1. Medical Team - Provide medical services to refugees from Burma (Myanmar) and local Thais in and around Ranong, Thailand.
a. Health physicals.
b. Hemoglobin screens for anemia
c. Diabetes screening.
d. UA dipsticks.
e. Pregnancy tests.
f. Strep A tests.
g. Distribute preventive health information through health talks.
h. Treat infections.
i. Distribute vitamins.
j. Screen for hypertension.
2. Ministry Team
a. Provide ESL in public school.
b. Create carnival for children in public schools with games, crafts, stories, and gift bags for children.
c. Distribute gift bags to locals that include tracts, evangi-cubes.
d. Have Bible study and prayer with locals. Provide spiritual based materials for discipleship.
3. Water PurificationTeam
Install 3 to 4 water purifiers that will provide water for 250 people per unit in locations where water quality is poor.
29 October 2008
A Tentative Schedule
Alaska Ministry Team tentative Schedule
Dec 28, 2008
4:35pm Arrive into Phuket International Airport
Drive to Hotel in the city of Kho Lak ( approximately 1 hour from the Airport)
Dec 29
7:30am Breakfast at Hotel
9:00am Drive to Tsunami Memorial for devotional and culture Briefing.
11:00am Elephant Rides for those who want to experience some of Thai Cultural and Fun.
12:30pm Lunch then drive to Ranong. ( 3 Hour drive)
5:00pm Dinner
6:00pm meet together in Ministry groups for orientation.( set up Clinic)
Dec 30
Breakfast at hotel be ready for pickup for all ministry teams by 8:30am
9:00am-3:00pm Medical Clinic at the Church
9:00am-12:00n Childrens Minsitry at Burmese school. ( 200 Children) Stories, Songs, and Carnival type games.
Box lunches for Medical team and Lunch for others after School Ministry
5:00pm Dinner and debrief
Dec 31
Breakfast at hotel be ready for pickup for all ministry teams by 8:30am
9:00am-3:00pm Medical Clinic at the church
9:00am ?Water and childrens Minsitry to Kho Payam Island.
Water team will set up water treatment system and childrens ministry team will work with the children on the Island ( about 50 children)
Box lunches for all teams
5:00pm Dinner and Debrief
Jan 1, 2009
Breakfast at hotel
10:00am-3pm Celebrate the New Years with the Burmese. Devotion, songs and games with the Burmese. All teams will be involved.
5:00pm dinner/debrief
Jan 2
Breakfast at hotel be ready for pickup for all ministry teams by 8:30am
9:00am-3pm Medical Clinic
9:00am-? Water and Children’s team to Kho Chang Island.
Water team will set up water treatment system and childrens ministry team will work with the children on the Island ( about 50 children)
5:00pm Dinner/Debrief
Jan 3
Breakfast at hotel be ready for pickup by 8:30am
9:00am water treatment team to Muslim Island to install treatment system
Options for other team members:
Take a boat to Myanmar and prayer walk the markets and the shopping areas.
If medical team or other team members want to go to the Island with the water team they may have an opportunity to work with the children on the Island.
5:00pm Dinner/debrief Hot springs after dinner
Jan 4
Breakfast at hotel be ready for pickup for Thai church at 9:45am.
Thai church 10:00am -12oon Share songs and Sermon.
12:00n Lunch
1:30pm Burmese church share song and testimony
Childrens team working with children (about 50 children)
5:00pm dinner/debrief
Jan 5
Breakfast at hotel Depart hotel for Phuket 9:00am
Rest and relaxation at the beach
Set up for those who want to take a tour on the 6th.
Jan 6
Tours or just have fun at the beach in Phuket
Jan 7
To be determined
Jan 8
Fly out of Phuket, back to USA
Dec 28, 2008
4:35pm Arrive into Phuket International Airport
Drive to Hotel in the city of Kho Lak ( approximately 1 hour from the Airport)
Dec 29
7:30am Breakfast at Hotel
9:00am Drive to Tsunami Memorial for devotional and culture Briefing.
11:00am Elephant Rides for those who want to experience some of Thai Cultural and Fun.
12:30pm Lunch then drive to Ranong. ( 3 Hour drive)
5:00pm Dinner
6:00pm meet together in Ministry groups for orientation.( set up Clinic)
Dec 30
Breakfast at hotel be ready for pickup for all ministry teams by 8:30am
9:00am-3:00pm Medical Clinic at the Church
9:00am-12:00n Childrens Minsitry at Burmese school. ( 200 Children) Stories, Songs, and Carnival type games.
Box lunches for Medical team and Lunch for others after School Ministry
5:00pm Dinner and debrief
Dec 31
Breakfast at hotel be ready for pickup for all ministry teams by 8:30am
9:00am-3:00pm Medical Clinic at the church
9:00am ?Water and childrens Minsitry to Kho Payam Island.
Water team will set up water treatment system and childrens ministry team will work with the children on the Island ( about 50 children)
Box lunches for all teams
5:00pm Dinner and Debrief
Jan 1, 2009
Breakfast at hotel
10:00am-3pm Celebrate the New Years with the Burmese. Devotion, songs and games with the Burmese. All teams will be involved.
5:00pm dinner/debrief
Jan 2
Breakfast at hotel be ready for pickup for all ministry teams by 8:30am
9:00am-3pm Medical Clinic
9:00am-? Water and Children’s team to Kho Chang Island.
Water team will set up water treatment system and childrens ministry team will work with the children on the Island ( about 50 children)
5:00pm Dinner/Debrief
Jan 3
Breakfast at hotel be ready for pickup by 8:30am
9:00am water treatment team to Muslim Island to install treatment system
Options for other team members:
Take a boat to Myanmar and prayer walk the markets and the shopping areas.
If medical team or other team members want to go to the Island with the water team they may have an opportunity to work with the children on the Island.
5:00pm Dinner/debrief Hot springs after dinner
Jan 4
Breakfast at hotel be ready for pickup for Thai church at 9:45am.
Thai church 10:00am -12oon Share songs and Sermon.
12:00n Lunch
1:30pm Burmese church share song and testimony
Childrens team working with children (about 50 children)
5:00pm dinner/debrief
Jan 5
Breakfast at hotel Depart hotel for Phuket 9:00am
Rest and relaxation at the beach
Set up for those who want to take a tour on the 6th.
Jan 6
Tours or just have fun at the beach in Phuket
Jan 7
To be determined
Jan 8
Fly out of Phuket, back to USA
27 October 2008
Members of the Thailand Mission Team
Get to know the members of the Thailand Mission Team through their mini-autobiographies.
B. J. Anderson
I have worked at Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center as the Lab/X-ray manager for 15 years. Jeff is my husband and I have two grown sons, Bryan and Matthew, and two precious grandchildren, Kaeden and Sierra Sue. Bryan is married to long time resident Amy Peterson (now Anderson). I have worked with youth in my church for many years and a couple of years ago led my first medical mission/youth ministry trip to El Salvador where my niece was a Peace Corp. volunteer. Ben and Brenda Murray, missionaries in Thailand, were members of University Baptist Church in Anchorage many years ago when Jeff was interim pastor. The Murrays visited our church a couple of years ago and I asked them if they would be interested in having a medical/mission group come assist them in Thailand. Now, that desire is being realized.
Jeff Anderson
I am a professor at Wayland Baptist University, Anchorage, primarily in theology classes. I have a Ph.D. in Religion from Vanderbilt Unviersity and have been with Wayland for 16 years.
I am also an ordained minister and have experience preaching and teaching in a number of churches. I've also taught in Russia and Kenya.
My wife B.J. and I are coordinating this mission, and our son Matt is coming along too.
Mary Catherine “Cathy” Bowery
My name is Cathy, and I am a junior at East Anchorage High School. I am so excited about this mission trip to Thailand. I love missions so much, and when I get older I am looking into international missions as my career. I have been to 5 countries and have been on 2 mission trips. I went to El Salvador with my church, and went to Kenya last summer. Both trips were dealing with medical stuff, but I got to work with the children in the schools. My passion is the children!! I love telling kids about Jesus. In Kenya we had to teach VBS with 6 team members, and we had to teach around 1,000 kids!! So in other words, I have some experience. My heart goes out to the orphans. I love them so much!! I do also love to work with teenagers. I feel so blessed to get this opportunity to go and tell people about God's love!! Both in El Salvador and in Kenya, God used my talent — baton twirling — to get people to come to the medical clinic and then to VBS.
Matthew Anderson
I am currently a junior at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas, majoring in music education. I have a strong passion for traveling outside the country, and I am really excited about Thailand. I also love the outdoors (rock climbing, backpacking, kayaking, skiing) and I can’t wait to see what Thailand has to offer.
Janet Rasmussen
I am a retired school nurse who also loves going on mission trips to serve God's people. I've been to Russia, teaching First Aid to teens, Mexico, El Salvador, and Uganda twice. Short term mission trips have not always been something I thought worthwhile, but after my first trip to Uganda and then returning to do a book drive for the children there I saw how God can use each individual and their uniqueness to bring about answers to needs he places on your heart. I've lived in Talkeetna for over forty years and have 4 married children with grandchildren.
Steven Million
I have worked in electrical, carpentry, computer, mechanical, and farmed. I like to work with my hands and talk to people and get to know them. I have not been on a mission trip before.
Marcia Million
I have worked at Wayland Baptist University for nearly 13 years in an administration position and have attended University Baptist Church since 1991. Steve and I moved to Alaska from Virginia where I was born and raised on a farm and where I managed a greenhouse. We have four grown children that are here in Alaska. This will be my first mission trip, so I am anxious to see how God will use me. I enjoy music and singing and arts and crafts. Right now it’s beads, but I enjoy flower arranging and decorative painting (and planning weddings). I’m looking forward to meeting our group and watching God at work through us!
Jordan Marchuk
Hey, I'm Jordan. I’m not real talkative, but I’m a good laborer. I have a lot of experience with labor work (lifting, hauling, moving, and carpentry).
Christopher Rounds
Hi, I am Christopher Rounds, I am currently a sophomore at East High School. I feel blessed to be able to be part of the Thailand trip. This will be my first mission trip. I love working in groups and teaching children the Word of God. I would love to witness to these children as well as helping in the medical offices that will be set up. My main passions are travel, scenery/being outdoors, music, and seeing the eclectic Thai culture.
Diane Shrader
Greetings. My name is Diane Shrader. I currently work for the State of Alaska as an Accounting Technician and will be able to retire in a few years so my plan is to do something completely ‘different and radical’ for The Lord. I am pretty fit, I love to be active i.e. hiking, biking, playing sports, and practicing yoga (hot yoga especially.) Oh, I also like to ride my Harley when the weather is nice. I was married 31 years to a wonderful man and thru that union God blessed us with Daniel my grown son who also loves The Lord. My husband developed Lou Gerhig’s disease (ALS) in his early 40s and thru the power of prayer and God’s mercy allowed me to keep and care for my husband for 10yrs 3months before his passing in 2003. God has been so good and so faithful to me not only in my marriage and family but also since my husbands passing. With The Lords help, I am re-inventing myself. I have a passion to travel, to teach ESL and a passion to do good works and be a mighty warrior for The Lord! This will be my second trip to Thailand. The first was in February 2006 with an Assembly of God Church to build an orphanage for homeless children...It was such a fantastic experience that I asked The Lord to take me back their to do good works in whatever capacity that I’m able. This last February I was blessed to teach beginning ESL at Grandview Baptist Literary Program and God answered my prayer thru BJ Anderson...Isn’t God so good! When my husband was first diagnosed I took a certified nurses aide course at UAA because I wanted to be able to take care of my husband as much as I can myself. I hope to renew my CPR/ First Aide certificate before the Thailand trip. I just recently finished a 3 day Introductory Grant writing class at APU and hope that one day God will use me to do good works in that area also. Wherever the Lord leads me I will follow. I work hard, play hard, and pray hard, and I don’t mind getting my hands dirty. I am a servant for The Lord. I like working with kids, teenagers, adults, I just like to be with people and believe that there’s something to learn from each person that God brings in your path. I attend a multi-cultural church at Muldoon Community Assembly and have Thai friends from there that are willing to meet weekly to help us learn basic Thai language, learn to sing Christian songs in Thai and to help us learn more about their culture. I’m really looking forward to meeting everybody and I know that God will be glorified in this missions trip. Love in The Lord. Diane.
