In his youth, Brother Rumph saw how happy the pioneers were. So after completing high school, he began pioneering in September 1995. In 2000, he moved to Ecuador to serve where the need was greater. There he met Inga, a pioneer sister from Canada, and eventually they got married. They began their married life in a town in Ecuador that had a small group of publishers. Today it has a thriving congregation.

In time, Brother and Sister Rumph were appointed as special pioneers and later to the circuit work.

Eventually, they were assigned back to the Ecuador branch, where Brother Rumph served on the Branch Committee.