He knows what it’s like to feel trapped. He knows what it’s like to feel alone. And now he’s building paths for others that he wishes someone had built for him.
How This All Came Together
Purpose Foundations didn’t begin when the team came together — the vision had been forming long before, waiting for the right people, timing, and confirmation. The process, system and frameworks existed, the calling was clear, and the mission had a name… but God had not yet assembled the builders.
The first was Kharon — arriving at a time when the mission needed strength, courage, and clarity. Through the battles he helped navigate and the truth he carried, God removed fear from the early foundation. His presence anchored the conviction that this work mattered and was ready to be brought into the light.
Then God brought Meklit, whose timing could not have been more perfect. She didn’t need convincing; she simply recognized the truth and stepped into the process with honesty and hunger. Her transformation became a living confirmation — the kind that only God can orchestrate. Through her, the mission gained its heart, compassion, and emotional depth.
Soon after came David, bringing creative clarity at the moment the movement needed to be seen as much as understood. His gift didn’t just enhance the movement; it helped people see what we help them discover. He became the lens through which this mission could communicate truth to the world.
And finally Jacob stepped into the story. He had observed the mission for years at a distance, but in 2025, he aligned with it fully. His ideation expanded the scale of what Purpose Foundations could become. He brought global vision, creativity, and the strategic insight to turn a calling into a movement capable of reaching nations.
Piece by piece, God assembled the team — each arriving right on time, each carrying something the mission needed: strength, confirmation, clarity, and vision.
God didn’t bring these people to follow a vision — He brought them to build it. Purpose Foundations moved from a personal revelation into a shared conviction, a movement God formed through timing, obedience, and the quiet confirmation that true purpose is never meant to be carried alone.
Why We Care
We care because God cares about people — their identity, their purpose, and the light He placed in them. Every person carries something God-designed, God-breathed, and God-intended for good. When that identity is buried, the world loses something irreplaceable. But when it’s awakened, everything changes. Listen to me when I say this: you are irreplaceable.
We’ve seen what happens when someone discovers who they are in God — their confidence rises, their decisions transform, their relationships heal, and their future opens up with hope. A person living in aligned identity becomes someone who doesn’t just survive their life, but thrives in it. And when they begin living significantly — adding value to others, serving with authenticity, and walking in truth — their life becomes a light that leads others out of darkness.
We care because a generation without identity can be easily manipulated and drift into distraction, but a generation with purpose stands firm in truth and becomes a force for good. This isn’t hype or self-help; it’s the slow, courageous work of God restoring people back to who He created them to be and He intended them to do.
And we care because when even one soul returns to truth, heaven rejoices. If Purpose Foundations only impacts one more life, every battle, every hardship, every late night carrying this vision will have been worth it. You, beloved reader, are worth it.
We care because God is forming a generation of ordinary people who, through aligned identity, direction and purpose, will live extraordinary lives — healing families, strengthening communities, creating meaningful work, and reflecting the character of God in a world that desperately needs His light.
What We Believe About You
You were created with purpose
We believe God placed something, a gift, in you that is real, valuable and irreplaceable — a unique identity, a clear direction and a purpose only you can discover, lead and fulfill with God. It’s a significance the world cannot replace. You are irreplaceable.
And we believe this about you:
When you live from who God made you to be, you become someone who heals what’s broken, strengthens what matters, creates what is good, and carries light into places that desperately need it. You become a force for significance — for your family, your community, and your generation. You are needed.
And, finally, we believe that what God placed in you was never meant to stay hidden.
It was meant to shine and bring glory to His name.
Step Into the Life God Intended for You
You weren’t created to drift, numb out, or live by the expectations of others. Your life was never meant to be lived in confusion or quiet resignation. You were created intentionally — with identity and a purpose that the world needs. When you discover who God made you to be, you don’t just change your story — you change the world around you. If your spirit knows it’s time to step into significance, this is your invitation.
The Purpose Foundations E-Book
The story of how it all began — the collapse, the clarity, the calling, and the first lives changed. If you want to understand the soul behind this movement, start here.
This e-book was written to be read in 45-60 minutes. If 15 minutes is 1% of a 24 hour day, then we ask that you dedicated 1% of the next 3-4 days to better understand this movement that will truly change the world.