Our Host Missionaries -- Keith and Ruth Powlison

Keith and Ruth met a Columbia Bible College (South Carolina) in 1977 and were married in 1978.  Keith is a 3rd generation missionary.  His father and grandfather served in Ecuador.  Ruth is originally from Illinois.

Their four children are Holly, Brian, Ellie, and Emma.  Holly and her husband live in South Carolina and have two children.  Brian lives with the Powlisons in Peru.  He is an avid martial artist trained in Brazilian jujitsu and Taekwondo.  Ellie and Emma were born in Peru and were adopted by the Powlisons. 

The Powlisons began serving on the foreign mission field in Ecuador and moved to Peru in early 1998.  They are part of the Hinterland Team, which Keith supervises from their base of operations in Cusco.  The team focuses on several relatively unreached people grounds 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 the 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. 

 Keith, Ruth, Brian, Ellie, and Emma Powlison