RUSS & NANCY SULLIVAN

Russ & Nancy Sullivan met on a short-term mission trip to Papua New Guinea, were married a year later, and entered the training program with Ethnos Canada. They served in Thailand for 13 years in various capacities including missionary training, discipleship and administration. Due to their children’s health needs, they returned to Canada to serve in the Finance Department in Ethnos Canada’s Main Office in Ontario. They continue to serve in this capacity to this day.

God blessed Russ & Nancy with four children. These blessings also came with some great challenges and deep sorrows. Their oldest daughter, Chelsea, began struggling with mental illness in her early 20’s which led to an attempt to take her own life. They praise the Lord for how well she is doing today. Chelsea and her husband have given them two most precious grandchildren!

Supachai (aka “Clark”), joined their family at the age of 9 after which God gradually and miraculously healed him from AIDS! Raising an HIV child from another culture, and who also struggled with Alcohol Fetal Syndrome, made them more reliant on God’s wisdom in knowing how best to meet his needs. Today, Clark is healthy and is engaged to be married.

Amberly Rose came into the world with bright hazel eyes, a beautiful smile, and envied auburn curls; a brilliant and precious daughter who would be required to endure a great deal of pain and suffering.  Amberly began to battle depression at a young age, and along with the mental illness, she also struggled with her physical health. On September 11, 2020, at the age of twenty-four, Amberly’s battle against depression and unmanageable, excruciating pain ended when she intentionally overdosed on her pain medications and stepped into the arms of her Savior. Watching their precious daughter suffer so intensely and then reach Home before them, was a great test of their faith.

Drew is their youngest son, an out-going, always cheerful and “never meets a stranger” kind of kid, had his own challenges as well.  Seizures and concussions meant years of medications and therapy.  Now he is married and doing well.

God’s plans and purposes are always greater than our pain and suffering. The Sullivans can testify of God’s faithfulness. Their hearts’ desire is to be used of God to comfort and bless others who may find themselves on a similar path of suffering and grief.