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Echoes Fall 2000 Contributors: Dan Buck (’82), Lori Gould (’77), Becky
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month the news was received or updated. 1960’s 60’s grads
(and we know you're out there!), send news to Lori Gould, 19621 Northridge,
Northville, MI 48167 or by e-mail to lorilynn@mich.com, or log on to
http://www.ica.ed.ci/Alumni/ and go to the
“Office” page and the following links: Forms/Info for Echoes Jeff ('68) and Vonnie Swinborne
live in Woodbury, Minnesota. Jeff is in construction and has his degree
for master carpentry and Vonnie works in a school kitchen. Two of their
children are married, one still in college with his wife and the third
has another year of high school.
1970’s 70’s grads,
send news to Lori Gould, 19621 Northridge, Northville, MI 48167 or by
e-mail to lorilynn@mich.com, or log on to http://www.ica.ed.ci/Alumni/ and go to the
“Office” page and the following links: Forms/Info for Echoes Linn (Slater
’70) and Glenn Boese returned to Cote d’Ivoire in July, just in time
for the latest soldier mutiny there on July 4.
An agreement was reached between the provisional government and
the mutineers, and things returned to normal but in the meantime stores
had been looted, cars confiscated, etc.
E-mail the Boeses at their new address:
glboese@africaonline.co.ci. (08/00) Joel (‘71) & Kathy Swinborne
live in Bemidji, Minnesota, and both drive school buses. All three of
their kids will be in college for a couple more years. One is working in a bank part-time and plans on getting married
when out of school, the next plans on nursing and the mission field,
and the third one is looking toward some sort of Christian service. Karen (Mills ’72) and
Jean Charles Castagna (staff at Hopital Baptiste Ferke, late 70’s) live
in Sassenage, France. Jean Charles is working at the Institut Laue Langevin,
a nuclear research center where he is responsible for the upkeep and
installation of certain machines. He
is also one of three pastors at their church. Karen is teaching English
to adults in three different locations--engineering students in two
different schools of the University of Grenoble, and at Schneider Electric.
The Castagnas have four children. Jérémie is 18 1/2 and took exams last
year to receive the BAC (received it with honors).
He starts at the Art Institute of Seattle in October, and is
living near there, with Karen’s sister, Janice and her husband. Simon
is 17 and has one more year of high school before taking his exams to
receive the BAC. Tim is 12. He has just started junior high and loves
it. He is the family Roller Hockey champion. Léa is 5 1/2 and taking
English classes when she isn’t in primary school near home.
Karen would love to hear from other MKs that were at ICA with
her (1963-1970). The family will be in the Seattle area at Christmas and would love
to get together with friends in the area.
E-mail Karen at jc.castagna@free.fr Mike (’73) & Deleen Cousineau
returned to ICA in August 2000, Mike serving again as business manager
and Deleen, as school counselor. (03/00) This spring Ken ('74) and Debbie
Brayton and daughter, Valerie, joined a team from their church,
helping construct a Bible House and sharing their lives with the people
of Tlacolula, in the state of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico. Daughter,
Kristy, in college at Western Baptist College, Salem, OR, was not able
to go. The team worked in partnership with the staff at Manos de Ayuda
(Helping Hands), a local Christian medical clinic started by Northwest
Medical Teams International, Inc. Ken is the missions chairman at the Braytons’
church. New e-mail address for
the Braytons is 97321@home.com. Mike (’74) and Amy Lyons
and family were due to arrive in the U.S. for home assignment this summer
and are reachable c/o Community Baptist Church
5715 Miami Street South Bend, IN 46614 Phone 219-291-1884 The Lyons hope to build a new church on their
return to Spain next year. 106546.102@compuserve.com (05/00) After 14 years as missionaries in Ivory
Coast with CB International, Duane (‘75) and Janet (Skinner ‘74)
Abuhl have just moved to Mansfield, Missouri where they will
be serving with Friends of New Tribes Mission. They will be helping
missionaries who are evangelizing the unreached people groups with their
projects and short-term work teams. Other areas of ministry are administration
and church planting development. They have two children: Julia
(ICA ‘97) has completed 3 years of college at Wheaton College. She was
married to Mark Myers on August 11, 2000, in the Wheaton area. David
(17) has completed 3 years of high school at ICA and will take his senior
year in Missouri. (duaneabuhl@cs.com) Marc (‘75) & Danielle Bacon
live in Quebec, Canada. They have two children: Marie-Helene (14) and
David (10). Marc is a self-employed consulting engineer, elder in the
church, adult Sunday School teacher and sometimes preacher, and secretary
of the Board of the Christian school their children attend. (techmdb@email.msn.com) Scott (Staff) & Linda
(Bigelow ’75; staff) Young live in Durango, Colorado.
Scott owns an auto repair business. Linda is a manager in an intensive
care unit. They train short term missionaries and coordinate all the
missionary activities at their church. They have two children: Kyle
(15) and Teri (10). (snlby@frontier.net) Steve & Nansie (Burns
‘75) Ike are presently on home assignment in Atlanta. Steve is
Regional Director of the West African countries for Evangelism Explosion.
Nansie has been teaching at ICA as a special education teacher. Right
now she is the schooling coordinator for all of their C&MA homeschooled
kids in West Africa. They have also been involved in prison ministry.
They will be moving to Abidjan when they return next summer and continue
what they are doing now. They have four children: Craig (16), Kaitlyn
(14), Conor (11) and Alexandra (7). (eewestafrica@compuserve.com) Patsy (Herber ‘75) Ferm
lives in Jacksonville, FL. She is the President and Director of a non-profit
corporation that makes business loans utilizing the Small Business Administration
programs and has also started her own financial consulting company this
year. She has three children: Jamie Marie (19), Teresa Ann (18) and
Ben (9). (patherber@yahoo.com) Matt & Joy (Holmes
‘75) Holman live in Cincinnati, Ohio. Matt is an associate pastor. Joy
is the office manager at a computer consulting firm. They have two children:
Angel (21) who got married May 20, 2000, and Jake (16) who enjoys basketball
and plays the guitar. Joy enjoys reading and jogging in her free time.
Her dream is to someday open a home for unwed mothers. (joyfulh@mailcity.com) Steve & Debbi (Pierce
‘75) Clouser are on a 6-month home assignment to help their son Daniel
get settled into life in the U.S. He is attending Indiana University
of Pennsylvania. They also have two daughters: Sarah (14) and Elizabeth
(11). While on the field they have been ministering with C&MA at
the West Africa Alliance Seminary in Abidjan for the past two years
(after 3 terms in Burkina Faso). Debbi teaches in the women's program
and works in administration, while Steve teaches computer classes and
a course in spiritual warfare. (stevenclouser@cs.com) Dave (‘75) & Carol Pinkston
live in Liberty Township, Ohio, a northern suburb of Cincinnati. They
have two boys: Luke (13) and Morgan (10). Dave is completing his 15th
year with Procter & Gamble where he's a Principal Scientist. They
are very involved in their church. The boys enjoy soccer and ice hockey.
(dandcpinkston@worldnet.att.net) Steve (’75) & Georgianne
Pittman are in their third term as missionaries with Baptist
Mid Missions in Curitba, Parana Brasil. Steve teaches in a Bible College
and also is involved in church planting. They have three children: Stefanie
(17) has only to finish senior English to finish high school and is
beginning her first year of Bible college this semester at the Bible
College where Steve teaches. Laura (15) is in the 10th grade. Adam (12)
is in the 7th grade. (pittmans@mps.com.br) John ('75)
and Edna Swinborne live in Chesapeake, Virginia. John is retired
from the Navy and working in the landscaping business and loving it.
He heads up four crews. Edna still works as school nurse.
Two of their kids are out of high school now and both going to
college. The other one has a couple years to go in high school. Paul (‘75) & Anne van
den Berg live in France. They have three boys: Nathan (10), Timothy
(7) and Lucas (5). Anne teaches kindergarten. Paul works in building
construction - they specialize in integrated kitchens, central heating
systems, and swimming pools. They live near the mountains and enjoy
hiking, cross-country skiing. (pavandenberg@minitel.net) Lee (’76) and Violette
(McGarvey ’75) Abuhl have joined Campus Baptist Church
of Ames, IA, in their outreach ministry to college students at Iowa
State University. They will still be full-time missionaries
with Evangelical Baptist Missions. The Abuhls have four children: Jared
(19) is a sophomore at Wheaton College, Tirza (17) is a senior at ICA
this year, Melinda is 11, and Larissa is 8—Violette is homeschooling
Melinda and Larissa. (labuhl@attglobal.net) Judy (Weidman ’76) Bobbett
spent time on a missions trip to Haiti in March, helping a team of friends
doing construction projects on a radio station operated by OMS, a local
mission board. She shares from her journal:
“How to express the flood of thoughts and feelings that have
washed over me since stepping on Haitian soil... the sights, the sounds,
the smells, so much like Africa. I'm carried back 25 years in an instant
and all the years in between compacted into just a moment of time. I'm
seventeen again, looking out the window of the rapide
and seeing the color and chaos of Africa.…Africa, transported across
an ocean and concentrated and compacted into a tiny space called Haiti...I
feel so at home." Judy and her three children also have a wonderful
new house in Greenwood, IN, which they moved into at the end of May.