Randy Thompson
I am retired from the Anchorage School District and work only part-time for traveling money like this mission trip. God has so blessed me to be able to do this. I like working with people and am willing to help out where I am needed. I teach a Bible study class at church and help do what ever it takes to get the job done. I was blessed to be able to go to El Salvador on a medical mission trip where we did VBS and a couple of local projects as well. I loved the people there and the interaction we had with them even though we had a language barrier to overcome.
Joy Thompson
I am a teacher at the Anchorage School District and love working with children and babies. I currently teach 1st and 2nd graders at Chinook Elementary. I have taught for 17 years and am looking forward to my retirement in 3 years so I can be free to travel and do more mission trips. I serve in the nursery at my church and enjoy the babies very much. I also love to work in the garden and my flowerbeds. I also was able to go to El Salvador on the medical mission trip where we did VBS and a couple of local projects. It is so neat to be able to help others firsthand. I am looking forward to this trip and the fellowship with our group.
Michelle Rothoff
I'm Michelle Rothoff, and I'm a family doc at ANHC, working alongside B.J. Anderson ( our great organizer), Pam Engle, and Maricela Noriega. I got the chance to go to El Salvador in 2006, which was a great experience (never knew it was possible to see 50 patients a day — don't tell my boss, he might get ideas!). I love to see the world and have also done medical work in Honduras and Peru, as well as traveling for fun to a bunch of other awesome places. My medical interests include care of women, especially obstetrics; international/developing world health; wilderness medicine; HIV care. Outside of medicine and travel, my great loves are being outdoors (hiking, biking), photography, books, music, and food (mmmm, Thai food).
Melissa Lowther
I am 23-year-old nursing student at University of Alaska Anchorage. I feel that God has called me into nursing and has also called me to at least be willing to be a missionary (still not sure about all the details). I am looking forward to this trip as it provides me with a chance to apply my new learned skills (wound care, assessment, feeding tubes, shots, meds, and more) as well as allow me to serve and see other countries. I will be in my last semester when we go, so I will be able to help out with the medical side. I have also worked with children for many years, have culinary arts training and have helped with some small-scale housing items (painting, scraping, caulking).
Richard “Dick” Wight
I am Richard (Dick) Wight from University Baptist Church, Anchorage. I spent my childhood and young adult life on cattle, sheep, and dairy farms and still enjoy "cowboying." I am a retired meat cutter. I went to Vladivostok, Russia, on a mission where we did construction work, prayer walking, and did a lot encouraging of the local people. I went to El Salvador on a medical mission and helped in all phases of this work. Then I went to Nome, Alaska, for the "End of the Iditarod" Mission. There my main emphasis was working with the elders in the city.
Maricela Gutierrez Noriega
I am very excited to be going on this trip with all of you whom enjoy giving to others and have an interest in learning a new culture. I have been a follower of Christ for the past two years, and each day I thank the Lord for His blessings in my life. I feel this trip is a big blessing from Him because I have always wanted to do a missionary trip. I go to Changepoint Church. I am 33 years old and am currently finishing my MSW at University of Alaska Anchorage and working part-time at Anchorage Neighborhood Clinic to help pay for school. As for traveling I've only been to Mexico where I took part in providing health services for a rural community. I love food and exploring new things!
Christina Lowther
I am a 27-year-old Network Coordinator for Volunteers of America. With a background in Psychology, Alaska Natives Studies and Human Services, I love figuring out what makes people tick. I have worked with physically and mentally disabled adults, children and youth of all ages and senior adults. I love teaching children in Bible school settings and have participated in five mission trips to "bush" Alaska to help with VBS. I love organizing (strange, I know). I am an introvert, meaning, I'd rather be behind the scenes delegating jobs and making sure programs are running smoothly than be in front of a large crowd. I'm excited about this trip and believe it will honor God and touch lives!
