Dick & Kathy Page
Dick and Kathy Page came to Alaska as missionaries in 1976 after Dick graduated from Moody Bible Institute and Moody Aviation. For nearly 20 years he served as a missionary pilot throughout Alaska. Then after the Iron Curtain fell, Dick began flying ministry trips into the Russian Far East, a remote area with no connecting road system. As he scheduled and transported ministry teams there, God gave him a burden for the Russian people who had been deprived of God’s Word for 70 years. During the next several years God established key relationships in Russia, and a ministry began to grow in this region that could literally be called the “ends of the earth.”
In 1998 Dick and Kathy founded SOAR International Ministries where Dick now serves as the Director Emeritus. Through all these years his ministry has involved administrative duties as well as flying, aircraft mechanics, trip logistics, and meeting with government officials in Moscow and the Russian Far East. He traveled often to Russia for SOAR’s Stuff a Stocking and Baskets of Hope projects as well as for children’s Bible camps in various locations. During these projects and camps, he enjoyed sharing Christ through his Gospel object lessons. He expanded SOAR’s ministry into the war-torn country of Abkhazia working with great partners there. Dick passed the leadership baton to Wendell Garrison during the winter of 2025.
Dick and Kathy plan to continue serving with SOAR by assisting in fund raising and recruiting staff and hopefully traveling on ministry trips. Their two sons and wives have blessed them with seventeen grandchildren (ask them and they’ll show you pictures!).