Posted at: 04/22/2010 11:37 PM | KSAX.com
By: Susanna Song and Becky Nahm

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Twins stadium builder plans move to Africa

A Farmington man who reached the pinnacle of his career and fulfilled a childhood dream by building a stadium for the Twins is making a major life change.

Stephen Prince was the senior project manager for Target Field. For the past two and a half years, he was the go-to person for all steel-related jobs at the site.

He said, "That would be on the top of every resume I would send out for the rest of my life for sure."

While Prince is proud of his achievement, he now has a new life goal.

"I just feel a lacking in my heart, that I need to be making a difference, doing something of eternal significance," Prince said.

That "something" is to help orphans in a tiny African country called Swaziland.

Prince's wife Krista said, "The population is 42 percent HIV positive--highest in the world. The average life expectancy is 29 years of age."

The Princes are selling their possessions and moving, with their three kids, to Swaziland where they hope to help others.

Prince said, "Most of the responses are shock. We get a lot of people who go glass-eyed, fears in their eyes, like you guys have lost it."

Instead they say they have found peace.

"God says I have given you your dream, helped you build your dream. Now come with me and build mine," said Krista Prince.

The family plans to move as soon as they sell their house and raise funds. They hope to move at the end of the summer.