Pam Engle
I am a physician assistant, long time worker at the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, and a "senior." I am very interested in performing some service to peoples of the world in stressful situations, refugees or other situations. I have not done anything like this to date but hope that this will be the first of many such programs. I graduated from University of Texas Medical Branch with a BS and PA training in 1977. I have worked in rural health care centers in northern New Mexico and in Alaska since 1982. I am a single mom with 20-year-old son who is launching himself into the world. Personally, I would really love getting some insight into people from other cultures, their ideas and ways of looking at the world. I feel it's important to "gave back." I also enjoy jazz, classical music, and Bob Dylan.
Hayley Cox
I'm a native of Plainview, Texas, where I recently graduated with a bachelor's in mass communication from Wayland Baptist University. I work at the local newspaper, where I do a little bit of everything — pictures, reporting and design. I've had a little experience in editing videos, too. I lead a youth group at my church and feel comfortable working with children of all ages. I also have some artistic skills (drawing, painting, ceramics) and musical ability (percussion and piano). I love interacting with people and learning about new cultures.
Ryan Schlueter
I'm 19 years old, and I love to travel and enjoy the outdoors. I've done environmental and charity work in several countries, but primarily Russia. I am an Alaska State certified EMT I and hopefully will have my EMT II by the end of the summer. I work as a firefighter with the Girdwood Fire Department and am a fire sciences student at University of Alaska Anchorage. I also lived in Moscow, Russia, for 3 years and Aberdeen, Scotland, for 3 years.
B. J. Anderson
I have worked at Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center as the Lab/X-ray manager for 15 years. Jeff is my husband and I have two grown sons, Bryan and Matthew, and two precious grandchildren, Kaeden and Sierra Sue. Bryan is married to long time resident Amy Peterson (now Anderson). I have worked with youth in my church for many years and a couple of years ago led my first medical mission/youth ministry trip to El Salvador where my niece was a Peace Corp. volunteer. Ben and Brenda Murray, missionaries in Thailand, were members of University Baptist Church in Anchorage many years ago when Jeff was interim pastor. The Murrays visited our church a couple of years ago and I asked them if they would be interested in having a medical/mission group come assist them in Thailand. Now, that desire is being realized.
Jeff Anderson
I am a professor at Wayland Baptist University, Anchorage, primarily in theology classes. I have a Ph.D. in Religion from Vanderbilt Unviersity and have been with Wayland for 16 years.
I am also an ordained minister and have experience preaching and teaching in a number of churches. I've also taught in Russia and Kenya.
My wife B.J. and I are coordinating this mission, and our son Matt is coming along too.
Mary Catherine “Cathy” Bowery
My name is Cathy, and I am a junior at East Anchorage High School. I am so excited about this mission trip to Thailand. I love missions so much, and when I get older I am looking into international missions as my career. I have been to 5 countries and have been on 2 mission trips. I went to El Salvador with my church, and went to Kenya last summer. Both trips were dealing with medical stuff, but I got to work with the children in the schools. My passion is the children!! I love telling kids about Jesus. In Kenya we had to teach VBS with 6 team members, and we had to teach around 1,000 kids!! So in other words, I have some experience. My heart goes out to the orphans. I love them so much!! I do also love to work with teenagers. I feel so blessed to get this opportunity to go and tell people about God's love!! Both in El Salvador and in Kenya, God used my talent — baton twirling — to get people to come to the medical clinic and then to VBS.
Matthew Anderson
I am currently a junior at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas, majoring in music education. I have a strong passion for traveling outside the country, and I am really excited about Thailand. I also love the outdoors (rock climbing, backpacking, kayaking, skiing) and I can’t wait to see what Thailand has to offer.
Janet Rasmussen
I am a retired school nurse who also loves going on mission trips to serve God's people. I've been to Russia, teaching First Aid to teens, Mexico, El Salvador, and Uganda twice. Short term mission trips have not always been something I thought worthwhile, but after my first trip to Uganda and then returning to do a book drive for the children there I saw how God can use each individual and their uniqueness to bring about answers to needs he places on your heart. I've lived in Talkeetna for over forty years and have 4 married children with grandchildren.
Steven Million
I have worked in electrical, carpentry, computer, mechanical, and farmed. I like to work with my hands and talk to people and get to know them. I have not been on a mission trip before.
