Our Team
Journey International is a nonprofit public charity led by a board of directors.
Members of the US Board of Directors in Lira, Uganda
Founding Directors
Russ & Rhonda carry the vision of Journey International, splitting their time between Northern Uganda and Prineville, Oregon while building the team on both sides of the world.
Board of Directors
Julianna serves as the Assisting Pastor/Business Administrator for Eastside Church, Prineville, Oregon. She has been on staff with Eastside Church since 2016.
Julianna and her husband Ronald have three sons and ten grandchildren. Family is very important to her and her husband. They both went to Uganda in March 2020 where their eyes were truly opened to the need of the families there.
Julianna joined the board of Journey International because she believes in the mission of this organization, which is to plant churches and help the poor and families in need.
Her prayer is that more will catch the vision and understand that God has a place for us as believers to follow in Christ’s steps.
(Shelli is our Administrator)
Terry and Shelli founded and owned Stephen’s Heating and Cooling in Prineville, Oregon for 27 years.
Terry has served on the church council and has been involved with men’s groups, home groups, and serving the youth in his hometown. Shelli has also been very involved with her church serving in women’s ministries and youth ministries for the 21 years she has followed Jesus.
Terry and Shelli have been married for over thirty years and have two grown boys and one grandson.
The Larimers have a great heart for the children, the lost, and the hurting in Uganda and are excited to further the Kingdom of God through Journey International.
Brian serves as Lead Pastor at Eastside Church in Prineville, Oregon. He has been on the pastoral staff of Eastside since 1999 and has a master’s degree in strategic leadership through Life Pacific University.
He and his wife have five biological children (now adults), and four adopted kids through foster care. Brian has been to Uganda three times and has a strong passion for helping children in poverty.
Over the past six years, he has been to Uganda three times and is excited to partner with Ugandan churches to reach the impoverished and to build and equip new church plants. He believes that Journey International exists not only to bring aid and resource to Uganda but to allow Uganda to influence those of us in the United States in life-giving ways.
