During Hesston College chapel Monday, April 23, 48 students were commissioned for Christian ministry and service during the summer. The students will serve around the world in positions from camp counselor to supervisors at disaster sites.
“These students are going to make a difference in someone’s life because they are willing to join with and participate in Jesus’ ministry that is already taking place in all of these different settings,” said Todd Lehman, Hesston College campus pastor.
Doing an eight-week field experience in Minot, N.D., cleaning up from 2011 flooding with Mennonite Disaster Service are Scott Jordan of Hutchinson, Kan., Logan Orpin of Canton, Kan., Amy Repp of Valley Center, Kan., Luke Ropp of Inman, Kan., Paul Schoenhals of Archbold, Ohio, and Mason Unruh of Newton, Kan.
Saralyn Mast of Ephrata, Pa., will serve with MDS in Minot and in the MDS binational office in Litiz, Pa.
Marshall Ragland of Marion, Kan., will serve with MDS in Minot and in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Jonathan Burkholder of Warden, Wash., will serve with MDS in Birmingham, Ala., and with Mennonite Central Committee in Bolivia.
Josh Musser of Newport News, Va., will work with the MCC SWAP (Sharing With Appalachian People) program in Kentucky.
Andrew Penner of Fresno, Calif., will serve with MDS in Birmingham, Ala., and with Habitat for Humanity in Fresno.
Logan Rierson of McPherson, Kan., and Krista Rittenhouse of Mt. Pleasant, Pa., will serve with MDS in Birmingham, Ala., and with MDS’s youth group program at Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp in Divide, Colo.
Joey Stoltzfus of Hesston, Kan., will serve as a construction supervisor with MDS in Minot.
Sierra Wheeler of Bristol, Ind., will serve with MDS in Birmingham, Ala., and with The Window in Goshen, Ind.
Leah Mueller of Halstead, Kan., will serve with Youth Venture in Bolivia until spring 2013 and then with Amani Baby Cottage in Uganda.
Alyssa Rychener of Hesston, Kan., will serve with Youth Venture in Bolivia.
Erin Hershey of Mechanicsburg, Pa., will serve overseas with Youth Evangelism Service through Eastern Mennonite Missions beginning fall 2012.
Angela Entz of Whitewater, Kan., will serve with Campus Crusade for Christ in San Diego, Calif.
Brocia Beachy of Wolcottville, Ind., will serve with Hopi Mission School in Kykotsmovi, Ariz., beginning fall 2012.
Brad Sandlin of Valley Center, Kan., and Kaitlyn Miller of Sarasota, Fla., will do Mennonite Voluntary Service with Mennonite Mission Network beginning fall 2012.
Tyler Yoder of Bay Port, Mich., will serve in a youth ministry internship role at Pigeon River Mennonite Church in Pigeon, Mich.
Mollie Nebel of Hesston, Kan., will serve with Fellowship Guatemala.
Josanna Raber of Wooster, Ohio, will serve with Rosedale Mennonite Missions.
Maria Martin of Harrisonburg, Va., will serve at Beaver Camp in Lowville, N.Y.
Students serving at Little Eden Camp in Onekama, Mich., are Harvey Brow of New Paris Ind., Becca Short of Archbold, Ohio, Taylor Waidelich of Stryker, Ohio, and Kenny Graber of Archbold, Ohio.
Students serving at Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp in Divide, Colo., are Taylor Ermoian of Hays, Kan., Kaedi LeFevre of Hesston, Kan., Jacob Landis of Sterling, Ill., Mariah Martin of Glenwood Springs, Colo., and Lauren Weaver of Hesston, Kan.
Students serving at Camp Friedenswald in Cassopolis Mich., are Zach Baumgartner of Hesston, Kan., Cameron Ponce of Elkhart, Ind., and Mallory Eicher of Berne, Ind.
Students serving at Camp Mennoscah in Murdock, Kan., are Rachel Miller of Hutchinson, Kan., and Kayla Kauffman of Hutchinson, Kan.
Students serving at Menno Haven Camp and Retreat Center in Tiskilwa, Ill., are Hannah Bachman of Tiskilwa, Ill., and Michelle Moyer of Monticello, Ill.
Matt Hershey of Harleysville, Pa., will serve at Crooked Creek Christian Camp in Washington, Iowa.
Jill Eigsti of Goshen, Ind., will serve at Amigo Centre Summer Camp in Sturgis, Mich.
Sarah Gilman of Knoxville, Tenn., will serve at Pine Lake Camp in Meridian, Miss.
Melody Marshall of Grottoes, Va., will serve at Highland Retreat in Bergton, Va.
Bonita Garber of Bainbridge, Pa., will serve at Camp Deerpark in Westbrookville, N.Y.