(06/00) Steve (‘76) and Amy Nehlsen
spent last year in Pennsylvania on home assignment and returned in August
to Bouake where they work with the Jula population with the C&MA.
Their children are Abigail (born 11/89), Kari (1/93) and Peter (12/96).
The Nehlsens enjoy doing things as a family and especially enjoyed visiting
Disney World this past year. E-mail address:
cma-rci@africaonline.co.ci
(08/00) Rindi Bowman (’77) was with
Africa Evangelical Fellowship for nine years, then transferred to the
SIM USA office which is in the same town in North Carolina. Eventually
the Lord opened up a position for Rindi at SIM International, who had
relocated to the “old” AEF building. Rindi is now Personal Assistant
to SIM International’s Deputy General Director.
November 15 – 25, 1999 Rindi got to travel with her boss to Honeydew
(Jo’burg), South Africa. Besides putting in lots of hard work, Rindi
also did some shopping, enjoyed visiting church planting ministries
and visiting Pilanesburg game park. “The memories of being overseas
again, meeting quality people & renewing friendships, besides the
technical knowledge that I gained are all immeasurable.” In 1999 Rindi
passed the Certified Professional Secretary exam. She expects to accompany
her dad and step-mom, Sandy, on a trip to Mali in February. Send e-mail
to tck.mali@juno.com or rindi_b@simintl.sim.org. (08/00) Earl Hotalen (’77), wife, Lynn
and 4 children are serving in leadership at Edgewood Ranch for troubled
children in Orlando, FL. Val (Vespa ‘79) and Wade Killen
are serving with them. E-mail is ehotalen@bellsouth.net. (09/00) Temporary e-mail address for Hugh and
Debbie (Pinkston ’77) is: hughredmon@hotmail.com. The Redmons are planning on living in Panama
City, FL from July 30, 2000, until June 15th, 2001. (07/00) Rod Ragsdale (’77) says it’s
not bad being married and ”Are there any skydivers out there? I have
a D license and a tandem rating and happened to be at Skydive Oregon
the day that Matt Davis (ICA ’97) showed up to make a skydive. Guess
who he had on his back at 13,000 feet! If you are looking for a great
time and you happen to get the urge when I happen to be on furlough,
I would love to make a jump with you! For the while though, I am grounded but having
the time of my life getting to know Angelika, my new and from now on,
lifetime passion!” The Ragsdales moved to Korhogo, Cote d’Ivoire in
September, after spending a year in Togo working with the SIM Pastors’
Bookset Project there. Rags@africaonline.co.ci
(08/00) Dave Ruten (’77) recently traveled
for 2 weeks to SIM’s International Council meetings in North Carolina,
then was able to spend a week with his folks in Saskatchewan. Back in Burkina he, Marianne, and kids also enjoyed a 3-week visit
from some of Marianne’s family, and his sister, Colleen, arrived on
July 25 to work on the Pastors’ Book Sets project for Burkina for 5
months. (07/00) Juleen (Swinborne ’77)
Hayes returned to Ghana in June with her three kids, Michaela, David,
and Rachelle, and the family is seeing many answers to prayer, both
in areas of ministry and the routines of life.
They were able to get a pick-up truck in Juleen’s favorite vehicle
color, forest green (long story J —Ed.). Their container
arrived safely in July with minimal red tape and duty attached to it. They are praising the Lord for running water
in their house and hoping to see electricity in the village soon. E-mail
the Hayes at hayes4jc@africaonline.com.gh
(08/00). Heidi (Zobrist ’77) &
Jorge Guzman are still in Fort Mill, SC, near Charlotte, NC. Highlight of 1998 was a summer trip to Switzerland,
native land of Heidi’s dad. The family enjoys camping and in August
1999 they got to visit Virginia, Washington DC and Philadelphia. They
traveled to Peru for a month this summer to visit Jorge's family. “Had
some exciting (and scary) trips over narrow mountain roads and visited
some awesome Inca ruins and tourist sights. Decided to keep Machu Picchu
for our ‘next’ trip.” Daughter
Linda is in 6th grade this year, and Katrine is in 5th. Both are in gifted and talented math and science classes and enjoy
submitting poems and artwork for the yearly Southern Sampler Magazine.
Jorge works at Delta Scale, Inc. and Heidi works part time in
the public school, tutoring ESL. E-mail Heidi at hjguzis@fmtc.net. (08/00) Ken (’78) and
Sarah Beckley have been on the road a lot lately.
In April they made a trip to Cote d’Ivoire after a local doctor
said son Marc (then 3) needed an immediate tonsilectomy. The doctor in RCI said his situation was not that critical, and
that his sore throats will gradually improve with age and penicillin
treatments as necessary. The
old radio modem the family uses for e-mail by short-wave radio was bitten
by the Y2K bug and has now been fixed, but they have had to start over
again. Help them re-build their address book by sending
a friendly note to Kbeckley@maf.org.
[Remember the usual courtesies
to those overseas with e-mail. –no forwarded jokes, chain letters, etc. --Ed] Jim (’78) and
Carol Boyd live in Tehachapi, CA, with children Johanna (born
10/88), Jimmy (1/90), Luke (1/93), and Christopher (12/94).
Jim is an L.A. County deputy sheriff, and Carol is a nurse. Family interests include: home schooling, AWANAs, and AYSO. (spring 2000). Bryan Cole, son of Karen
(Slater '78) and Curt ('78), took quite the trip on his
Easter break in Ecuador. He went with a school friend whose father is
the chief of the Cofan indigenous tribe, after growing up among them
as an MK, and later returning and marrying a Cofan woman. Bryan first
flew by jet to the small oil town of Lago Agrio, then took a 2 hour
drive to the Napo River, then had a 6 hour canoe trip into the village.
Daughter Carissa is in the vocal ensemble at Alliance Academy this year.
Brandon is on the JV soccer team. Curt has assumed the position of International
Radio Director for HCJB's Latin American region, responsible for all
the language services broadcasting from Quito. The Coles recently moved
into a new home within walking distance of HCJB. E-mail the Coles at
ccole@hcjb.org.ec. (09/00) Terri Hotalen (’78) is a CMA
missionary nurse in Gabon. Terri
came home in July for a one year home assignment and is living with
her folks, Bud & Jean Hotalen, in Toccoa Falls, GA, when she's not
on tour. This fall she is on a 10-week tour between Birmingham, AL and
the Tenn/KY state line, in the CMA churches in that area. E-mail Terri
via her folks at hotalen@toccoafalls.edu
(09/00) 1980’s 80’s grads
– send news to Dan Buck at danbuc@lycos.com,
or mail to 8037 12B Rd., Argos IN 46501. In April, Elisabeth and Rick
(’80) Arnold welcomed a son, Arickson, to their family of 3 daughters.
Youngest daughter, Alyssalyn, almost 5 years old, is trying a new vaccine
for continuing health problems. The
Arnolds were in the U.S. this year, but Rick planned to leave for Senegal
in May 2000, and Elisabeth and the children were to fly back on July
5-6, as the family continues their ministry with the Soninke people
with Pioneers. New e-address for Africa is re4arnold@bigfoot.com.
(summer 2000) Cherisse (Corbin ’80)
is married to an Army chaplain, Keith Jackson.
They have two boys and live in Texas.
(02/00) Debbie (Dresler '80)
Runkel and her husband Dave in Everett, WA with their three boys, Jordan
(9 1/2), and twins Troy and Travis (6). Debbie works from home as a
freelance graphic designer and volunteers at the boy's school on a regular
basis. Dave recently left Boeing and took a job with AT&T Wireless
as a network administrator. On the side, Debbie and Dave occasionally
work together building web sites. Debbie handles the graphics, and Dave
does all the technical work. Eight years ago, after Debbie's father
passed away (Uncle Dick Dresler), the Runkels purchased a home with
Debbie's mom, Aunt Bea Dresler. Between Awanas, baseball, soccer,
swimming and skiing, Debbie and Dave are thankful to have her mom around
to help keep up with all the boy's activities. E-mail Debbie at drunkel@gte.net.
