The Lees

About Don and Sharon

Don and Sharon Lee joined NHI in June of 2006. Both Don and Sharon grew up in Christian homes and accepted Christ when they were children.  While teenagers they felt the Lord calling them into foreign missionary service.  They met while training with New Tribes Mission and married in August of 1978. They finished their training in January of 1980 and went to the Philippine Islands in 1981. 

They opened up the Agusan Manobo tribal work on the island of Mindanao and planted a church among them.  They returned to the US in 1990 to help care for Sharon's mother. 

During their time in the US they ministered and gave leadership to churches in Chicago and Kentucky.  In 1997 they went to Moscow, Russia where Don did administrative work and later pastored the International Baptist Fellowship and Sharon taught Bible at Hinkson Christian Academy. In 2002 they took a two year medical furlough and in 2004 they went to Bangalore, India to teach and give leadership in Bible colleges and seminaries, work among call center workers and those who work for international companies as well as working with Radiance a house church movement.

The Lee's have four children.

• Philip- 27 Philip is currently in Bangalore, India and along with language study is ministering to call center workers and discipling house church leaders. He was married to Grace on August 15, 2009.
• Hannah- 26  Hannah is a RN and working full time in Albia, Iowa.
• Ruthie- 23  Ruthie is working on her masters degree at the University of Ky for speech therapy.
• A Jay- 21  A Jay is a full time student at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa.