Laurie Ralls can hardly believe it’s been eighteen years since she began a relationship with the God who made and loves her. She enjoys teaching children, playing the violin, working hard, hiking, singing with her family, reading, and spending time with friends and family. Being homeschooled through high school, she was able to start teaching private music lessons to children at the age of 15. She continued that for 9 years but now attends Central Christian College of the Bible in Moberly, MO and plans to pursue elementary education after receiving her Associate of Arts degree. One of her favorite memories is the summer of 2009, which was spent in the country of Taiwan volunteering at The Home of God’s Love orphanage. There she got to care for babies waiting for their adoption papers to go through so their adoptive parents could pick them up. She loves to serve God through helping at-risk children and hopes to get to be a teacher and mom someday.
Preston is an Eagle Scout from St. Charles, Missouri where he was born and raised. He became an Eagle Scout in 2008. In the same year he graduated from Francis Howell Central. After completing high school, Preston began going to Saint Louis Christian College where he is now a senior majoring in Bible and Preaching. Preston has worked two years of summer camp with the Boy Scouts of America as an Aquatics Counselor teaching swimming and lifesaving merit badges. In the spring of 2011 Preston took his Spring break to volunteer in Beattyville, Kentucky with Cumberland Mountain Outreach. Preston has come back to Cumberland Mountain Outreach as the family project intern. His hopes for this summer are to help 30 families in need in Lee County. He will also be preaching at Community Christian Church to gain better experience in the field of preaching.
My name is Teguh Djaja. I was born and raised for 16 years in Indonesia; I have been in the USA for 6 years. I graduated from Moberly High School in 2007 and now I am attending Central Christian College of the Bible in Moberly Missouri. I am in my Junior Year at Central Christian College of the Bible and I am studying General Ministry. I still have 3 semesters left to get my Bachelor of Science. I was baptized in November 19th 2005 in South Philadelphia. Now I am here in Beattyville, KY to do an internship with Cindy Feller (Cumberland Mountain Outreach) until August 12, 2011. I like to serve God, share God with the youth, try to be a good example for the youth; I also like to play soccer, hanging out with friend, play video games, hiking with friends, enjoying beautiful views, watching a full moon and going online to catch up with my friend in my free time. I don’t really have a plan after I Graduate from Central Christian College of the Bible, I will go wherever God wants me to go and wherever He leads me in my future. Although I would love to work with youth and kids in Indonesia but not just regular Children in Indonesia but the poor Children in Indonesia, I would love to work not only with the poor youth but I will also enjoy working with the widows. I have this passion base from James 1:27 “Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” If God willing I will do it, but if God have different plan in mind I will to follow and do what He wants me to do, because I love with all I have.
