Want to know more about Russ? Read on...
Place of Birth: Sheffield, England (about 3 hours drive north of London).
Father's occupation: When I was a child he owned 3 Frozen food stores and then moved into accountancy.
Mother's occupation: Retired now but set up a training company to get the unemployed into jobs. She currently spends a lot of her time getting involved in short term mission trips including regular trips to a few projects in the Philippines and more recently to the Mercy Ship, Africa Mercy.
How many brothers and sisters? 2 older brothers.
Which number are you in the sibling order? The baby of the family.
Married/When: Carrie and married in South Africa in 1997. Eleven of my family flew from England for the wedding. We got to do the wedding ceremony all over again 3 weeks later in England.
How did you meet: While Russ was working for Mercy Ships onboard one of their vessels while it was in South Africa.
Children/Grandchildren: 2 girls, Rachel - 7 years and Katie 4 years.
Conversion Summary: I was on a Christian camp in 1982 and knew by the end of the week that I needed to make a commitment to the Lord which I did.
Favorite sport (to watch or play): Formula 1 motor racing to watch and swimming to play.
Favorite candy: Jelly Beans
Favorite meal: Mexican or a traditional English Sunday roast dinner with Yorkshire puddings. (If you don't know what they are you have lived a very deprived life).
Favorite game: Playing cards
Favorite author: I like autobiographies although I am not a big reader.
Favorite movie(s): The Bourne series.
Favorite worship song(s): Come, now is the time to worship.
Favorite book of the Bible: Psalms
Spiritual Gift(s): Leadership abilities and I thoroughly enjoy serving the poor and needy. (not sure that I would class that as a spiritual gift though).
Heroes: Don Stephens (This may sound corny as I work for Mercy Ships which he founded, but I take my hat off to the guy for grasping a vision that God gave him and running with it especially when he didn't know a thing about ships in 1978).
Childhood award: European champion for 10-pin bowling, age 15.
Dinner Guest: Bono from U2.
Hobbies: Spending time with my amazing family and DIY around the house and yard.
Who would you rather be: Corporate 500 CEO, Movie Star, Politician or Author: Corporate 500 CEO.
Cats or Dogs: Both ought to be shot.
I dream that someday I'll: find a way to reach all the people that haven't heard the gospel before so our Lord will return and take us home.
I wish I were better at: Remembering peoples names. (what's your name again???????)