Shades Mountain Christian School - Lighthouse Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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I 'isis I ss .f n I if gf? ,bfi n -, is -:5 'iTq .- Q 3 if-si ff if X fs. 'FTZSE ...fs is ge- iii, Spending all day on a crowded airplane, sTanding in hoT, cramped airporfs. and waking up To a break- fasT of black beans does nof sound like a very appealing vacafion. ThaT's because iT wasn'T. IT was a missions Trip To Guafemala. Eleven sTu- denfs including seniors Dana Harden, Shana Wise, STeven Bargainnier, and Jason Brough, juniors Mason Ellen- berger, Jon Jobes, and Kafe Phillips, sophomores Jennifer Guerrin, and Shelly Websfer, eighfh grader Heafher Le- veille, and college freshman Cindy Marshall, spenf Two weeks in ThaT Cenfral Ameri- can counfry serving The Lord. They Traveled To several villages and Towns where They performed skiTs, sang in bofh Spanish and English, and gave Their Tesfimonies. Planning and preparing for It's a large world but we 're R ACH This Trip was a loT of hard work. They spenf hours learning skifs and songs. Working a puppef is a loT harder Than iT Iooks, groaned Jon Jobes. Try holding your arm up in The air wifh a heavy puppei in hun- dred degree weafher while on your knees. lT's noT as much fun as iT sounds. During Their sTay, some preTTy funny Things hap- pened. One day in a small secluded village, Jon, Jason, Sfeven, and Mason were walking home from swim- ming, along wiTh some of The girls, when They heard screams and cries Thaf sounded like a pig. There was a village boy Trying To load a pig, bigger Than him- self, onfo a boaf. For some sfrange reason, The brave missionaries decided To help him. As They wallowed in The mud Trying To gef This pig To THM cooperaTe, They realized iT wasn'T going To work. They finally gave if up. WhaT is ThaT you're wearing? said Sfeven Bargainnier To Jon Jobes. lf smells Like RighT, Ode de Pig, groaned Mason Ellenberger. l Think every sTudenT should parficipafe in a mis- sions Trip. said sponsor Wal- Ter Leveillef' because if gives you a chance To ex- perience The need for mis- sionaries in oTher counTries. Over all, iT was an experi- ence They will never forgef. Mason Ellenberger summed up Their feelings by saying, i jusT can'T gef The picfure of Those people ouT of my mind. Our impacf and Their reacfion will be wiTh me for- ever. Mason Ellenberger V These Guafemalan children eagerly lisfen as Gods Word works in Their lives. Mosf of The cloThes sold on The sir and in The markefs ln Guatemala made by hand. Senior Sfeven Bargainnier, and ji. .lon .lobes and Mason Ellenberger To make Their long stay a liT'rle mon home. .7 A ' ei .5 -4 , swim . , .sam , ,.,, Mm, Z -1m..,,,4w r' sf sl ,s. fy T fl . I .lr Q ... ! T s E 5 f l i This young man gave his life To The in a juvenile prison in Guafemala.

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s is ', A 22' ' Z , , ' as , ,VV I e ? Q 'bf 1 A at X 'W ,r If kv 1 , , , ,V I dp 5,331 'XJ l Q O' . V' 4' he fqmky ing from the board, second-grader Austin Blackwell stalls for time :re finishing his problem. 1 grader Janell Lawrence carefully writes her name at the top of test before answering the questions. 5.4! E verythmg ln a Lme They re coming' Even inside our high school class- rooms we could hear ele- mentary classes on the move down stairways and through our downstairs halt. And wherever they went they were always in a line With doorholders solemnly in front to carry out their du- ties each class marched behind their teachers to the library lunch or playground But were the students ol- ways satisfied with this ar- rangement? ld rather just go out and do what l want- ed said fifth-grader Tonya Brush. It appeared that doing everything in a line was just another part of elementary life. Some kids liked it some hated it but EVERYBODY did it and nobody died from it. Dressed the part, kindergarteners Stephanie Zassoda and Lauren Washington wait for their Thanks- giving party to start,

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The guys from the group try to make a long and grueling boat ride a little calmer Senior Jason Brough really wants to find out what these exotic birds eat we 'v rt 7 .. 'Q 23 , l,: r -. t ff W ,. 7',' , ' ' ' aj 2 iiiil W Q If Zaire, 4 f+ 3? r 1 I fix' wx 'f'i 'Q One ofthe speakers that worked with the group. wit nesses to some teens in a small prison. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Levielle are responsible for the success of this trip. The missionaries get together with a couple of students from a girls school. gf' W wr 'A it A tw' , ,.f,,,9E 551 V M1 7 we fr, Q r ,