(08/00) Scot Krake (’80) attended
ICA in 10th grade and now lives in Poplar Bluff, MO,
E-mail: lornascot@yahoo.com. Dianne (Hotalen ’81),
her pastor husband, Mark Warner, and 4 children have just begun a new
pastorate in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City, KS, and are enjoying
it immensely. E-mail is Wewillride1@cs.com (09/00) Lori (Krake ‘81) Earl
is married to Wayne Earl and the couple has a permanent address in Bellefourch,
SD but is now living in Saudi Arabia with their children, Abigail (born
04/89), Evangeline (08/91), Esther (08/94), and Graham (03/96).
Lori did her undergrad work at Bethany College in Scotts Valley,
CA and got a Master’s degree in Intercultural Studies in 1991 from Wheaton. “In the USA I was occupied as a pastor's wife,
and taught sociology courses at a community college. For the past two
years I have been busy homeschooling my 2 older girls.…I will be teaching
in an international school where my kids will be attending, here in
Saudi Arabia. Wayne is teaching English to Saudi naval cadets at a Navy
training institute. We are completing our second year here in the Eastern
Province, and are blessed by the opportunity to live and ‘be light’
in such a needy part of the world.…I'd love to hear from any old friends;
just remember this is Saudi, and use discretion in your comments. Blessings”
E-mail address: wayneandloriearl@yahoo.com Jacqueline Grecco and Daniel
Maxwell (’81), were married on May 20, 2000, in São Paulo, Brazil,
Jackie’s home. The couple worked for 3 months this summer at SIM International
at Radio ELVA in Abidjan between honeymoon weeks, returning to Quincy,
Illinois, in early September for a wedding celebration/reception at
a church there on September 23, and a subsequent move to Florida or
Chicago at the end of September. They are thankful for God’s mercies
and desire to show those mercies to others also through ministries such
as radio outreach and teaching needy children and adults. Get the whole
story at http://www.geocities.com/projectelva/
or e-mail them at dmaxwell@compuserve.com.
(09/00) Colleen (Pease ’81) and
John Schleh, with son, Chad (born 4/90) are in their second term with
C&MA in the Dominican Republic.
The are presently establishing a cell church among the middle
class in Santo Domingo. Colleen is also the mission bookkeeper, works
in AWANA, is in charge of the kids’ program for the cell church and
is part of the Field Leadership Team. Together she and John are involved
in Marriage Encounter training. E-mail
the Schlehs at john.schleh@codetel.net.do.
(spring 2000). Brian ('82) and Donna
(Skinner ’82) Phillips are living at the foot of the Saleve
mountain just outside Geneva, Switzerland. Brian’s company has its headquarters
in Geneva and he is responsible for marketing U.S. and non-U.S. cargoes
of grain to consuming countries worldwide. The family moved to Geneva
in August 1999. The kids are doing well, according to the family’s Christmas
1999 newsletter. Nathan is 8 and attending the International School
of Geneva. Andrea is 5 and attending
Swiss kindergarten. Hannah is 3 now and charms everyone with her attempts
at French (or her own “language” with a French accent!).
Donna, too, is studying French. They welcome visitors. E-mail
them at bndphillips@yahoo.com, or call them at 41-22-784-0035.
(9/00) Joan (Watkins ’82) and
Dan Cuthbertson (’80) served as BMM missionaries for 2 1/2 years
in Liberia, West Africa until the war. Their first daughter was born
at home 14 hours before they were evacuated. Dan and Joan have delivered
all their kids at home wherever they might be at the time. They have
7 children - Ruth Marie (3/90), Hannah (10/91) Seth (5/93), Lydia (12/94),
Susanna (6/96), Isaiah (5/98), and Stephen (10/99). “They are all about
18 months apart and are a wonderful group. The Lord has blessed us to
no end. Now we are missionaries here in San Pedro, Cote d'Ivoire after
having gone to French studies in Canada. Dan is teaching in the Bible
Colleges - both in English and in French, and helping in the church
ministry here.” Joan takes care of the house and kids, home schools
the 4 oldest, helps out at the church and does deliveries on the side.
E-mail the Cuthbertsons at D-JCuthbertson@bigfoot.com. (05/00) Christine Corbin ('83) married
Jeff Hittenberger, and now has 1 girl and 1 boy, and is at Vanguard
University, L.A. (02/00) Tim Dresler
('83) and wife Sharon live in Everett, WA with their three children,
Dan (13), Jonathan (6), and Sarah (3). Tim is the manager of a health
food store, while Sharon is a stay at home mom. The Dreslers are currently
selling their home in Everett and trying to move to Lynnwood, WA about
10 miles south of Everett. This move will bring their children closer
to the Christian school they attend and Tim closer to work. E-mail Tim
at his sister's e-mail address drunkel@gte.net.
(08/00) Brian Bliss’ folks have reported
that at the end of last school year son, Brian, (’84) pushed out the
walls at Berea to make an "apartment" for his family (they
are dorm-parents there), and then did the same at the end of the dorm
to give Aunt Aileen more living space than she has had for almost 25
years. E-mail Brian at bbliss@ica.ed.ci
(06/00) Andy (’84) & Stacey Curtis
welcomed son, David Andrew, February 8, 2000. “It's been neat watching
our first born, Elizabeth, warm up to David. We continue to live here
in Kokomo, IN. Being the ‘cross roads’ through the mid-west, remember
we've always got a cheap motel for ya at our place.”
E-mail: sahara@netusa1.net (03/00) Greg James (‘84) lives
in Beloit, WI. He is married, has 3 adopted children
(twins age 3 and son age 2) and is pastor of Rock Valley Chapel
in Beloit. (03/00) Emeka Ojukwu (’84) has lived
in the U.S. for many years. After ICA, Emeka went to an all boys school
in Ireland and from there to England. He married Sophia on December
20, 1999. Emeka and Sophia have a new born baby girl. They now live
in Chicago, where Emeka is the Principal Partner at exResource, Inc,
a leading provider of subject matter experts in the business technology
field with a focus on web technologies, client/server, and infrastructure
solutions. E-mail Emeka at emekao@exresource.com Ruth (Phillips
’84) & Mike DesJardins live in Mahtomedi, MN, with their children
Rachel (born 1/93), Benjamin (8/94), and Alexandra (8/98).
Ruth is an on-call RN, and Mike is a toolmaker. Last spring the family took a trip to Switzerland
to visit Ruth’s brother, Brian (’82) and his family there. Ruth is enjoying home schooling and working
in the children’s ER. E-mail
her at MdesJardins@mn.mediaone.net.
(06/00) Stephen Dresler ('85) works
at a health food store in Lynnwood, WA, with his brother, Tim
('83). Computers are still his passion...getting involved with them
anyway he can. "Nothing else. Not married. Haven't been on T.V.
or in a movie.....haven't won any lotteries...the list goes on of things
I HAVEN'T done :-o...go to work go home...but I'm happy." Stephen
lives in Everett, WA. E-mail
him at SDresler@email.msn.com.
(09/00) Judy (Harvey ’85) and
JP Schultz were on home assignment in Toccoa Falls, GA last year. Children are Alexis (born 01/90), Stephanie
(01/90), and Jordana (05/92). They recently re-located to ICA as Bethlehem
dorm parents. “We are having a great time. We have 20 hi school girls.
Things are going well. The biggest deal right now is the political problems.
We are having evacuation drills once in a while and each kid has their
evac pac ready in case something happens.”
E-mail Judy at jschultz@ica.ed.ci. (08/00) Jennifer Jones (’85) is married
to Scott Hayes and they live in Springfield, MO with their son, Aaron
(born 11/97). Jennifer works as Administrative Assistant to Pres. and
Vice Pres. Acad. Affairs at Global University, a distance education
undergraduate and graduate program.
Scott works in educational distribution. The family moved this
year to be near Jennifer’s parents for the first time since ICA.
jhayes@globaluniversity.edu (07/00). In June Phil (’85) and Shannon
Maxwell moved from Quebec to California.
Also this summer, Phil took a 4-day trip to Brazil for his brother,
Dan’s (’81) wedding . The Maxwells are happy with the spacious
two bedroom house that they have found to live in, in Livermore, CA,
and plan to be there until December 10. Phil has enrolled in the two
computer courses that the mission is asking him to have for his new
work in the projects office at the Niger HQ. (06/00)
August update: New son, Micah Ethan, was born August 16, joining
big brother, Noah. E-mail the family at: philmaxwell@msn.com. Mimi Ojukwu ('85) was at ICA
from 1973-1976 then left and later graduated from a high school in England. Mimi then went on for an LL.B. (JD English
equivalent), at The University of Buckingham, UK and is now living in
California and working as an attorney for MediaOne/AT&T. Mimi hopes
to take the Bar Exam at the end of this year or beginning of next year. “I attended ICA from the 1st to the 3rd grade.
