Dave was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and grew up in a small farm town in Seward. He knew he wanted to help people through medicine, so he chose to pursue a career in optometry and received his doctorate from the Ohio State College of Optometry.

In the mid-2000s, Dave met Eric Messer who, as an engineer, was organizing a mission team to provide medical eye care and prescribe glasses.

In 2011, after many trips to Haiti, Dave and Eric founded DEXA For Global Humanity (http://dexahaitirelief.com), a non-profit dedicated to helping Haitians with the medical, educational and structural needs they face on a daily basis.

In 2016, they launched Caribbean Resources and Power, with the goal of supplying low-cost energy and clean water to the people of the Caribbean.

Eric served in the Army from 1981-1989, as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division and a crew chief on Blackhawk helicopters. In 1985, he married Robin, and several years later they welcomed their daughter and son into the family. Eric has worked since 1999 as the mechanical department engineering manager at Sponseller Group, Inc.

In the mid-2000s, Eric was asked by Pastor Mark Cryderman to be on a church mission board. The result was that Eric led a medical eye care team into Dessalines, Haiti. When Dr. Dave Bejot expressed an interest in the trip, he became the lead doctor.

From that day, Eric and Dave have teamed up to do what they can to alleviate suffering in Haiti. They have made many good friends in Haiti and feel blessed by the opportunity to continue offering support through DEXA, and now through Caribbean Resources and Power as well.