AFTER 20 YEARS OF TEACHING AT A HIGH SCHOOL IN COLORADO WE TRAVELED TO MAINLAND CHINA AS MISSIONARIES.

LIVING IN GUANGUO (CANTON), WE STUDIED CHINESE IN A UNIVERSITY AND PASTORED AN UNDERGROUND CHURCH. THINGS WERE VERY UNSTABLE AT THAT TIME BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE MASSACRE IN BEIJING.

LATER WE MOVED TO GUANGUO, GUIYANG PROVINCE WE TAUGHT AT A UNIVERSITY AND GOT INVOLVED WITH THE ORPHANAGE. AFTER ONLY THREE DAYS OF BEING IN GUANGUO WE ENDED UP WITH OUR NEW DAUGHTER CHIN LI (EMMAH). IT WAS A WONDERFUL MIRACLE TO BE ABLE TO ADOPT HER, BUT IT TOOK OVER A YEAR.

COMING BACK TO THE U.S.A. WE STARTED A CHURCH IN ALBANY, OREGON AND SPENT 15 YEARS THERE. WE WERE INVOLVED IN MANY MISSION TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD: AFRICA, POLAND, SOUTH KOREA, MEXICO, AND ALL OF CENTRAL AMERICA.

WE WERE BLESSED TO PIONEER A CHURCH IN SAN JUAN, INTIBUCA, HONDURAS OVER 20 YEARS AGO AND IT IS STILL THRIVING.

AFTER 15 YEARS IN OREGON WE DECIDED TO RETIRE TO GOLDEN SHORES, ARIZONA. WE HAD NO PLANS OF STARTING OVER, BUT GOD HAD OTHER PLANS. WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE PIONEERED AGAIN IN GOLDEN SHORES. WE HAVE SEEN MANY WONDERFUL CONVERSIONS AND MIRACLES.