It was at ICA that I learned to speak English (I had to learn it fast
because most people could speak but a few words in French and no one
could speak a word of Igbo, my native language)….I…have great memories
of ICA. After ICA, my brother, Emeka, and I went on to finish our elementary
education in Ireland (Dublin), from there I went on to an all girls
secondary school in England. After high school, I attended Emerson College,
Boston for two years…before deciding to return to England to study Law
at the University of Buckingham. Having qualified in England as an attorney,
I went home (Nigeria) and took the Bar exam in case I ever decide to
work there. I actually stayed in Nigeria for three years, came to visit
one of my sisters, who lives in Pittsburgh, PA and never went back!
I would truly love to hear from anyone who remembers me!” E-mail Mimi at mojukwu@broadband.att.com
(news--04/00 e-mail address updated 08/00) On April 13, Trey Stombaugh,
Phil (’85) and Kristin Stombaugh’s 17-month son, lost
consciousness and was quickly diagnosed with cerebral malaria by a Burkinabe
doctor in Ouagadougou. He put Trey on IVs immediately and grandparents
Ray & Lou Stombaugh report that Trey came through the ordeal well.
Phil, Kristin, Trey (now 22 months) and Felicity (5 years old) are now
in Conakry, Guinea learning the Susu language. They are working there
under the Christian and Missionary Alliance, serving their first 4-year
term, having spent the first year in French language study in Burkina
Faso. Allan (’86) and Robbin Ballard
have a new e-mail address: ballard@emmanuel.org.
Please discontinue use of the Hotmail address. (05/00) Ard Louis (‘86) finished his
PhD in theoretical physics at Cornell University in 1997, & then
“spent four months travelling around the world, mainly Asia and Africa
(climbed Kilimanjaro --- highly recommended!), visiting alumni from
the Cornell International Christian Fellowship. Since Jan 1998 I have
been working at Cambridge University (UK) in theoretical chemistry,
and am also a fellow of Hughes Hall, one of its constituent colleges.
The latter mainly involves eating elaborate formal dinners, sampling
some superiour wine, port and sherry, and trying to figure out which
knife goes with which course -). I'm also quite busy with a largish
international student outreach programme here at Cambridge, where I
lead an "Alpha Course" (www.alpha.org.uk)
for seekers . It's great fun -- I've learned more from the seekers'
questions than from any other form of Christian instruction.” E-mail
Ard at ardlouis@theor.ch.cam.ac.uk (03/00) Kevin Bliss (’89?) and wife,
Michelle, hoped to be moving to California in July if Kevin got his
final approval for the CHPS (California Highway Patrol) academy which
started in August. Jason Foster’s (’89) new e-mail
address is jbfos@yahoo.com, and he is
now living in Fayetteville, AR. Jason finished his residency in June,
spent a week in Atlanta, then flew to Uganda to spend 12 days with a
missionary doctor friend there and returned in July. Jason specializes
in pediatrics and has joined Springdale Children's Clinic, a group of
six doctors in Springdale, AR. “So far it is going well. I love the
kids. It is hard to keep from smiling when you play with kids all day
long.” (09/00) On Saturday, July
29th, Lisa Slater (’89)’s boyfriend, Eric took her up to a mountain
vista in Colorado Springs by an overlook of the city. “As we stood looking
out at the breathtaking view, he said, "I picked up a little rock
for you on the way." Then he got down on his knee and proposed!
Need I even tell you what my answer was? Yes!!!!! …It has been incredible
to look back and see how God has orchestrated this. =) I feel so blessed!
Eric is a wonderful, godly man! …We are tentatively looking at an April
wedding date.” Congratulate Lisa at lslater@hcjb.org
(07/00) Laurel (Watkins (’89)
and Paul Timblin are headed to Ghana as missionaries with the Association
of Baptist for World Evangelism. The Timblins have two kids--Bethany,
4 years old, and Matthew who is 2. The Timblins will be heading up an
aviation ministry on Lake Volta. LPTimblin@juno.com
is e-mail address. (03/00) 1990’s 90’s grads, please send your news to
Becky Hansen (’94) either by snail-mail at her NEW ADDRESS: 4336 Brentwood Green NW, Calgary, AB. T2L 1L3, or call her at (403)202-3239, or e-mail
her at rlhansen@iname.com. Mark ('88)
and Kathleen (Macomber '90) Pierce and baby Alexandra
(Alex) are looking forward to Alex’ brother’s arrival around February
22, 2001. Mark is currently
working in sales, and Katy is a stay-at-home mom. E-mail the Pierces
at mpierce70@netzero.net.
(08/00) Traci
(Panter, ’90) and George Allen Cummings are living in Arlington,
Texas. They have been married for 8 years and have
a 7 year old son, George Allen. Tracy states that he is smart, “just
like his mother” and loves 2nd grade. Tracy is working at Sabre, Inc.,
an IT company that specializes in airline, car and hotel reservations.
George is working for the Great American Cookie Co. as the morning baker,
and he loves it. George is still recovering from a major heart
attack, and a 5 bypass surgery which he had in April, and Tracy is happy
to report that he is doing great. She
considers him her miracle and writes, “There were several times during
the surgery that I thought he was gone, but God placed a healing hand
him and he made it through. He
is only 34 years old. So it
has been really hard for him to learn to slow down.
But he is doing it.” The Cummings’ e-mail address is:
traci.cummings@sabre.com
(08/00) Robin (Shea, ’90) and
Kevin McGee (’91) welcomed their second daughter, Christina
Shea McGee to the world on May 21, 2000. Mary (2& 1/2 years old)
is a really good big sister. This fall, Kevin is back at the Assemblies
of God Theological Seminary part-time (about half-way through his Master's).
He works full-time as the bookkeeper at the Center for Ministry to Muslims
(AG) and works part-time as the pastor at the Oak Grove Cumberland Presbyterian
Church. Robin is part-time faculty at Central Bible College, teaching
3 classes (French and Public Speaking), this fall. E-mail:
knr@worldnet.att.net. (08/00) Julie
(Wilson, ‘90) and Doug Farthing moved to Oklahoma City in June
after living in Topeka, Kansas for 4 years.
Doug works as a television commercial editor for First Impressions
Marketing and Advertising in Oklahoma City.
Julie has a Master's degree in Social Work and is currently looking
for a job in the helping field. They
miss Topeka and the church they grew to love there, but enjoy being
just 30 minutes from Julie’s parents,
who are on leave from Togo. The Farthings can be reached at: Dugjule@msn.com. (08/00) Shari Anderson
(’91), in Bamako with GMU, finally got a telephone in January of this
year (223.22.34.16). She is
leading a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) study group
which meets 2-3 times a week with 3 students and also doing some tutoring
and other English classes. Shari vacationed at San Pedro, RCI in May.
E-mail her at shari@spider.toolnet.org.
(07/00) Regan Bliss (’91?)
lives with his folks and is working at Forest Home Christian Conference
Center in the mountains above Yucaipa, CA. He enjoys his place of ministry.
(06/00) Jeremy
(’91) and Sabrina Erwin have been married for over six years
and have two sons--Drew (3) and Luke (1).
The Erwins live in Dallas, Texas, where Jeremy works for Microsoft
as an escalation engineer. Jeremy’s
e-mail address is jerwin@hotmail.com.
(08/00) Becca Federwitz
(’91) has finished her training and support raising and will be
spending the next month or so visiting family and friends one last time
to say good-byes as well as getting packed up to head overseas. A commissioning service will be held at her
home church in Memphis, TN on October 15 and after that she hopes to
be on her way. Becca’s assignment
is to be a literacy specialist/consultant for the Dhimba literacy project
in Namibia. “If anyone is interested in getting my prayer
letter, let me know. My e-mail
address is beccafed@juno.com
It will be changing in October, but I'm not sure what the new
one will be yet. My snail mail address is 303 N. Lake St.
Box 2050 Aurora, IL 60507” (08/00) Micah
(‘91) and Cara Key were married on July 20, 1996, after Micah
graduated from Baylor University in 1995.
Their first son, Malachi Spence, was born on February 8, 1999. Micah started a non-profit
humanitarian aid organization with a friend in 1998. He and Cara now serve overseas in Palestine (the West Bank of Israel),
teaching computer and English classes to Palestinian Arabs. Their second son, William Michael, was born
May 23, 2000. He died of a SIDS-like illness on July 12, 2000. The Keys were in the U.S. until the end of
August for his funeral and to spend time with family, then planned to
return to the West Bank for several more years.
(08/00) Amy (Long, ’91) and Pat
McFarland joined SIM as career
missionaries in October 1999 and are currently raising a prayer and
financial team to support them as they prepare to go to Southwestern
Ethiopia to do Bible Translation for the Mursi. Their target date for
departure is January 2001. In December 1999, they moved from Rock Hill,
South Carolina to the Akron, Ohio area (Pat's home). The biggest highlight
this year for the McFarlands has been the birth of their son Sean Patrick
McFarland, born July 12. They
are enjoying adjusting to being a family of three and love watching
him grow and change so quickly! “We'd love to hear from other ICAers!
