Edmee Chavannes was born and raised in Paris, France. Influenced by her own negative life experiences and the speeches of Malcolm X, she developed a hatred of white people and for her father from which she had become estranged.

Having visited the United States several times throughout the 1990s, she fell in love with the sense of freedom in America and was impressed by the size and scale of every aspect of life in contrast to what was familiar in Europe. As an adult, after experiencing the loss of a dear friend, in 2002 she decided to immigrate to the US for a new start.

Despite this new beginning in America, she continued to struggle with depression, rejection, and pessimism – but that would soon change. Encountering Christians who were truly relying on God in their daily lives, something she had not observed with Christians she had known back home, she saw a peace in them that she wanted for herself.

In 2003, she received Christ and was born again, experiencing a radical shift that lifted her out of depression, removed the lens of racism she had seen the world through for so long, and empowered her to forgive her father. One evening, while attending a Broadway show with friends, a particular scene stirred up an overwhelming sense of awareness of the struggle between the prevailing culture and the Kingdom of God. She heard from the Lord that he had called her to engage in the battle to regain this territory, and she began to pursue it, leaving her secular career for full-time ministry. was born and raised in Paris, France to parents who had previously immigrated from Haiti. In her early years, her family attended church, but after her parents divorced when she was a child, her mother left the church and gave up on God. 

She is co-leader of At the Well Ministries. Their ministry is to evangelize and minister wherever God leads to tell people about the love of Jesus Christ. She helps meet the needs of people, but believes that the most important place to preach the Gospel in word and deed is in our own backyard. She strives to see families, friends, and neighbors know Jesus as Lord and Savior.

At the Well Ministries