Who We Are

About a year before retiring from the U.S. Air Force, Terry and his wife Kathy began discussing their future after military life. “We decided that we could comfortably live on my retirement pay and that, with all the blessings we had received, we would start a ministry to the poor – the ones that are blessed in other ways but not materially. We felt it would be a mutual benefit and since I had been blessed with the ability to fly general aviation aircraft, maybe we could use an airplane in some way”, Terry recalls.

The next question was where to locate themselves and their ministry. Terry and Kathy consulted with many people that included Air Force chaplains located in Alabama where they were stationed.

These consultations resulted in their retirement in San Antonio, Texas, and, once settled, they took Spanish classes at the Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC), located on the west side of the city. Through staff, students and missionaries attending MACC, they discovered a huge need, mainly on the Mexican side of the border. They decided to begin their ministry to the poor and Sky Cross was born in 1995. Today, there are 11 Board of Directors guiding Sky Cross operations in 15 cities, serving some 30,000 materially poor people annually through many volunteers who donate money, time and transportation.