NOW, Volume 44, Number 2, May 1990 Page: 4
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STUDENT NEWS
StudentSenate officers
and Student Publication
editors for 1990-91 have
been selected at
LeTourneau University.
Elected by vote of the
student body were
Norman Reese, Shawnee,
Wyo., President; Shane
Patterson, York, Pa., Vice
President for Executive
Affairs; Candace Brown,
Balsam Lake, Wisc., Vice
President for Student
Activities; Benjamin
Burdick, N. Syracuse,
N.Y., Vice President for
StudentMinistries;
Patricia Ruiter,
Ciackamas, Ore.,
Secretary, and Robert
Heckler, Austin, Tex.,
Treasurer.
Selected byInterviews
with the Committee on
Student Communication
and Publications were
Shawna Ramer, North
Lawrence, Ohio, Editor,
Pioneer yearbook, and
Andrew Criswell, Lamar,
S.C., Editor, Yellowjacket
newspaper.
1990-91 Student
Foundation members are
Candace Brown, Julie
Surotchak, Dean Lewis,
Doug Anderson, Kevin
Mills, Robert Stewart,
Thomas Bagley, Jenelle
Armstrong, James
flabegger, Jeff Jones,
Roy Zeitlow, Lee Dean,
and Dale Nolt.
Purpose of the Student
Foundation is to promote
LeTourneau University
by student volunteers in
admissions and
advancement projects,
and to raise scholarship
funds for needy
students.
1990-91 Resident
Assistants at
LeTourneau University
include CarlNelson, Jeff
Sustarsic, Marlin
Brubaker, Jeff Jones,
Steve Dabbs, Joshua
Williams, Andrew Yoder,
Dave Harvey, Lee Dean,
Dan Noack, Scott
Palmer, Dan McCloy,
Doug Britton, Harry
Barrett, Craig Hummel,
John Vreugdenhil, Leah
Archer, Lara Wallace,
Peggy Lantz, Chris Pratt,
Jeff Mansfield, Joe
Henkel, Mike Spencer,
Sam Shumate, Chris
Kemp, Scott Herring and
Rory Briscoe. Residents
assistants, or RAs, as
they are commonly
known, provide spiritual
leadership andpeer
counseling to students
on their floor or
dormitory wing, and
must meet strict criteria
In order to be selected,
Including demonstrated
qualities of leadership,
character, maturity and
satisfactory scholarship.Clean Sweep
(Continued from page 1)
Another beneficiary of the students' work is
Lula Timms. According to Yoder, she helped
Timms prune her tree limbs so her house
could be seen a few days after the cleanup.
Before that, Timms only wanted to hide the
house from view, said Yoder.
Neighborhood resident Mary Williams also
exhibited a changed attitude due to student
efforts. "I feel wonderful,' she said. "I used
to just sit here waiting to die, but I ain't going
nowhere now," she added. "I've got to live at
least 10 more years to enjoy this house."
Gregg Tucker, one of the students
coordinating Clean Sweep involvement, said,
"Things went well. It was a great
experience."
Another student leader, Ken Daniels,
commented, "So many people are excited
about doing this. . . it's the largest activity
ever undertaken by LeTourneau students. I
think that people are waking up to the fact
that 'helping' does not mean just spiritual
needs, but physical needs, too."
According to Yoder, "Most of the residents in
these areas are elderly retirees, with about 80
percent of them widowed women. Many of
them live in shacks where water pours
through the roof when it rains and heat and
cold filter in through cracks in the walls," she
added. "We are helping them to reclaim their
neighborhood, and by doing so, we are
reclaiming our city"
"You don't have to look very hard to find
ways to get involved," concluded Daniels.
"There are opportunities to serve everywhere
you go."Freshman Debbie Perry of Tyler takes a break with South Longview homeowner Mary Williams.
LeToumeau students renovate a house in Stamper Park April 21 during Operation Clean Sweep.