Marcia Million
I have worked at Wayland Baptist University for nearly 13 years in an administration position and have attended University Baptist Church since 1991. Steve and I moved to Alaska from Virginia where I was born and raised on a farm and where I managed a greenhouse. We have four grown children that are here in Alaska. This will be my first mission trip, so I am anxious to see how God will use me. I enjoy music and singing and arts and crafts. Right now it’s beads, but I enjoy flower arranging and decorative painting (and planning weddings). I’m looking forward to meeting our group and watching God at work through us!
Jordan Marchuk
Hey, I'm Jordan. I’m not real talkative, but I’m a good laborer. I have a lot of experience with labor work (lifting, hauling, moving, and carpentry).
Christopher Rounds
Hi, I am Christopher Rounds, I am currently a sophomore at East High School. I feel blessed to be able to be part of the Thailand trip. This will be my first mission trip. I love working in groups and teaching children the Word of God. I would love to witness to these children as well as helping in the medical offices that will be set up. My main passions are travel, scenery/being outdoors, music, and seeing the eclectic Thai culture.
Diane Shrader
Greetings. My name is Diane Shrader. I currently work for the State of Alaska as an Accounting Technician and will be able to retire in a few years so my plan is to do something completely ‘different and radical’ for The Lord. I am pretty fit, I love to be active i.e. hiking, biking, playing sports, and practicing yoga (hot yoga especially.) Oh, I also like to ride my Harley when the weather is nice. I was married 31 years to a wonderful man and thru that union God blessed us with Daniel my grown son who also loves The Lord. My husband developed Lou Gerhig’s disease (ALS) in his early 40s and thru the power of prayer and God’s mercy allowed me to keep and care for my husband for 10yrs 3months before his passing in 2003. God has been so good and so faithful to me not only in my marriage and family but also since my husbands passing. With The Lords help, I am re-inventing myself. I have a passion to travel, to teach ESL and a passion to do good works and be a mighty warrior for The Lord! This will be my second trip to Thailand. The first was in February 2006 with an Assembly of God Church to build an orphanage for homeless children...It was such a fantastic experience that I asked The Lord to take me back their to do good works in whatever capacity that I’m able. This last February I was blessed to teach beginning ESL at Grandview Baptist Literary Program and God answered my prayer thru BJ Anderson...Isn’t God so good! When my husband was first diagnosed I took a certified nurses aide course at UAA because I wanted to be able to take care of my husband as much as I can myself. I hope to renew my CPR/ First Aide certificate before the Thailand trip. I just recently finished a 3 day Introductory Grant writing class at APU and hope that one day God will use me to do good works in that area also. Wherever the Lord leads me I will follow. I work hard, play hard, and pray hard, and I don’t mind getting my hands dirty. I am a servant for The Lord. I like working with kids, teenagers, adults, I just like to be with people and believe that there’s something to learn from each person that God brings in your path. I attend a multi-cultural church at Muldoon Community Assembly and have Thai friends from there that are willing to meet weekly to help us learn basic Thai language, learn to sing Christian songs in Thai and to help us learn more about their culture. I’m really looking forward to meeting everybody and I know that God will be glorified in this missions trip. Love in The Lord. Diane.
Randy Thompson
I am retired from the Anchorage School District and work only part-time for traveling money like this mission trip. God has so blessed me to be able to do this. I like working with people and am willing to help out where I am needed. I teach a Bible study class at church and help do what ever it takes to get the job done. I was blessed to be able to go to El Salvador on a medical mission trip where we did VBS and a couple of local projects as well. I loved the people there and the interaction we had with them even though we had a language barrier to overcome.
Joy Thompson
I am a teacher at the Anchorage School District and love working with children and babies. I currently teach 1st and 2nd graders at Chinook Elementary. I have taught for 17 years and am looking forward to my retirement in 3 years so I can be free to travel and do more mission trips. I serve in the nursery at my church and enjoy the babies very much. I also love to work in the garden and my flowerbeds. I also was able to go to El Salvador on the medical mission trip where we did VBS and a couple of local projects. It is so neat to be able to help others firsthand. I am looking forward to this trip and the fellowship with our group.
