Our Staff
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Greer A. Kendall
Executive Director
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Greer Kendall was, in a sense, born as a foreign missionary.
His involvement in family missions began when he was
born in the country of Zambia, Africa while his parents
were serving there as full-time missionaries. In addition
to the 16 years his parents served as career missionaries
on two continents, upon returning to America, they continued
to coordinate and lead multiple short-term mission teams
of American families to Asia and South America over
a period of another 8 years, until his dad’s health
began to fail. This was the beginning of Greer’s
direct and personal involvement in international family
missions and showed him the power of God to transform
people’s lives as they submit to the command of
the Lord Jesus Christ in the Great Commission to go
into the all the world and make disciples.
Greer grew up attending the First Baptist Church in Dallas
and personally accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior when
he was 14 years old. Upon graduating from First Baptist
Academy high school and then Baylor University with
a degree in finance, he started his own financial acocunting
firm, while also taking classes at Dallas Seminary.
In the June of 2000, Greer returned to his birth country
of Zambia for the first time as an adult since leaving
it when he was six years old. That week he participated
in a one week, evangelistic church planting mission
trip that would forever change his life, and embark
him on the course of becoming the missionary he was
born to be.Following that trip, the Lord laid it on
his heart to incorporate Family Legacy Missions International
in September of 2000 to serve as a catalyst and facilitator
for families to become directly involved in short-term
international missions. In 2001, Greer officially transferred
his business to another advisor and since then he has
devoted virtually all of his time to help families live
out the Great Commission by becoming “Families
on Mission” as they go out into the world together
with the Good News of Jesus. Since the year 2000, Greer
has taken or led 10 different mission trips to Zambia
and coordinated a growing number of families to go together,
grow together and leave a lasting legacy of serving
God by serving the orphans of Zambia.
Greer and his wife, Susan, have been married since 1990
and have three children: Jonathan (born in 1993),
Karis (born in 1995), and Kaleigh (born in 1999)
that make up their own family legacy. They are active
attendees of Coppell Bible Church in the Dallas
area. His passion is Jesus, missions, families and
orphans. The family legacy he hopes to leave is
one of taking up his cross, seeking first the Kingdom
of God, and following hard after the glory of Jesus
as he instills in his children and families everywhere
the power of God to transform lives through direct
and personal involvement in fulfilling the Great
Commission.
Greer's personal life motto is “All from Him…All to Him…All for Him”.
E-Mail: greer@legacymissions.org
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Holly Scurry
Director of Ministry Operations
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Holly Scurry grew up attending Highland Park United Methodist Church
and personally accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at a Young
Life Camp when she was 14 years old. Ten years later, Holly
is actively involved in spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ
to the orphans of Zambia, Africa while discipling whole families
in the process. Holly’s four major passions are Jesus,
missions, families, and orphans. Since falling in love with
her Savior, Holly began developing a strong heart for missions
as she was actively engaging herself in mission trips with
her church youth group. After graduating from Lake Highlands
High School in 1999, she started working at Pine Cove Family
Christian Camp during her next four summers while attending
Texas A&M University.
During her time at Texas A&M, the Lord used Holly’s passion for
missions to help start up a mission organization called
Aggie in Mission (AIM), which is a Christian mission group
that takes 150 Aggies to Juarez, Mexico during Spring Break
to build houses for homeless families. The summer after
her junior year in college, the Lord led Holly to go on
a summer mission trip to Zambia, Africa. That summer, Holly
participated in a one month, evangelistic church planting
campaign that would forever change her life, and embark
her on the course of becoming the missionary she was born
to be. Upon seeing the multitudes of helpless and suffering
children there, Holly could not turn her back on them. Through
Pine Cove Family Camp, Holly providentially met the Executive
Director for Family Legacy Missions International (a family
missions organization that ministers to the AIDS orphan
of Zambia), a ministry that she would later join full-time.