We can be reached by e-mail at:aimee.mcfarland@sim.org” (08/00) Congratulations
to Shawn (’92) and Grace Barnwell who were married on
July 22, 2000! Shawn is working as an engineer.
He and Grace are living in North Carolina and can be reached
at shawnbarnwell@yahoo.com.
(08/00) Susan
(Albright, ’92) and Lee Mayo have been living in Conyers, GA
for over 6 years now. Susan writes, “We met on a blind date and it has
been wonderful ever since.” Their
son David James is 5 (12/29/94) and Ashlee Ruth is 2 1/2 (5/17/97).
Susan was working fulltime in Human Resources before their daughter
was born but is now a full-time mom. She also has a “miracle” part-time
job working at home 2 weeks out of the month as an on-call coordinator
for a medical staffing agency. She is very happy to be able spend time
with her children. Susan and
Lee are the Directors for the Awana Club Cubbies (3K-4K) in their church
and say it is really a teaching experience for them. They had the opportunity
to see many MK’s this spring and summer through attending weddings of
friends and family. (who just happen to be MK's :) Susan writes, “If anyone ever needs to be picked up from the airport
in Atlanta or needs a place to stay please don't hesitate to call. (E-mail
first)” Susan’s e-mail is:
leesus@netzero.net Brent Boles
(’92), after graduating from Calvin College, entered the electrical
apprenticeship. He is now beginning his 4th year. On July 10, 1999,
he married Becky Blank, a native of Pennsylvania. His mother wrote,
“As they worked together in our church’s youth ministries when he came
home from college their relationship blossomed.” Becky works at Ecola
Bible School in Cannon Beach, OR. (09/00) Jenny (Meyers, ’92) Jordan
returned stateside summer of '90 and finished her last two years of
high school at a small-town high school in Plymouth, WI. She attended
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she received a Bachelor's
of Architectural Studies in1996. She and her husband, John Jordan, met
at their church during Jenny’s last year of college and were married
September 28, 1996. (No kids, yet!) John and Jenny just bought their
first house in Racine, WI. They have called their house Lydia House,
after Lydia in Acts who was a "home-base" for Paul and his
companions on his missionary journeys. Jenny’s sister, Laura
Meyer, is attending Moody to become a missionary pilot and John's
sister is finishing up at SIL in Dallas. John and Jenny feel that the
reason the Lord has blessed them with this wonderful home is so they
can be a "home-base" for missionary friends and family between
trips. “So if you're coming
through the upper Midwest, stop by! We're right off I-94 and just about
1-1/2 hrs north of Chicago.” The Jordans can be reached at: jordan3@execpc.com (08/00) Trey Morgan ('92) is
living in Ft Walton Beach Fl., working in the Air Force as an Explosive
Ordnance Disposal Technician or in the civilian world, Bomb Squad. Trey
is married to Kristy, and they have a five yr old daughter named Desiree.
They are expecting another around the end of March. E-mail Trey at Trey.Morgan@hulbert.af.mil. Gordon
Tisher (’92) is living in Surrey, BC, where he works as a computational
linguist for a high-tech start-up called Gavagai Technology. Gordon can be reached at: gordon@balafon.net Andy and Becky (Watkins,
‘92) Messer, just had their 3rd child on July 26, 2000. Her name is
Nadia Anne. She was born in Quebec, Canada where Andy and Becky have
just finished language school. Andy and Becky are busy packing and hoping
to leave for Côte d'Ivoire some time before the end of this year, when
the elections are over and they are sure things are safe.
They would love to hear from any fellow ICAers.
E-mail: Messers2IC@cs.com (08/00) Craig and Renée (Bissett,
’93) Harvey are currently living an hour south of Sydney, Australia.
Craig works as a business manager of a Christian School, and Renee is
a part time Early Intervention Teacher. The Harveys have no children
yet, but they have a very affectionate cat, Bronte. Renee is very involved
with the Missionary Kid Network based in her state.
Craig and Renee will be taking an around the world trip at the
end of the year which will include Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, London, Paris,
New York, North Carolina, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, and California.
They are really looking forward to seeing Renee's classmates. Joy Brokopp (’94) is
presently living in New York and
doing some travel nurse work. She
works 13-week contracts at hospitals of her choice, which she enjoys
as she is getting a lot of different types of experience.
She writes, “I am not sure where I go from here but right now
I am just enjoying life.” You
can reach Joy at JoyBrokopp@email.msn.com (08/00) Becky
Hansen (’94) graduated from the University of Calgary in May 1999
with a Bachelor of Social Work. She
has been working in Wetaskiwin, Alberta as a child protection worker
since graduation. On September 5, 2000, Becky transferred to
a job in High River, Alberta, and moved back to Calgary. The job will be a broader range of responsibility
than what she has been doing in Wetaskiwin and she is looking forward
to learning new areas of the child welfare field. Becky was really looking forward to getting
back to the big city and her church, friends, and family there. Becky
can be reached at: rlhansen@iname.com
(08/00) Heidi Kunkle (’94) married Jeff
Frazee in July 1999. The couple
had attended Moody Bible Institute together for four years. October
1999-July 2000 they spent working in Mali near the border of Mali and
the Ivory Coast, gaining some missions experience together--Jeff had
never been overseas before. They returned to Jeff's home in San Jose, California
in July. The Frazees plan to become career missionaries and are currently
preparing to return to ICA in Jan 2001 to be Baraka dorm parents for
two years. “We are excited, but do pray for us.” E-mail the Frazees
at lovebergs@juno.com (09/00) Tony
Loken (’94) is living in Texas, working for Texas A&M University
Security. He says he has a wonderful
woman in his life and they are planning on getting married next year,
although it is not official yet. Her name is Julia Christensen, and
she lives down by South Padre Island.
Tony plans to move there as soon as he can.
Next year, Tony plans on going back to school to get an engineering
degree. E-mail Tony at tony_loken@hotmail.com
(08/00) Adam Morgan ('94)is in Nashville,
going to college, and working at the Grand Ole Opry. He is enjoying
life. Kent Tisher ('94) has moved
from Langley, BC to the lovely province of Alberta (can you tell the editor is biased? =)) where he is teaching voice,
drama, and strings at Lakeland College in Lloydminster. He has only
been teaching for a short time, but enjoys it so far. Kent can be reached
at ktisher@telusplanet.net. Susanne
(Walton, ’94) and Shaun Fuller (’94) were married in June
1998. Susanne completed her BS in Early Childhood
Special Education at Union University and is now a preschool teacher
for autistic children. Shaun
is working in corporate services for BF Goodrich.
As soon as he gets his green card, he plans to finish his degree.
E-mail: sfuller@corp.bfg.com
(08/00) Lauren
(Bissett, ‘95) Fisher is currently Marketing Manager of TLC Consulting
Services on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. She and her husband,
David, have two huskies, which substitute as children. In their spare
time, Lauren and David enjoy the Australian bush, walking the dogs,
and downloading MP3s from the Internet. Lauren is also involved in Website
design for the Australian MK Association. The Fishers will buy a house
in the next couple of months and will be staying in Australia for a
couple more years before (God-willing) relocating to West Africa. (08/00) Rachel Boles (’95), just earned
her RN this summer and is now working at a local hospital near Seaside,
OR. Her long term desire is to do missionary nursing, so she is expanding
her surgical nursing skills. Mom writes:
“The Lord has provided her a great opportunity, placing her in
our operating room with a crew that loves to teach her. She is a ‘natural’.
The loves of her life these days are Mariah and Sunny, her two mares.
She is learning what it is to be a horsewoman.”
(09/00) Naomi Charbonneau (’95) Guignard
has been happily married to Sebastien Guignard for three years
now. Sebastien is pursuing a
university degree in accounting and he and Naomi would like to serve
God together in the future. Sebastien has also attended Seminary. Please pray for Naomi as she
has been sick for 4 years with chronic malaria. The doctors are not able to guarantee her a full recovery because
the effects of the malaria have been quite severe. However, Naomi writes, “God has given me the strength to go through
this and I can say that I am far from a nervous breakdown. Life is good despite the circumstances.
I am learning lots of things and great keys to a happy life and
I am grateful to the Lord for all.”
Naomi’s e-mail address is naomi@gsig-net.qc.ca. (08/00) Jeny
Johnson (’95) is married and living in Butler, Indiana. Edman Charlton
II and Jeny were married November 3, 2000. Jeny is currently looking
for a job and decorating the "bachelor" pad. She can still be reached
at jenykay@hotmail.com or at
charlton@dklb.net Cristan
Moore (’95) is living in Richmond, VA, and working as an information
specialist for IMB. She just
moved into her own apartment and loves it. In her free time, she runs
and goes out for coffee with her girlfriends.
