Roy and his wife, Edi, are both second generation missionaries.  Edi spent her youth with her missionary family on the island of Cayman Brac; Roy grew up as an MK on the Yucatan Peninsula in southern Mexico. Both Roy and Edi returned to the U.S. at the age of 18 to prepare for ministry at Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and met during their freshman year. After their marriage and graduation from Tennessee Temple University, Roy and Edi departed for the mission field in 1979 and served as resident missionaries on the Yucatan Peninsula in southern Mexico. Their missionary activity included evangelism, discipleship, church planting, leadership training, youth and children ministries, camp ministry, an extensive literature outreach, and radio ministry.

Having served as resident missionaries on the foreign field, Roy and Edi now serve in mission administration and cross-cultural ministries both here in the United States and abroad.  Roy and Edi are supported as faith-based missionaries.