Upon graduation in May of 2003 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communications
and a minor in Business, Holly was accepted to do an intern
program with Family Life in Little Rock, Arkansas. Immediately
following that in the Fall of 2003, she was accepted into
the Focus on the Family Institute in Colorado Springs for
their family ministry training program. Since graduating from
the Institute, Holly launched head long into full-time missions
with Family Legacy Missions International working as the Project
Director for “Families on Mission”. Holly is active
at Irving Bible Church in the Dallas area. The legacy that
she hopes to leave is one of taking up her cross, seeking
first the Kingdom of God, and following hard after the glory
of Jesus as she instills in families everywhere the power
of God to transform lives through direct and personal involvement
in fulfilling the Great Commission.
Holly’s life verse is Acts 20:24,“However,
I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish
the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me
~ the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.”
E-Mail: holly@legacymissions.org
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Kit Whitehill
Camp LIFE Project Coordinator
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Kit Whitehill accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior on May 5th, 2000.
Since that time she has felt God's hand guiding her and preparing
her for her work with Family Legacy Missions International. Kit
graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in
finance and worked until the birth of her first child in 1984. She
and her husband Bill have been married since 1979 and have three
children: Ben (born in 1984), Calli (born in 1987) and Will (born
in 1991). Kit's first trip to Zambia, which was also her first mission
trip, was in 2005 with Calli and Will. Upon returning to America, Bill
and Ben saw the impact the trip had on their lives and in 2006 their
entire family came to Camp LIFE Zambia. God touched Kit in an amazing
way when alongside of her family, she had the opportunity to hold,
touch, teach and love children who have lost virtually everything.
Her life was changed forever.
That single experience birthed deep within her heart a strong passion
for the children and people of Zambia. The Lord laid it on her heart to
do more for the orphans of Zambia and made it possible for her to join
the staff of the growing ministry of Family Legacy in October of 2007 as
the Camp LIFE Zambia Project Coordinator. Kit loves her Lord Jesus
Christ with all her heart and hopes to leave a legacy to her family and
to all who know her of service to HIM and HIS Kids.
Kit's life verse is, “For I helped the poor in their need and the
orphans who had no one to help them. I helped those who had lost hope.
And they blessed me.” Job 29: 12-13.
E-Mail: kit@legacymissions.org
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Rachael Rosser
Father's Heart Project Director
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Rachael Rosser personally accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at a
Church production of "We Like Sheep" when she was 8 years old. Almost
twenty years later, Rachael is actively involved in spreading the Gospel
of Jesus Christ to the orphans of Zambia, Africa while connecting these
vulnerable children to the American family through The Father's Heart
Program. Rachael's four major passions are Jesus, Africa, counseling,
and children.
Rachael graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor's
degree in Psychology, and then obtained her Master's in Counseling
Psychology at Texas Women's University. During an internship, Rachael
gained experience counseling abused and neglected children and
adolescents. The Lord began to develop Rachael's heart to counsel and
show compassion towards the lost, hurting, and broken individuals and
point them to the truth, and would use this experience to launch her
towards counseling and aiding the vulnerable and orphaned children in
Lusaka, Zambia.
Upon graduation, Rachael became employed at Timberlawn Mental Health
System in Dallas, TX in the role of marketing and counseling. In the
summer of 2007, Rachael attended Camp LIFE with Family Legacy Missions,
and was asked to come on board that fall as The Project Director of The
Father's Heart Child Development & Sponsorship Program. Rachael is an
active member at Northwest Bible Church in the Dallas area, where she
teaches Sunday School to preschoolers. The legacy that she hopes to
leave is one of healing broken souls and leading them towards full
restoration in Jesus Christ.
Her Life Verse is Lamentations 3:22-26 "Because of the Lord's great love
we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every
morning, great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The Lord is my
portion therefore I will wait for him." The Lord is good to those whose
hope is in him, to the one who seeks him: it is good to wait quietly for
the salvation of the Lord."
