Refuge Christian Ministries International

          

Dr. Paul & Marcy Olson were born and raised in Minnesota.  Paul attended Trinity Bible College, International Seminary, Cochise College, and earned his D.D. from Master's International School of Divinity.  They have served as pastors, children's evangelists, chaplain, instructors, and missionaries.

On January 14, 2000, their 22 year old daughter, Daralee passed away from diabetes complications leaving three beautiful children.  God has used this experience in many ways to minister to others in similar situations.  They have dealt with the stress and heartache of prodigal children, and they have also dealt with the "cancer" word in several situations.  They can truly attest that God is faithful and will see you through those difficult valleys.

When ministering in churches, they especially try to minister to those who are hurting with similar valley experiences such as grieving, family crisis, and illness. 

In July 2003 they travelled to Kenya and Uganda East Africa on a mission trip that made a major impact on their lives and ministry.  They returned to Kenya in 2004.  Their team ministered to and fed orphans and street children, conducted workshops for pastors and teachers, and purchased materials for a water project.  In 2005 and 2007 they went to King's Kids Orphanage in Guaymas, Mexico.  In 2006 they went to Belize.  In 2008 their travels included Mexico and Haiti where they participated in preaching, teaching, medical, and construction.  In 2009 they returned to Haiti and in 2010 they will return again to Haiti for a longer period, taking two teams with them (see more info about the trips on our "Upcoming Events" page).  They are also considering a return to several countries in Africa where they have been invited to minister in future years.

They have a burden to see the American church catch the vision of the ripe harvest field with too few workers, and find their places to fill in reaping the harvest in these last days.  That is why they have invested time, money and energy to train American Christians in the essence of the call of God on their lives; and also to focus on training national pastors and Christian workers to build up a church that is able to spiritually stand against the false doctrines, cults, religions and other tricks of Satan in these last days.