Rev. Russell Anderson was born in Worthington, Mn. and at age 12 the family moved to Milwaukee, Wi., where he graduated from Concordia H.S. and Concordia Jr. College (1971). He received his BA degree from Concordia College, Fort Wayne(1973). He attended Concordia Theological Seminary in Springfield, Ill. /Fort Wayne where he received his M.Div degree in 1977. While he was on Vicarage in 1976, he had two summers of Linguistic training in preparation to receive his first call as a missionary to Nigeria (1977-1987). As he was awaiting his next call he served as an interim Pastor at St. Matthews Lutheran,Worthington Mn. In 1989 - 1999 he served as a missionary/pastor at Resurrection Lutheran, Orangeville, Ont. In Dec 1999 he was called by LC-C as a missionary to Kiev, Ukraine. As he awaited his next call, he helped out at Immanuel Lutheran, Pensacola. His last call before retiring was to St Peter Lutheran in Ocheyedan, IA, which became a dual parish with Zion Lutheran (2001-2013). Upon retirement he moved to Palm Coast, Fl and has served a number of churches as a pulpit supply pastor, vacancy pastor for Messiah, Brunswick, GA; Trinity Lutheran Church in Holly Hill; and St Peters, Middleburg Fl. He considers it pure joy to serve the church in this way and now as interim Pastor for Trinity. Pastor and his wife Harriet (who grew up in central Minnesota) will be celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary this year and she has faithfully followed him wherever the Lord has sent them. They have been blessed with 10 children (who are spread around the world) and 23 grandchildren.