Michelle Rothoff
I'm Michelle Rothoff, and I'm a family doc at ANHC, working alongside B.J. Anderson ( our great organizer), Pam Engle, and Maricela Noriega. I got the chance to go to El Salvador in 2006, which was a great experience (never knew it was possible to see 50 patients a day — don't tell my boss, he might get ideas!). I love to see the world and have also done medical work in Honduras and Peru, as well as traveling for fun to a bunch of other awesome places. My medical interests include care of women, especially obstetrics; international/developing world health; wilderness medicine; HIV care. Outside of medicine and travel, my great loves are being outdoors (hiking, biking), photography, books, music, and food (mmmm, Thai food).
Melissa Lowther
I am 23-year-old nursing student at University of Alaska Anchorage. I feel that God has called me into nursing and has also called me to at least be willing to be a missionary (still not sure about all the details). I am looking forward to this trip as it provides me with a chance to apply my new learned skills (wound care, assessment, feeding tubes, shots, meds, and more) as well as allow me to serve and see other countries. I will be in my last semester when we go, so I will be able to help out with the medical side. I have also worked with children for many years, have culinary arts training and have helped with some small-scale housing items (painting, scraping, caulking).
Richard “Dick” Wight
I am Richard (Dick) Wight from University Baptist Church, Anchorage. I spent my childhood and young adult life on cattle, sheep, and dairy farms and still enjoy "cowboying." I am a retired meat cutter. I went to Vladivostok, Russia, on a mission where we did construction work, prayer walking, and did a lot encouraging of the local people. I went to El Salvador on a medical mission and helped in all phases of this work. Then I went to Nome, Alaska, for the "End of the Iditarod" Mission. There my main emphasis was working with the elders in the city.
Maricela Gutierrez Noriega
I am very excited to be going on this trip with all of you whom enjoy giving to others and have an interest in learning a new culture. I have been a follower of Christ for the past two years, and each day I thank the Lord for His blessings in my life. I feel this trip is a big blessing from Him because I have always wanted to do a missionary trip. I go to Changepoint Church. I am 33 years old and am currently finishing my MSW at University of Alaska Anchorage and working part-time at Anchorage Neighborhood Clinic to help pay for school. As for traveling I've only been to Mexico where I took part in providing health services for a rural community. I love food and exploring new things!
Christina Lowther
I am a 27-year-old Network Coordinator for Volunteers of America. With a background in Psychology, Alaska Natives Studies and Human Services, I love figuring out what makes people tick. I have worked with physically and mentally disabled adults, children and youth of all ages and senior adults. I love teaching children in Bible school settings and have participated in five mission trips to "bush" Alaska to help with VBS. I love organizing (strange, I know). I am an introvert, meaning, I'd rather be behind the scenes delegating jobs and making sure programs are running smoothly than be in front of a large crowd. I'm excited about this trip and believe it will honor God and touch lives!
Pam Engle
I am a physician assistant, long time worker at the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, and a "senior." I am very interested in performing some service to peoples of the world in stressful situations, refugees or other situations. I have not done anything like this to date but hope that this will be the first of many such programs. I graduated from University of Texas Medical Branch with a BS and PA training in 1977. I have worked in rural health care centers in northern New Mexico and in Alaska since 1982. I am a single mom with 20-year-old son who is launching himself into the world. Personally, I would really love getting some insight into people from other cultures, their ideas and ways of looking at the world. I feel it's important to "gave back." I also enjoy jazz, classical music, and Bob Dylan.
Hayley Cox
I'm a native of Plainview, Texas, where I recently graduated with a bachelor's in mass communication from Wayland Baptist University. I work at the local newspaper, where I do a little bit of everything — pictures, reporting and design. I've had a little experience in editing videos, too. I lead a youth group at my church and feel comfortable working with children of all ages. I also have some artistic skills (drawing, painting, ceramics) and musical ability (percussion and piano). I love interacting with people and learning about new cultures.
Ryan Schlueter
I'm 19 years old, and I love to travel and enjoy the outdoors. I've done environmental and charity work in several countries, but primarily Russia. I am an Alaska State certified EMT I and hopefully will have my EMT II by the end of the summer. I work as a firefighter with the Girdwood Fire Department and am a fire sciences student at University of Alaska Anchorage. I also lived in Moscow, Russia, for 3 years and Aberdeen, Scotland, for 3 years.
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