Leona Choy

Leona's parents were born in what is now the Czech Republic. She was born and spent her formative years in America's heartland, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Leona and Ted were co-founders of Ambassadors For Christ, Inc., a campus ministry among Chinese university students and faculty in North America. Her quarter century of service with AFC was administrative and editorial.

Leona and Ted traveled independently to the People's Republic of China frequently to encourage and assist the underground Christian churches, also to find positions for English teachers in China's schools. She made 14 trips as guide/escort for groups of Americans traveling to China. Her lifetime of China adventures enriched her research and experience to write the book Touching China.

Leona has devoted full-time to her writing and publishing ministry after she was widowed more than two decades ago. She serves as Executive Director of Golden Morning Publishing which she and her son Rick founded a quarter-century ago.

For 30 years Leona was president of the Board of WTRM-FM (Southern Light Gospel Music Network), the station which her engineer son Rick founded. She produced her own daily radio program for 5 years.

Some of the most popular of her programs are compiled in her book Living it UP! A variety of her broadcasts are available as CD's.

Leona is a writer, editor, and collaborator of over 45 books and many foreign language editions. You will find her current books reviewed in the Bookstore on this website.

She lives and writes in Winchester, Virginia, a part of the picturesque Shenandoah Valley. Four adult sons, 10 grandchildren, and so far 13 great-grandchildren keep her busy when she is not at her computer.