About Us

We have four children. Their names are Elya, Jeremiah, Luke and Tabitha. After the birth of our first child, Annette became a full-time mother. Then after graduating from Moody, I worked at the Chicago Tribune and became very busy ministering in our local church, at Cook County Jail, and to the homeless on the streets of Chicago. Later I became an associate of Bible Related Ministries (1990-2000), an organization which assists local churches in time of need. This ministry involved a lot of traveling and pulpit supply. This was my main ministry until I was called to pastor the Bark River Bible Church in Bark River, Michigan.

From March, 1993 to July, 2001, our family lived in Bark River, located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. While I served as pastor, Annette was very involved in various ministries: president of the Women's Missionary Society, AWANA Youth Group Leader, the unofficial church secretary, overseer of the tract ministry, and of course a pastor's wife, in addition to raising our four children. She was also involved in the Parent Teacher Organization at our children's public school and volunteered there as she was able.

Randy graduated from Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois, with a BA in Bible in 1986 with a minor in evangelism. Annette earned a Certificate of Adult Bible Studies in 1995 through Moody’s correspondence program. In May 1999, Randy earned a MA in Ministry from Moody as well. He completed this program over a three and a half-year period while pastoring by taking modular courses and completing a project/thesis. The title of the project/thesis is, “Leadership Training in Doctrine for the Bark River Bible Church.”

In July, 2001, our family moved to Kiev, Ukraine, where we began our work as missionaries with CrossWorld. Presently our oldest child Elya is a Second Lieutenant and full-time student in the US Army. She is working on a MA in Dietetics. She graduated from Appalachian Bible College, Bradley, West Virginia, with an AA in Bible and from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with a BS in Dietetics. Elya lived with us for two years in Kiev and graduated from Kiev Christian Academy (KCA), an American school for missionary children. Jeremiah graduated from KCA in 2006 and then went on to graduate from Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, with a BA in Economics. He is currently a financial analyst for Kimberly Clark Corporation in Neenah, Wisconsin. Luke graduated from KCA in 2008 and is a senior at Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio. He is studying criminal justice and is an Army ROTC cadet. Tabitha graduated in 2010 from KCA and is a sophomore at Taylor University studying art with a focus on photography.

Randy's Testimony
Randy's Testimony in Russian (GIF file 384 KB)
Annette's Testimony
Annette's Testimony in Russian (GIF file 68 KB)