E-Mail: rachael@legacymissions.org
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Jenny Windle
Father's Family Project Director
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Jenny was born and raised in Houston, TX. She has wonderful parents whom
she considers two of the biggest positive influencers of her life. She
loves her family and is very thankful to have two amazing sisters, one
being her twin sister, and a wonderful older half brother.
Jenny's Christian life began for her at the age of 12 when she became a
believer in Jesus Christ at a youth retreat in 6th grade. From that time
until now, she has had a yearning to see others know Christ just as she
knows Him. She attended Texas A&M University and graduated in
December 2003 with a Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Science. Her
passion for foreign missions began her sophomore year of college when
she was intrigued by a friend's desire to serve in Africa. Her plan was
to attend PA school and eventually move into the medical mission field.
After interviewing at different PA schools, she quickly realized that
her true passion was for serving youth, specifically those at her
current church, Grace Bible, and orphans in Africa. Soon after she had
accepted a job working with the Junior High students at Grace Bible
Church, an old college roommate and now best friend, Holly Scurry,
encouraged her to become a camp counselor in Zambia, Africa for 2 weeks
for a group of orphaned and vulnerable children. One month later she was
on her way to Zambia where, by the second day, she would come to realize
that the Lord had created her specifically to serve these children. Her
life was forever changed.
In September 2007, she came on staff with Family Legacy and now works
full-time as the Project Director for the Father's Family. This program
encompasses the LifeWAY Christian School, LifeVISION Homes and will
eventually include certain areas within the Tree of Life Children's
Village. Additionally, Jenny is the American liaison for Family Legacy's
Remote Camps that happen all throughout the year in the distant
provinces in Zambia. She is so grateful for the desires the Lord has
given to her to serve the children of Zambia, Africa. There is no other
place she would rather be than pursing relationships with these kids and
sharing with them the love of Jesus Christ.
Jenny's life verse is, "So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature
is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this
slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of
glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen
but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are
transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." 2 Corinthians
4:16-18.
E-Mail: jenny@legacymissions.org
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Randy Rieffel
Technology & Logistics
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Randy Rieffel was born and raised in Indiana and accepted Christ as his
Savior at a young age. Even at an early age, he knew he wanted to
attend Purdue University to study Electrical Engineering. After
receiving his degree in 2000, Randy immediately moved to Austin, Texas
to work for AMD, a computer microprocessor company. The next 7 years in
Austin were a great blessing to Randy. Throughout this time in Austin,
Randy was able to connect very closely with the people at AMD, at his
church "The Austin Stone", the local Red Cross chapter, and the local
Purdue Alumni Club. Austin quickly became a great place to call a
"home-away-from-home".
Although Randy was living a "dream" life in Austin, God placed a desire
in his heart for the children in Africa. Randy wanted to tend to those
who were crying out for help but had no one to hear their cries. Early
in 2006, Randy joined with the American Red Cross with the sole
intention of becoming an international relief volunteer to Africa.
However, a person could only do international relief only after gaining
extensive experience reaching out to the local Austin needs. Only
several weeks after signing up with the Red Cross, Randy heard of Family
Legacy Missions and the Camp LIFE mission trips they hold every summer.
Randy immediately jumped on this opportunity to take part in Family
Legacy's Camp LIFE mission in the summer of 2006.
Spending time in Zambia during the summer of 2006 really touched Randy,
and it planted a seed within him to do more than participating during
the summer months. The hardest part of this decision was knowing he
would have to completely exchange his current life for a new one.
However, Randy felt that other blessings were awaiting him that he
currently never experienced. In the spring of 2007, Randy officially
quit his job at AMD and attended the 2007 summer Camp LIFE mission.
Only a few weeks after returning back to America, Randy found himself
living in Dallas working full time as a volunteer at Family Legacy to
help the 2008 summer Camp LIFE mission and beyond.
Randy's life verse is: "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
Ephesians 2:10
E-Mail: randy@legacymissions.org
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