She writes, “I'm not always the best correspondent, but I would
love to hear from you guys. :)” Cristan’s e-mail address is: cristan_m@hotmail.com
(08/00) Becky
(Babcock ’96) Williams graduated from Union University with a
degree in Social Work in May 2000. She has started a job with Pathways,
a mental health facility, working with adolescents who have been neglected
by their families or who are delinquent.
Congratulations to Becky on her marriage to Nathan Williams August
5, 2000! The Williams are now living in Union City,
TN. Becky writes, “Things are
going well and we are having a blast. Hope to hear from everyone.” E-mail the Williams at bnwilliams@mail.com
(08/00) Bryan Baldwin (‘96) graduated
with honors from Pt. Loma University with a double major in journalism
and communication. He has worked for the mayor of San Diego and written
for the San Diego Metropolitan. Presently he is completing a research
fellowship with the university and working at Superior Court in San
Diego while interning at the largest PR group in San Diego. He thinks
he will pursue something in international PR, with more schooling but
isn't sure. (rcinative@email.msn.com) Paul
Federwitz (’96) graduated from Concordia University in May of '00
with a degree in both Computer Science and Communications. He is currently
living in Los Angeles and working
at a computer company in Santa Monica. Paul can be reached at: paulfederwitz@hotmail.com
(08/00). Deanne
(Hagerup, ’96) and Jason Maas were married on July 29, 2000,
in State College, PA. Deanne
says that the wedding was perfect and they were privileged to have Rachel
(’96) and Mark (’97) Haynes attend and sing in the wedding ceremony.
They honeymooned in California.
They will soon have pictures posted at http://www.djmaas.org
for anyone who is interested. Deanne
graduated this past May from Penn State University and has now joined
Jason in Endicott, New York, where he works for IBM.
Deanne will be going to school to become a physical therapy assistant.
E-mail the Maases at maasd@alumni.psu.edu.
(08/00) Julie (’97) Abuhl married
Mark Myers on August 11, 2000 in the Wheaton, Illinois area. [See “Weddings” for ICA-ers in attendance.] Mark graduated the week after their wedding -- he's a chiropractor.
They are living in Wheaton. Julie has one more semester at Wheaton College.
(08/00) Christine Bijl (’97) is currently living in Florida. She is a Jr.
Programmer, working for a contractor, who has been contracted out to
AutoTrader. Christine writes,
“I'm still looking for Mr. Right :). I'm enjoying Florida and the single
life.” You can reach Christine at african_smile@yahoo.com (08/00) Becky
(Conkle, ’97) and Shawn McCabe (’98) were married July
10, 1999. Their wedding was like an ICA reunion! They
are living in a little house about five minutes from the campus at Toccoa
Falls College, where they are both attending and they regularly have
the ICA alumni attending TFC at their house for games and food. Becky
will graduate in May with a Counseling Skills degree and Shawn will
graduate in 1 1/2 years with a paramedic degree.
They are planning on heading overseas with CAMA services for
at least two years and then seeing where the Lord leads them after that.
Shawn is working full-time at the hospital in their county. Becky
works part-time at a group home for the mentally ill and says it is
quite an experience (just like being back in Bethlehem, right, Becky?
- Ed). She also works part
time as a nanny for a local doctor in Toccoa.
E-mail: smccabe@toccoafalls.edu. (08/00) Ryan Einfeldt (’97) is going
into his senior year at Cedarville University in Ohio. He is still majoring
in Music Education and plans to do his student teaching this winter
at an MK boarding school, Morrison
Academy in Taiwan. His senior piano recital will be next spring and
anyone that would like to come is welcome! “Just e-mail me at s1206106@cedarville.edu with
any questions.” (08/00) Christina Folkestad (’97) married
Erik Wahlen on April 8, 2000. She is finishing her last semester
at Crown College student teaching and will be done in December.
She and Erik are currently planning on attending Alliance
Theological Seminary in Nyack, New York in the fall of 2001. Christina can be reached at cfolkestad@hotmail.com. (08/00) Brooke
Wiens (’97) is starting her junior year at Toccoa Falls College
in Georgia. She is majoring
in Early Childhood Education and really enjoys it.
She is looking forward to having her own class someday. Brooke’s e-mail address is: brookewiens@hotmail.com (08/00) After waiting for two years to get
into an electrical apprenticeship program in Oregon, Andrew Boles
(‘98) was just accepted and started this summer. The last year and a
half he has been working for a builder so has a good foundation to build
on. (09/00) Chad (’98)
and Nicki Clason were married May 27, 2000 in Plymouth, Wisconsin. Nicki is a senior at Crown College, and Chad
is a junior there. He is currently working full time as a merchandising
specialist at a new computer store called MicroCenter. Chad’s major is business, and he and Nicki
intend to go overseas as tentmaker missionaries to Saudi Arabia someday
and are preparing for that. Chad
enjoys playing computer games, he currently has three pet piranhas,
and he still enjoys watching good action movies. E-mail:
clasonc@crown.edu. (08/00) Becky Robertson (’98) is at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, majoring
in Music Education. She has completed two of five years in her degree
program, and after graduation hopes to teach for a while before going
into ethnomusicology. Becky just got back from Burkina where she
was interning for the summer with an SIL ethnomusicologist, which she
loved. Becky can be reached
at: Becky_Robertson@baylor.edu (08/00) Kenneth
Williams ('98) is attending Louisiana College, where he is a junior.
He plays soccer for the school. Kenneth will be getting married on December
16, 2000 to Kristi Hunter. I’m
sure they would welcome any classmates and friends who could attend. Matt
Harner (’99) is a sophomore at Toccoa Falls College. He is studying
Pastoral Ministries, Greek, and Hebrew. His future plans are to go into
the ministry, but he’s not sure whether that will be in the U.S. or
overseas, though he can see good possibilities with both.
Matt is coaching a Bible quizzing team and participates in EE.
He is also busy helping new freshmen to get oriented to collage. Matt’s
e-mail address is: mharner@toccoafalls.edu (08/00) Carla Smith ('99) wants to let everyone know that she is
still at Carson-Newman as a premed major and is tackling Organic Chemistry
this year!! She spent the summer with her grandparents in Waynesville,
North Carolina, and worked part time at a church day care. For the ones
who have not heard by now, Carla is dating a guy very seriously. She
writes, “No we are not talking marriage but I have certainly found a
true friend. Some of you all know him!! I would love to hear from all
you.” You can get hold of Carla
at: carlton113@hotmail.com or
CDSmith@cn.edu (08/00) 2000’s 2000's grads
- Please send your news to Jeff Requadt, 2625 E. Cactus Rd., Phoenix,
AZ 85032 or e-mail to jeffrequadt@hotmail.com.
Staff Gary and Leanne Boles (maintenance;
class sponsors 1990-92) recently moved their manufactured home from
Seaside, OR, to property they purchased 11 miles east of town. Leanne
writes: “Gary has finished his commercial electrician
apprenticeship program. He is in the process of getting his journeyman's
license. It's been a long 5 years but well worth it. He has also been
working hard to get our little ranch in order this year. I am still working in our local rural hospital.
When you are a small hospital away from the city there are many hats
for an RN to wear. Rarely am I bored. It is very rewarding to care for
our neighbors, friends and their families. We are hoping to be able
to use our talents for some short term projects on the mission field
in the future.” (09/00) Marvin and Margaret Clatterbuck
spent 1973-1975 and 1978-79 at ICA as teachers and administrator
at ICA, and wrote us in June: “We
have fond memories of the time spent there.
They were years we look back on as probably the best years of
our life. We now live in Stockton, CA. We have our own home here and
our youngest son, Gary and his wife, Joy, live straight across the street
from us. Margaret had her 90th birthday in February and I will be 89 in July.
We take care of ourselves and I still mow my yard and take care of all
the trees we have in the back yard.
We have fresh fruit from them throughout the year. I still drive
and we do most every day. We have three sons and one daughter, six grandchildren,
and 11 great-grandchildren.…” E-mail
MBClatt@aol.com Jan Daugherty
attended C&MA Council in Tampa to see her friend, Janice Orman. She also saw 50 other missionaries and 20 MKs
and really enjoyed it. E-mail
Miss Jan at jedaugherty1@juno.com. Bea Dresler (Bethany Dorm Parents
'78-'80 & '81-'85) lives in Everett, WA with daughter and son-in-law
Debbie and Dave Runkel and their 3 children. Bea recently retired from
an engineering firm that she had worked at for the past 10 years. She
is now working from home doing sewing, alterations, bookkeeping, tutoring
and substitute teaching. To kick off her retirement, she is took a cruise
in April to the Caribbean with her only sister. She recently purchased
a camper van and plans to visit her family in Oregon more regularly.
