Sarah (Derise) Lawless is from Delcambre, Louisiana and joined Family Missions Company in 2013 after graduating from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Originally from Austin, Texas, Ryan joined FMC in 2012 after working several years as a echocardiographer in Houston.

In 2016, Ryan and Sarah served as missionaries in Taiwan, where their relationship began. They were married in April of 2018 in Sarah’s hometown. At the beginning of 2019, they welcomed their first son, Ignatius John, into their family. Ephrem Kolbe, their second son, was born in January 2021. Now, they have a beautiful daughter, Tahliya Therese, born July 2022.

As the Missionary Vocations Manager, Ryan considers it a great blessing and honor to hear countless stories of how our loving God is inviting single men and women and families into this gift of foreign missions. Sarah gives herself fully to creating a space for their kids to grow and thrive. They are open to the Lord calling them back to the foreign field as a family.