The Tejas Pages 2009 | Page 23

Summer Ministry Yellow Team “We are God’s little sunshines. Without our color you wouldn’t see anything.” >> Guard & Scrub (TEAM) - Courtney Donald on team color Matt Westwick (17 | Temple, TX): “Matt is a good worker. He always helps me when I need it.” - Dam Dam Cheong (28 | Gwang-Ju, South Korea): “In the pots and pans room she always had to be on her tip toes just to reach the spray area. She’s a great worker and a good friend.” - David Ryan Bettinger (17 | Belton, TX): “Ryan is one of the better friends I have here at camp. We came to camp at the same time after the summer already started. We were like lost puppies that morphed into one big Frankenstein-pup.” - Matt Team Leader Courtney Donald (20 | Simpsonville, SC): “Courtney is really funny and a great leader. She always says, “What up Dawg?” - Ryan Ying Woothitha (29 | Chiang Mai, Thailand): “Ying is always working hard with such a beautiful smile.” - Courtney David Jacobson (17 | San Antonio, TX): “He loves speaking Spanish. He’s amazing at community ministry. He’ll just go up to people’s doors and start talking to anyone.” - Ying >> >> Top: Adrienne Boyd, Kimberly Dykema, Ethan Lovelace, Team Leader Mikaela Andres, Maew Chaiwiang, Daniel Brauhn Brown Team >> guard & rec Adrienne Boyd (17 | St. Louis, MO): “All the cool finds from cleaning day are deemed to Adrienne. We once found these lightup rings.” - Mikaela Kimberly Dykema (17 | Houston, TX): “Kimberly is my covenant friend. I’m always teasing her like calling her a little girl. She calls me an old lady back but I tell her- at least I don’t look old.” - Maew Ethan Lovelace (20 | Trenton, TX): “He has a really good attitude. Ethan is just always funny.” - Adrienne Team Leader Mikaela Andres (21 | Rockwall, TX): “She is like the strongest woman I’ve ever met. She can do anything and if she can’t, she figures out a way to do it.” - Kimberly Maew Chaiwiang (26 | Chiangmai, Thailand): “She’s always really happy when I tell her Jesus loves you in Thai. However, she always responds with yah die lor, yah die lor- You want to die.” - Daniel Daniel Brauhn (21 | Castell, TX): “Daniel is a very hard worker. He’s very encouraging and good with kids. He always makes a connection with a few of the kids on their first day here and makes sure to talk to them again during their stay.” - Ethan > Top: Matt Westwick, Dam Cheong, Ryan Bettinger, Team Leader Courtney Donald, Ying Woothitha, David Jacobson camp tejas Magazine.indd 23 t 23 11/12/2009 1:17:21 PM