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| Houston Summer Staff Team 2005 |
Back Row from left to right: Michael Barrett, Ryan Krieder,
City Director Paul Randall, Anthony Orona; Front Row: Tell Elmore, Associate
City Director Megan Breed, Kelly Sells, Drea Legare, Rachel Routon
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Tess Elmore - Tess attends
Rice University in Houston and is majoring in English and Religious Studies,
with a plan on obtaining an Education Certification in order to teach (crazy)
high school students. Her missions experience includes Mexico (construction
work), Washington, D.C. (work with homeless), CSM Houston and Birmingham,
AL. She has been very involved in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Hobbies
include reading and athletics (especially powderpuff football) and she loves
building relationships, challenging experiences, spicy foods, her twelve-year-old
brother, teaching, Dr. Seuss and Grace. "I am working with CSM because
this is the kind of service I have been called to." |
Drea Legare - Drea is from
the Woodlands (a suburb of Houston). She is a sophomore at Houston Baptist
University (HBU) majoring in Speech Communications and Mass Communications.
Her missions experience includes two summers in Mexico and two summers in
Honduras and Guatemala working with youth, as well as a spring break trip
to CSM Houston with her university group. During the school year, Drea has
been co-leading a ministry to junior and senior high girls at Wilcrest Baptist
Church in Houston. Her job at HBU was involving students in community service
and urban ministry, through which her eyes were opened by God to the needs
of her city. She loves to read, bake and spend time with family and friends.
A fan of board games, Drea is willing to take on anyone in Scrabble! "My
heart for this summer is to become more informed and more involved in urban
issues and ministries in the city. I also hope to share with students how
they can get involved in serving their city." |
Michael Anthony Orona - Anthony
is a native of Houston and a senior at the University of Houston majoring
in Communications. He went on several mission trips with his youth group
and for the last several years has been working with youth at camps and
at his church. His goal for this summer is to show Christ's love to all
that he comes in contact with. He enjoys sports and hopes to one day be
a sports journalist. He plays drums (percussion) and loves to worship. "I
jokingly say that the five greatest gifts god gave us were His Son, music,
sports, food and Texas (but usually I'm not joking!)."
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Kelly Sells - Kelly has degree
in elementary education from Wichita State University (Wichita, KS). This
past year she spent working in the Children's Ministry department at Central
Community Church also in Wichita. She has been involved in youth ministry
in a variety of roles over the last few years - at a Christian camp, youth
mentoring program and a teen intervention program. She's been to Florida
to help clean up after the hurricanes. This fall she will be a teacher at
Yellowstone Academy. Kelly enjoys travel so she can meet new people of all
backgrounds, ages, ethnicity, and gender. "My prayer is that I can
use my enthusiasm, creativity, experience and resources to improve lives
through the introduction of Christ." |
Rachel Routon - Rachel was
born and raised in Paris, TX, a town that sports its own Eiffel Tower, complete
with cowboy hat! She is a junior Journalism student at the University of
North Texas (Denton, TX) and will be Life editor for the NT Daily in the
fall. She has traveled all over the US and as far as Ukraine doing short
term mission work with her home church. She loves reading in parks and "pretending"
to know about art; she also enjoys getting to know people. "I am excited
to work with CSM this summer and to see if the rumors about crazy Houston
weather are true!" |
Ryan Krieder - Ryan was born
and raised in Columbia City, Indiana and is a junior biology/pre-veterinary
medicine major at Anderson University (Anderson, IN). At his home church
he is a youth counselor and loves working with teens. He is also involved
in Dativus, a men's social/service club that ministers to the community
and campus. He's a real outdoors guy and especially likes to play rugby,
baseball, run and hang out with friends and family. He's been on a CSM trip
to Nashville. "This summer I'm looking forward to serving and loving
others, growing closer to Christ and discovering more about who I am and
the man God created me to be." |
Michael Barrett - Michael
is a junior at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, which is also where
he was born and raised. He's a philosophy major which matches with is desire
to learn and understand how things and people work. His experience on a
trip to CSM Houston led him to become a city host this summer. He enjoys
billiards (in high school he played four to five times a week!). His favorite
books include Fahrenheit 451, 1984 and titles by Harrison Bergeron. "I
feel moved to work in Houston with CSM this summer, because I want to move
others to love with a Christ love." |
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