Mexico Trip: ALife-Changing Experience
Approximately 150 LeTourneau University
students and about 15 faculty and staff used
the March 16-25 spring break to assist
mission efforts in several locations, including
more than 100 who participated in a missions
trip to Mexico.
Work was carried out at four different sites in
Mexico - Monterrey, Los Felix,
Aguascalientes and San Luis Potosi. The trip
was coordinated under the umbrella of AIM
(Action in Mexico) by a group of 11 students
and two staff members.
The AIM Planning Committee consisted of
Richard Bringhurst, treasurer; Jeff Lawton,
secretary; Dan McCloy, fundraising; Martha
Genshaw and Titus McDaniel, puppet
coordinators; Candace Brown, drama
coordinator; Ken Daniels, chaplain; Mike
Johnson, chbir coordinator; Dan Huegel,
Mexico coordinator; Bill Franklin, faculty
coordinator; Dr. Dave Erickson, student
affairs counsel; Paul Bradley, Murrey
Rabenhorst and Dennis Vazquez.
Trip Leaders were McCloy and Joel Huegel,
Los Felix; McDaniel and Dan Huegel,
Aguascalientes; and Rabenhorst, Lawton and
Vazquez, Monterrey. The Los Felix group sent
a nine-member advance team to San Luis
Potosi for most of the week, then joined them
on Saturday to mix and pour cement for the
roof of a church.
In all, 127 people from LeTourneau took part
in the trip, with 44 at Monterrey, 43 at Los
Felix, and 38 at Aguascalientes. Two others -President Alvin O. Austin and Director of
University Relations Bruce Cook - traveled
to all of the sites, spending a few days at each
location.
In Monterrev - an urban industrial city of
several million - there were five separate
work sites. Projects included painting, mixing
and pouring cement, sanding and varnishing
church pews, handing out religious tracts and
conducting evangelistic services. A parsonage,
youth center and several church buildings
benefited from the improvements.
In Los Felix, a rural agricultural community
of a few hundred, the LeTourneau team
helped local residents construct a church, the
first one in the village. The big day was
Wednesday, when the cement roof was
poured by hand, although there was plenty
of work the entire week.
In Aguascalientes, a modern business and
agricultural center of about one million, work
consisted of evangelism in public places such
as shopping malls, school yards, and
churches. Performances of about one hour in
length were the primary medium of
communication by the Aguas team, using a
fast-paced variety format which included
puppets, drama, music and personal
testimony as a means to witness for Christ.
Several of the larger churches sponsored
social activities in the evening as a token of
appreciation. Students in Aguascalientes were
serenaded by a mariachi band and entertained
by a Mexican folk dance troupe. In Monterreystudents played get-acquainted games with
Mexican youth at a joint mixer.
But in all the cities, there was an abundance
of food and soft drinks (Monterrey has the
highest per capita consumption rate of Coca-
Cola in the world) and an outpouring of love,
hospitality, and appreciation by the Mexican
people.
There was also in evidence a strong sense of
pride in the Mexican culture and heritage.
Members of the LeTourneau entourage stayed
in the homes of church members in each of
the cities in order to minimize expenses and
to gain a better understanding of local
culture, daily routines and lifestyles.
"Cultural exchange is one of the most
important benefits of any missions
experience," said Dan Huegel, whose father,
John, has been a Disciples of Christ
missionary in Mexico for more than 30 years.
Huegel helped arrange work projects in the
different cities by working with local pastors
in each city.
The trip was in the planning stages for a year,
and resulted from a 1989 spring break trip to
Monterrey by about 40 LeTourneau students.
The 1989 trip developed as an alternative to a
proposed trip to Haiti when political
instability developed in that country,
In addition, the cost of traveling to Mexico
was considerably less expensive. In fact, AIM
leaders financed the trip almost entirely from
voluntary donations, with each participant
(See MEXICO TRIP Page 5)4
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