Michael (Biography)

spent one semester at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia as part of his undergraduate studies at Rutgers College. He later graduated with masters degrees from both Pensacola Christian College and Biblical Theological Seminary. A lifelong learner, he most recently graduated with a doctorate in educational leadership from Colombia International University. He and Sandy spent six years in Colombia and eight years in the Dominican Republic as Christian missionaries. Michael has legally travelled into Cuba forty times with both US and Cuban permission. (Michael's Testimony)

Sandy (Biography)

is a learning specialist at Charlotte Christian School in Charlotte, North Carolina.. Initially educated at The College of New Jersey as a speech therapist, she has since studied with both the National Institute for Learning Disabilities and Columbia International University.

Rachel

lives with her husband Kirk Swanson where she works at Wheaton Academy in Illinois..

Ben

is a graduate of Cedarville University in Ohio. He now serves in the US Army at Ft Drum in NY.
117 Laguardia Place
Sackets Harbor, NY 13685

Bethany

is a junior at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida.
Bethany Giglio
PO Box 44
Indian Trail NC 28079 USA

---

Michael's Bio

• Born in New Jersey to a Roman Catholic family
• Left church as a young teenager
• Questions remained about Jesus Christ
• Confessed Christ as Savior at Lake Hume Conference Center in Fresno, California on July 13, 1973
• Returned to a home Bible study in New Jersey
• Led AWANA, youth ministry, and evangelism as that group matured into a church
• Semester at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 1978
• B.A. History 1978 from Rutgers University
• Certification to teach both social studies and Spanish
• Christian school teacher 1980-1984
• Completed Canadian missionary institute in 1986
• M.S. Educational Administration 1986 from Pensacola Christian College in Florida
• Teacher and director at Hope Academy near Villavicencio, Colombia from 1986 – 1992
• Planted three churches in the Dominican Republic from 1994 -2003
• M.A. Christian Thought 2001 from Biblical Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania
• Doctorate in educational leadership from Columbia International University, South Carolina
• Leadership development and teacher training in Cuba since 1997
• Continuing itinerant ministry to Cuba and Latin America
• Happily married since 1980 ; three children
• Life verse : 2 Chronicles 16:9 a

Sandy’s Bio

• Accepted Christ as Savior at the age of 16.
• Graduated from the College of New Jersey with a BS in Speech Pathology
• Certified as an educational therapist in 2000 with National Institute of Learning Disabilities.
• Happily married since1980
• Raised three wonderful children who are now walking with the Lord and faithful to Him as young adults
• Home schooled various years throughout children’s education
• Taught in several Christian schools since 1978
• Involved in various women’s, children’s, drama and music ministries
• M.A.Education 2009 from Columbia International University, South Carolina