Not that this doesn't keep her busy enough, but she also spends lots
of time with her 5 grandsons and one granddaughter, and is the director
of Cubbies in the Awana program at church. E-mail Bea at abcconnect@hotmail.com.
(03/00) Chuck and Joan Dudley (Bethany
dorm parents in the 70’s), since last year’s retirement have “been ‘in
limbo’ regarding our earthly residence outside of our bodies,” spending
time in Rhode Island, and then Jacksonville and DeLand, Florida and
also with their daughter, Joy (’84), and her family in Kentucky and
son, Curt (’82) and family in Portland, OR.
Last we heard, they were due to move to a new home they were
purchasing in Jacksonville in July. E-mail: ChuckJoanDudley@aol.com.
Jean Hotalen reports that Howdy
and Jody Filkins, (FWB dorm parents, 70's) spent four days with
them in Toccoa Falls, GA, recently. Howdy had had a table saw accident,
and his hand was bandaged. He lost a finger and had a deep laceration
to the middle of his hand, but was not in a lot of pain. (09/00) Dave & Pam (Hall – Office
Staff, ‘70’s) Arthur live in Albany, Oregon. They have two children:
Jonathan (22) graduated from George Fox University this year. He will be continuing at Oregon State University in the fall aiming
for a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Ben (20) is a student at the
local community college. He wants to be a police officer and is working
on his degree. Pam was home with the boys, has worked for a couple of
counties over the years and is presently at home again. Dave is in financial
planning working out of a credit union in Corvallis. (daparthur@aol.com)
(08/00) Uncle Bud and Aunt Jean Hotalen
(Bethlehem Dorm Parents 70-80’s) are living five minutes outside
of Toccoa, Georgia in a rural area with a mountain
behind them, a creek before them, and lots of land for the family --
5 children, 4 married, 16 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren -- to
play football. Uncle Bud is an elder in their church and Aunt Jean is
a pianist and the accompanist for the choir. They mentor college students,
lead Bible studies and they built a
2-car garage for the purpose of storing the goods of three of
their children who are missionaries in Africa. The Hotalens’
daughter, Joy, who did not attend ICA, and her husband have two grandchildren
so that means the Hotalens have two GREAT grandchildren. One of them lives nearby which is great for
Great-Gramma and -Grampa. Three
grandchildren also live in town.
They love company and anyone is welcome to
stop by. 706-282-0855 (hotalen@toccoafalls.edu) Rich & Marla Husby (Bethany
Dorm Parents, 70’s) are empty nesters as of July when Craig entered
the Air Force Academy. Eric will graduate from Wheaton College in May
and he will be commissioned in the army. He has a deferment for law
school. Kari is at Wheaton and juggled sports, jobs and studies. Rich
is considering a change next year from classroom teaching. Wayne & Susan (Mathews;
high school teacher) Corapi live in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Susan works
as the International Student Coordinator at Regent College, and Wayne
is teaching at Trinity Western University. They have four boys ages
17, 15, 11 and 9. (international.students@regent-college.edu) What's this we hear about Uncle
Russ Ragsdale (Director) line dancing at a hoe-down party in Budapest
last year???? Yes, our spies are everywhere. We've been told there is
a video, so we are working on procuring it for posting on the ICA Alumni
web site perhaps. Stay tuned. After three years in Mexico, Carol
& Sharon Roth (Business manager and teacher ‘78-84) moved to
Saudi Arabia in August, but you can still e-mail them at cesrr@hotmail.com. John and Liz (MS science) Steketee
hope to return to Cote d’Ivoire in December 2000, after a year of home
assignment in Augusta, GA. They
will leave Barb (’98) and Paul (’99) in the U.S. in college. Mary will be a junior at ICA. E-mail the Steketees at jwsteketee@aol.com.
(08/00) Dennis & May (Wyeno
- teacher) Clermont have served as missionaries with Southern Baptist
in Jos, Nigeria since 1993. They are teachers at Hillcrest School. Dennis
has mostly been in the middle school teaching Bible, Science and P.E.
May has helped out as school counselor as well as a middle school Bible
and Social Studies teacher. They have three boys: Matt (20) is a junior
at Union University in Jackson, TN. Justin (19) is a sophomore at Union
University. Christopher (17) is a junior in high school at Hillcrest.
(08/00) BIRTHS
David Andrew, born February 8, to Andy
(’84) & Stacey Curtis. Big
sister is Elizabeth. Jared Patrick, born March 4, to Darin
and Julie (Springer '88) Dean. Daughter Hannah is 2 1/2 years old. Brady Morgan and Brian Hutton, twin
boys, born April 1, to Bill and Nancy McComb, former Baraka dorm parents. Arickson Allen, born April 10, to Rick
(‘80) and Elisabeth Arnold. Big
sisters, Annelise, Amandalee, and Alyssalyn, are very excited. Grant Wesley, born to Kirk (’86) and
Laura Slater on April 13. Grant joins brother Austin. Christina Shea, born May 21, to Robin
(Shea, ’90) and Kevin McGee (’91).
Big sister is Mary, Mary, 2 1/2 years old. William Michael,
born May 23, to Micah (‘91) and Cara Key. William died of a SIDS-like illness on July 12. Their first son,
Malachi Spence, is 18 months old. Ijemma, a daughter born June 20, to
Emeka (’84) and Sophia Ojukwu –their first child. Nicole Rachelle, born June 22, to John
(’84; staff) and Liz Parsons (staff)--their first child. Keenan Nathaniel, born July 1, to Toby
(’92) and Susie Eadelman--their first
child. Sean Patrick, born July 12, to Amy
(Long, ’91) and Pat McFarland--their first child. Nadia Anne, born July 26, to Andy and
Becky (Watkins, ‘92) Messer, in Quebec, Canada--their 3rd child. Caleb Mark, born August 15, to Paul
and Rhoda Creech (FWB Dormparents 90’s) – their fourth child. Micah Ethan, born August 16, to Philip
(’85) and Shannon Maxwell. Big
brother is Noah. Claire Elise, born August 25, to Don
and Sheri (Slater ‘80) Fuller. She joins her big brother, Jonathan. Kyle James, adopted on August 31, by
Michelle (Unruh ’83) and Lee Sonius, just 32 hours after hearing that
he was soon to be born. Kyle
joins Lee, Michelle, and big brother TJ on home assignment from Abidjan. Jenna Marie, born September 14, to
Jon and Joy (Dudley ’84) Bigley. Big
sibs are Jerod and Jamie. WEDDINGS Christina Folkestad (’97) married Erik
Wahlen on April 8, 2000. Jacqueline Bogoil Grecco and Daniel
Maxwell (’80), in São Paulo, Brazil, Jackie’s home, on May 20, 2000. Chad (’98) and
Nicki Clason were married May 27, 2000 in Plymouth, Wisconsin. Shawn (’92) and Grace Barnwell were married July 22, 2000. Deeanne
Hagerup ('96) and Jason Maas on July 29th, in State College, PA. Becky (Babcock ’96) and Nathan Williams were married August
5, 2000. Julie Abuhl to Dr. Mark Myers on August
11, 2000 in Wheaton, Illinois. ICA-ers in attendance: Beth (Abuhl ’79)
Worley and family, Gwen (Abuhl ’78) Alderman and family, Sharon (Abuhl
’75) Pelton and family, Lee (’76) and Vi (McGarvey ’75) Abuhl and family,
Paul van den Berg (’75) and family, Aunt Betty Abuhl, Katrina Eadelman
(’95), Brian and Donna (Skinner ’82) Phillips (’82) & family, Judy
(Skinner ‘72) Stewart and family. Tirza Abuhl (’01; Lee & Violette's
daughter) and Jessica Pelton (Sharon's daughter) were candle lighters.
Andrea Phillips (Brian & Donna's daughter) was flower girl. Our
alumna reporter, Brenda Kopp says, "It was a nice wedding and fun
to see everyone. Was strange having a classmate as 'father of the bride'!!!
" DEATHS William Michael
Key, born May 23, to Micah (‘91)
and Cara Key, died of a SIDS-like illness on July 12, 2000. Herb Nehlsen (dorm parent with wife
Jessie, at Bethel Dorm, 1966-67 and 1971-72, and father of grads, Debbie
Peck ‘68, Becky ’70, Steve ’76, and Judy ‘79) passed away on Saturday,
September 02, 2000. Many alumni
and missionaries attended the funeral on September, 9, 2000, in Arden,
NC, just outside Asheville. Report
on Herb Nehlsen Funeral September, 9, 2000, from Jean Hotalen (Bethlehem
Dorm Mother 70’s-90’s) “Bud and I went to the memorial service
for Herb Nehlsen, and it was wonderful. So God-honoring, so joyous even
in the midst of sorrow. We went with a vanload of missionaries from
Toccoa and got to Arden, outside Asheville, NC, right at 11 a.m. when
it started. The large funeral home chapel was packed. Jessie and family
sat in the front 2 rows on one side. Jessie, Becky, Debbie, Steve and
Judi all had something to say about Herb. Very touching! I called Jessie
the eve. before, and she said the grace of the Lord was wonderfully
upholding them all, and they were sensing a marvelous strength and calm.
