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Russ

Russ Montgomery

"God made us neighbors, and he expects us to care for one another."

Russ Montgomery comes from a background with experience in Administration and Sales. He gave up a career in sales to become a full-time missionary in 1998. Russ made this career change after having experienced a mission trip to Cuba in 1995 and asked the Lord to use him. Not knowing Spanish or the culture, Russ took the bold step to travel to Cuba alone in 1996 and met with church leaders who gave him the encourgagement to begin the ministry.
Russ is the Founder and President of Living in Faith. He began the ministry with a vision from God and has seen the Lord anoint the ministry by opening the doors to many opportunities.
Acts 2:38 "Each one of you must turn from your sin, return to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; then you also shall receive this gift, the Holy Spirit."
Brigner

The Brigner Family

"Through Christ, our family receives far more than we can ever give."

Jon and Julie Brigner, along with their daughter Jaelyn, felt the call of God and began working full-time with Living in Faith during 2003. They are responsible for the Warehouse Operations in Tampa, as well as Project Administration and Fundraising. Jon's background is in Manufacturing Engineering, while Julie previously worked as a Human Resources Manager. They were blessed with their second daughter Jesika in the fall of 2005. The Brigner family is the Lord's hands and feet in Tampa.
Hebrews 12:1 "Therefore since we are surrounded by a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us."
Living in Faith has been blessed to join with another established ministry in Haiti, Double Harvest. Working together we can focus our efforts on our programs, and bless the Double Harvest ministry with assistance as well. Double Harvest has a permenant facility in Haiti, which has become our base of operations.
In Cuba, the following individuals maintain our presence and continue our work between mission trips.
Milca

Milca Quintana

"We give thanks for all those who care, and those who come to Cuba to share the Love of Christ."

Milca is our Project Administrator in Cuba. Both her father and mother are pastors. Milca attended seminary, graduating in 2003. Milca coordinates our mission trips to Cuba, identifying those projects which can best benefit from the ministry of Living in Faith. She is the Cuban representative for Living in Faith.
Mark 6:50 "He (Jesus) said it is I, do not fear."
Juan Carlos

Juan Carlos Santo

"The clean water we provide can be the gift of life."

Juan Carlos is our expert plumber in Cuba. Service to the Lord runs deep in him. Juan Carlos and his wife, Yordania, are both children of pastors. He was a plumbers apprentice for 10 years, and has now had his own plumbing business for 5 years. Juan Carlos installs new water purification systems with our mission teams, and maintains the water systems that have already been installed. He is the face of the Woman at the Well project in Cuba.
Colossians 3:20 "Children, always obey your parents, for this pleases the Lord."

Living in Faith
The Organization

Living in Faith is a nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation located in Tampa, Florida.
Living in Faith also has permanent mission locations in:

The History Of
Living in Faith

Living in Faith was conceived in 1995 during a mission trip to Cuba. Our founder (Russ Montgomery) saw that even simple things could make a profound difference. Living in Faith has been a catalyst to change the lives of our neighbors by providing clean water, improved vision, basic nutrition, and life-saving medicine.
In 1996 Russ met a missionary assigned to Cuba who needed to fill eyeglass prescriptions. That was the beginning of the eyeglass ministry. After spending more time in Cuba, Russ discovered a number of other ways he could help improve basic living conditions for his brothers and sisters in Christ, and ways he could assist their churches their local mission activities.
Living in Faith has conducted regular mission trips to Cuba since that time, and has also focused on building a local Cuban presence for the Living in Faith organization. Now there are a number of Cubans serving in evangelistic, humanitarian and logistical positions for Living in Faith. We are non-denominational and work with many church organizations.
The Cuban Government has taken note of the humanitarian outreach of Living in Faith. This has shown the compassion of Christ, coming from America to Cuba.
Over time, Russ shared many of his Cuban mission stories with Haitians living in Tampa. For several years we were asked to expand the ministry to Haiti. After an exploration trip to Haiti in 2000, the Board of Directors of Living in Faith voted to expand the ministry to Haiti.