Rick and Betty met in Ecuador. Betty served with HCJB World Radio from 1992-2000. She worked in an international television production studio, producing Christian programs in Spanish for distribution throughout Latin America. Rick and his family served for many years in a cooperative agreement between MTW and Wycliffe Bible Translators, working in Colombia from 1981-1994. His first wife, Heidi Marie, died in 1997 after a long battle with cancer. Rick was reassigned to Ecuador to work with the Quichua Indian language.

Betty and Rick were married in March 2000 and live and work in Ecuador under MTW. Rick’s ministry focuses on the Quichua Indian people. It includes Christian leadership training and church nurture, Quichua Bible promotion, and Quichua literature production. Betty is learning the Quichua language, helping with Rick’s ministry, and helps in the television division of HCJB’s Christian Center of Communications.

They have three grown children and two at home: Anne (3-5-03) and Nathan (6-12-05)