They were sure it was due to all the prayers going up for them.
“Dave and Margot Kennedy came, Dave
representing the C&MA Division of Overseas Ministries (DOM) and
doing a great job. Deloris Burns Bandy, Nansie Burns Ike, Doug Conkle,
Rusty Eramo, Laura Livingston's mother, and 2 old-time friends of Herb
all shared remembrances and kind words. The best thing was, that all
the nice things said about Herb were true. He was the dearest man, so
Christ-like in many ways. Herb's pastor spoke of his strong passion
for the lost, especially the Muslims of Africa, and how he kept this
burden before their local church. Amy Nehlsen, Steve's wife, and a young
man both sang specials. Stan Burns played the tom-tom while we all sang
a favorite Jula chorus of Herb's. The service went about an hour and
a half, then there was a receiving line in a room off the chapel where
we could talk with all the Nehlsen family. Steve and Amy Nehlsen, Abby,
Kari and Peter came from Cote d'Ivoire; Debbie and Larry Peck, Andrea
and Nathan came from Rome, Italy; Becky came from Las Vegas, and Judi
from West Palm Beach. “The ladies of the church served a
fabulous buffet to all the out-of-town guests and family members at
the community center at the retirement community where Jessie lives.
We saw, among others, John and Diane Bostdorff, Dick and Lil Phillips,
Deloris Bandy, Steve and Nansie Ike, Jim and Judy Plumb, Stan Burns,
Hosh Livingston, Dr. John and Marian Slater, Rusty Eramo. From Toccoa
we were the Ritcheys, the Peases, the Conkles, Dr. Deb Walker, Betty
Canberg Smith, the Dave Harveys and Clarence Walker, all in a van. “Memorial gifts can be made in Herb's
honor by sending checks to: C&MA, P. O. Box 35000, Colorado Springs,
CO 80935-3500. You can request
the gift to go to an African project, a project in Burkina Faso, or
whatever/wherever. “ Contact
Aunt Jessie at 266 Rocky Mtn. Way, Arden, N.C. 28704-8445. Un Confesion To:
Mrs. Sharon Roth (Staff ‘78-84) From: Daniel Buck (’82) Subject: Un Confesion Hola, Maestra! After all these years I have your e-address
and I can come clean. No, it isn't anything terrible I did, but I have
to say that in the end I was wrong and you were right. I signed up for Typing I in the fall
of 1979 under orders from my parents, who assured me that in order to
get through college I would have to know how to type. Typing I turned
out to be run by a drill sergeant who tapped out time on the concrete
floor with a yardstick in a way that made one think she would crack
him on the head with it if he didn't make his quota of wpm for the week,
and I wondered what I had gotten myself into. Furthermore, she kept
emphasizing: 1) How easy it had been for her to get up to 90wpm; 2)
How well the anonymous student A and student B were doing on the wall
chart; and, worst of all, 3) How doomed we would be in life if we couldn't
type at least 40 wpm. How I hated that wallchart, anonymous as it was!
I was sure everyone just KNEW, in the same way I knew Students A and
B were Brian Phillips and Tami Heinzig, that the student with the shortest
line on the bar chart was Dan Buck. And I never made the weekly quota
until the week after it had been raised. I finished the year with an
F-, but thanks to Mrs. Roth, that drill sergeant of a typing teacher,
I, who couldn't type 8 wpm the first week was now finally typing 40
wpm. My future in life may not have been assured, but at least I wasn't
doomed to a life of failure. I could type! When I left ICA in the summer of 1980,
one of the few things I took with me was my typewriter. I didn't use
it much until my college years, when I typed out term papers at the
agonizing rate of two pages an hour. I typed a lot of letters, though,
and found that I enjoyed putting words together when I knew there wasn't
a teacher with a red marking pen reading it on the other end. But I
still hated term papers! After I finished college, I joined
the Navy to get back out of debt. After boot camp, I was sent to a prestigious
military language school to learn Arabic. While there, I had the opportunity
to use a computer for the first time, and suddenly writing a term paper
became so much less of a chore that I actually enjoyed it. Now I could
play around with ideas and the end result would show my mental, rather
than my manual, dexterity with words. An unforeseen set of circumstances
resulted, after two years of language school, in a transfer to the deck
department of the USS JASON, a repair ship based in San Diego. There
I was handed a paintbrush and put to work on the endless and thankless
chore of painting the ship from stem to stern, only to turn around and
start the whole messy process all over again, month after month. My
only chance to get out of the deck department was to "strike"
for another position on the ship. After a year, an opening came up in
the Captain's Office, and I went for it. The only qualification: I had
to be able to type! Now I was thankful for the drill sergeant who made
a typist out of me, and I had to eat my words when I complained about
being taught to be a secretary when all I wanted to learn was how to
type. I was now a secretary to the captain of the USS JASON! After a year of that, I was promoted
and offered a chance to stay in the Navy. I got out instead, taking
my typing skills and office experience to the civilian world, where
I worked for several different temporary services over the next few
years, landing one office job after another based on my growing typing
and computing skills. I never dreamed in 1979 how much a part of my
life the computer would become, and now, thanks to the computer, I am
able to offer this tribute to my typing teacher, Mrs. Roth, the beloved
drill sergeant. Glad to be out of boot camp and never
going back, I am your faithful student, Daniel Buck P.S. After all these years, I can still
remember how to put Encl.: at the bottom of a letter, but I'm having
a hard time remembering to actually enclose the stuff before I seal
the envelope! [Ed. note:
Daniel is a Translations Coordinator for World Missionary Press in Indiana.
He says he often runs across names of ICA'ers who are back on the field
distributing the booklets he helps to produce!] NOTE: New class editors: Please
send this form to the editor for your class: 60-70’s grads, send to Lori
Gould (’77), 19621 Northridge, Northville, MI 48167 or by e-mail to
lorilynn@mich.com.
80’s grads – send to Dan Buck (’82)
at 8037 12B Rd., Argos IN 46501, or by e-mail to danbuc@lycos.com. 90’s grads - Please send your news
to Becky Hansen (’94) at her NEW
ADDRESS: 4336 Brentwood Green NW, Calgary, AB. T2L 1L3, or call her at (403)202-3239, or e-mail
her at rlhansen@iname.com. 00’s grads – Please send your news
to Jeff Requadt, 2625 E. Cactus Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85032 or e-mail to
jeffrequadt@hotmail.com.
You may also log on to http://www.ica.ed.ci/Alumni/
and go to the “Office” page and the following links: Forms/Info for
Echoes. COTE D’IVOIRE NEWS Elections were held October 22, 2000, and although the Socialist candidate, Gbagbo had appeared to have won the election, on October 23, BBC radio was reporting that the electoral commission had been fired and its chairman kidnapped. In the early afternoon Junta leader Guei announced that he was the winner by eliminating all the districts where fraud was suspected on the part of Gbagbo. Gbagbo and his supporters are, of course, unhappy. The major port city of Abidjan is at a standstill, military presence is everywhere, and the airport, schools and businesses are closed. Check http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/ for the latest news from Cote d’Ivoire. Further reports indicate Guei has fled to Cotonou, Benin. ICA
NEWS Alumni staff 2000-01: Mike Cousineau (’73)--Business manager Bill Grudda (’75)--PE, athletic director Shari (Arnold ‘81) Timberlake--Brethren
dorm mom Brian Bliss (’84)--Berea dorm dad
Judy (Harvey ’85) Schultz--Bethlehem
dorm mom. Alan Shea ('88)--technology coordinator
Rhonda Rathbun ('89)--registrar and
guidance counselor while Cardens are on furlough, and librarian until
Pearl Baxter gets back Brenda Byerly (’94)—PE Amy Marine ('96)--teaching kindergarten
and preschool for staff and a few local families (not "officially"
ICA staff) During a regular checkup this past
summer Elmer Baxter was found to have early stages of prostate cancer.
He had surgery on August 21, and ICA has received word that the doctors
are certain they got every trace. So it is hoped that the Baxters will
return to ICA by the end of October. Class
of 2000 information: 21 graduates Where from: Ghana (1); Guinea (2);
Cote d'Ivoire (11); Benin (3); Mali (3); North Africa (1) Citizenship:
Ghanian (1); American (17); Chinese (1); Ugandan (1); Kenyan (1) Average
years at ICA: 5.7 Most years at ICA: 10.5 Least years at ICA: 1 Future plans: College (18); Work (2);
Internship in Mali (1) |