Keith and Ruth met at Columbia Bible College in 1977 and were married in 1978. They have three children and two grandchildren.

The Powlisons began serving on the foreign mission field in 1984 and are currently serving in Peru. They are part of the Hinterland Team, which Keith supervises from their base of operations in Cusco. This team focuses on several relatively unreached people groups in the Andean region of South America. The Quechuas, just one of these groups, are estimated to number over 15 million and are spread out over parts of five Latin American countries. The Powlisons work directly with the Cusco Quechuas. Along with their team members, they also minister among eight more Quechua groups.

Please pray for the Powlisons as they enter into many challenging areas to train and establish national workers in these groups. Contact them at Kpowlison@mtwsa.org about ministry possibilities with medical teams, construction teams, or other short-term opportunities. If you think that ministry and adventure are mutually exclusive, look into MTW’s Hinterland teams!