The Team
Kansas State University - Kigali, Rwanda
Amy Fitzgerald, Dana Townsend, Harvard Townsend, Caleb Otto, Rod Howell, and Cary McCall
Amy Fitzgerald is completing her second year as a student at K-State. She is studying to be an art teacher and has always loved doing art since childhood. She grew up in Colorado and is a triplet with two brothers. She has visited many different countries and is looking forward to being in Rwanda this summer!
Dana Townsend is a faculty member in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University and teaches and administrates the large Structure and Function of the Human Body course. She also is in charge of the Cadaver Dissection Teams. She has been married to Harvard Townsend for over 30 years and together they have raised three children who are all married, with one employed as an architect, one in charge of a children’s library and one finishing his first year of medical school. Dana loves cooking for large groups of people, enjoys exercise and the outdoors, and very much wants to be useful to the people of Rwanda.
Harvard Townsend is of course married to Dana and her partner in crime raising their three children. Harvard is the Chief Information Security Officer at Kansas State University where he has studied and worked for 32 years, receiving his bachelor's degree in wildlife biology and master's degree in computer science. Harvard is an elder serving the Manhattan Church of Christ and helps Cary McCall with the Cats for Christ campus ministry. His passions are his family, talking about spiritual matters one-on-one or in small groups, backpacking, reading, gardening, and any kind of adventure or traveling. Harvard participated in an LST project in 2007 in Hungary with Rod Howell and is very excited to share in the work in Rwanda.
Caleb Otto is a junior in Chemical Engineering at Kansas State University. He earned an Associates degree from a Hutchinson Community College where he also played football. He apparently loves school because he will graduate with two bachelors degrees and four or five minors. His hobbies are hunting, fishing, drag racing, demolition derbies, and anything that is outdoors. This will be his first time outside of the United States and he is excited to be a part of this LST team.
Rod Howell, Team Trainer/Mentor, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computing and Information Sciences at Kansas State University and faculty adviser for the Cats for Christ campus ministry. He has been training LST teams and participating in LST projects since 1994. Prior to this summer, he has been a member of 14 LST teams in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America.
Cary McCall serves as the campus minister for Cats for Christ, the campus ministry of Manhattan Church of Christ in Manhattan, Kansas. He loves working with college students and has dedicated his life to the mission of campus ministry, which he grew passionate about as a student at the University of Oklahoma. He enjoys international travel, geocaching, reading, and spending quality time with people. He has done masters degree work in ministry at Abilene Christian University and has also worked in campus ministry as an intern at both the University of Oklahoma and University of Alabama. He got interested in LST when he did his first project under the leadership of Bryan and Holly Hixson (who are now the missionaries in Rwanda) in the summer of 2000.
Amy Fitzgerald, Dana Townsend, Harvard Townsend, Caleb Otto, Rod Howell, and Cary McCall
Amy Fitzgerald is completing her second year as a student at K-State. She is studying to be an art teacher and has always loved doing art since childhood. She grew up in Colorado and is a triplet with two brothers. She has visited many different countries and is looking forward to being in Rwanda this summer!
Dana Townsend is a faculty member in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University and teaches and administrates the large Structure and Function of the Human Body course. She also is in charge of the Cadaver Dissection Teams. She has been married to Harvard Townsend for over 30 years and together they have raised three children who are all married, with one employed as an architect, one in charge of a children’s library and one finishing his first year of medical school. Dana loves cooking for large groups of people, enjoys exercise and the outdoors, and very much wants to be useful to the people of Rwanda.
Harvard Townsend is of course married to Dana and her partner in crime raising their three children. Harvard is the Chief Information Security Officer at Kansas State University where he has studied and worked for 32 years, receiving his bachelor's degree in wildlife biology and master's degree in computer science. Harvard is an elder serving the Manhattan Church of Christ and helps Cary McCall with the Cats for Christ campus ministry. His passions are his family, talking about spiritual matters one-on-one or in small groups, backpacking, reading, gardening, and any kind of adventure or traveling. Harvard participated in an LST project in 2007 in Hungary with Rod Howell and is very excited to share in the work in Rwanda.
Caleb Otto is a junior in Chemical Engineering at Kansas State University. He earned an Associates degree from a Hutchinson Community College where he also played football. He apparently loves school because he will graduate with two bachelors degrees and four or five minors. His hobbies are hunting, fishing, drag racing, demolition derbies, and anything that is outdoors. This will be his first time outside of the United States and he is excited to be a part of this LST team.
Rod Howell, Team Trainer/Mentor, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computing and Information Sciences at Kansas State University and faculty adviser for the Cats for Christ campus ministry. He has been training LST teams and participating in LST projects since 1994. Prior to this summer, he has been a member of 14 LST teams in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America.
Cary McCall serves as the campus minister for Cats for Christ, the campus ministry of Manhattan Church of Christ in Manhattan, Kansas. He loves working with college students and has dedicated his life to the mission of campus ministry, which he grew passionate about as a student at the University of Oklahoma. He enjoys international travel, geocaching, reading, and spending quality time with people. He has done masters degree work in ministry at Abilene Christian University and has also worked in campus ministry as an intern at both the University of Oklahoma and University of Alabama. He got interested in LST when he did his first project under the leadership of Bryan and Holly Hixson (who are now the missionaries in Rwanda) in the summer of 2000.
posted by Cary | 3:31 PM
2 Comments:
Awesome team! I'm praying for you and I know God will be using you in great ways during this project (and beyond!).
Are you working with/near Bryan and Holly Hixson? If so, give them our love! I'm not sure that we prepared Caleb (from our town of Stafford) to know about our association with them in the past (Duncan, OK). Anyway, it is great to read about your work! God bless. Cheryl & Richard Foster, Stafford Kansas
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