Sheryl Greenwood has served as a missionary in the West African nation of Liberia and in Ecuador.

They are both veterans of the mission field.

Getting to the Mission Field: Our Journey
Early 1980’s: Murray and Sheryl separately make deep personal commitments to devote our lives to the service of the Lord as a response to God’s gracious love and God’s heart for the lost;
1984: Murray’s first major international missions experience: Panama x 2 months
1984-1988: Murray attends UT Southwestern Medical School, mentored by Jack Cooper MD
1985: Murray attends Int’l Christian Medical/Dental Student Assn (ICMDSA)Congress in Egypt
1986: Murray attends ICMDSA conference in Mexico
1987: Murray spends 10 weeks in a mission hospital in Taiwan, Republic of China
1987-1989: Sheryl trains as Physician Assistant in grad school at UT Southwestern, Dallas
1988-1991: Murray’s pediatric specialty training in southern California (UCI/CHOC); brief occasional medical mission trips to Mexico
1989-1990: Sheryl spends 2 months at mission hospital in Liberia, West Africa
1990: Murray and Sheryl get married, mutually agreeing to serve God in missions if He allows.
1991-1993: Murray’s first pediatric practice with William Sears MD in southern California
1993: Our first child, Tabitha, is born. We decide to move closer to family in Texas while we finish paying school debts, get more practical medical experience, and take seminary courses.
1992-1999: Murray and Sheryl both take correspondence seminary courses studying the Bible
1994-1999: Murray serves mostly Spanish-speaking patients in indigent clinic in Austin TX
1999: Murray and Sheryl make medical mission trip to rural Guatemala with Mary Shaw
1999-2004: Murray attends Dallas Theological Seminary, Master of Arts Christian Education
1999-2005: Sheryl completes mission agency Bible training requirements
1999-2006: Murray serves indigent youth in Parkland’s school-based health centers
2001: Murray studies ministry in Latin America on-site in Guatemala
2002-2003: Medical care/mentoring trips to Mexico with UT Southwestern medical students
2004: Murray and Sheryl explore various mission opportunities and decide on SIM
Nov 2004: Murray/Sheryl are formally accepted as SIM (Serving in Mission) missionaries
2004-2006: Greenwoods make final preparations (home sale, ministry support development…)
July 4 2006: Greenwoods fly to Ecuador to begin year of language/cultural acquisition