Alumni news.

Here's what a few of your classmates have been up to. Send your news to alumni@wol.org.

1970s

Bruce Compton (’75) has served 30 years with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.

Melanie Bennett (’78) is a reading specialist serving at community centers in inner-city Lansing, Michigan.

Caroline (Sims) Jones (’76) graduated with a degree in Biblical Counseling from Christian Heritage College, where she met her husband, a Navy captain. They have four daughters, whom she homeschooled from start to finish. One is a senior and another graduated from the Bible Institute last year.

Linda (Klump) Moser (’76) works in the kitchen of a local school. She and her husband are very involved with college-age adults at their church. Her youngest song graduated from the Bible Institute in 2010.

Sylinda (Birchard) Alfred (’78) homeschools her children. Four of the five have graduated. She is a leader in a homeschool support group.

Linda (Ramsey) Wollbrink (’79) is teaching at the Lynchburg General Hospital School of Nursing. She and her husband, Larry, have two sons, Joe (19) and Chris (17).

Margaret Heffner (’79) is a member at Hyland Heights Baptist Church, where she is involved in the choir, the baptism ministry, welcome ministry, and living cross ministry. She works as a hospital service coordinator for Medical Associates of Central Virginia. She has three children (Daniel Pausl, David Heve, and Ella Elizabeth).

1980s

Daryl Swartley (’80) is a church planter and pastor.

Elizabeth Dalenberg (’81) is a teacher at Liberty Christian Academy in Lynchurg, Virginia. She taught Michael Rocco, who is the starting quarterback for the University of Virginia Cavaliers. He nominated Elizabeth to receive the UVA “Heroes in Education” Award, and she received the honor when Virginia hosted Penn State in September.

John Knaus (’81) is a Discipleship in Action leader. He gardens and runs food services for Central Virginia Community College.

Jane (Snyder) Ortendahl (’82) is married and has four children. She attends Grace Point Church in Newton, Pennsylvania, and works as a real estate agent.

David Winch (’82) has been a full-time police officer for 22 years and a  youth pastor for 31 years.

Martha (Perry) Walker (’82) is completing her master’s degree in nursing.

Randy Richardson (’83) is a builder in Michigan and works with the youth ministry at his local church.

Dorinda (Murray) Phillips (’84) is working full-time for Word of Life’s Local Church Ministries while raising her 9-year-old great niece with her husband, Scott (’84). Scott owns and operates Adirondack Log Works in Schroon Lake, New York, and works with the junior high Word of Life Clubs program at Mountainside Bible Chapel. Dori works with the Word of Life Gopher Buddies at Mountainside.

Hope Compton (’84) is working at Bethel Baptist Church in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Dave Eger (’86, ’88) has been an area missionary with Word of Life since 1988. He and his wife, Anita (Scott) Eger (’86), have two children, Brandon and Emily. Brandon is in second year in New York now after doing first year in Florida.

John Lingelbach (’88) will soon retire from the United States Air Force and would like to teach at a Bible college.

Kimberly Lingelbach (’88) runs a home day care and runs in marathons.

Ruth (Rozelle) Adams (’88) is a nursery coordinator at her church. She is taking care of her husband, three boys, and a small hobby farm. She enjoys scrapbooking.

Tom Boyd (’89) is serving the Lord in prayer group, Bible Studies, and more. He has been married for 22 years and has two children.

Jason Shugar (’89) is arried to Lynn and has two children, Sarah and Jack. He is a classroom teacher, loves horseback riding, and plays guitar on the worship team at church.

1990s

William Rose (’90) is a missionary with World Baptist Fellowship in Spain.

Jonathan Bunyan (’91) is part of the ministry team at Star 88.3, a radio station in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He Encourages everyone to put God first in everything, whether good or bad.

Elizabeth (Whynacht) Guiles (’91) is a stay-at-home mom. She is involved in ministry at her church with her husband and in a local Child Evangelism Fellowship Good News club.

Ted Whitney (’91, ’92) teaches a new believers class at his church. He recently started a new job at Liberty University overseeing online communities.
 
Jodi Rabquer (’92) homeschools her two boys. She says she is getting them ready for the Bible Institute. She volunteers at a local youth center and would love to have a class reunion! 

Melissa (Smith) Gibson (’93) is a missionary to Portugal with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism.

James Harvey (’93) has been a missionary with Open Air Evangelism with Word of Life for the past seven years.

Christopher Roth (’94) is working at Sunshine Growers Inc. in Lakeland, Florida. His two children attended the Ranch this past summer.

Bonnie (Low) Coello (’95) married Eddie Coello in 2002 and is a first-grade teacher in Amherst County, Virginia.

Tracey Fox (’95) is teaching at Faith Christian Academy in Hurt, Virginia. The Bible Institute came for a school capel, and she would like them to come again.

James Lane (’95) is a senior chaplain in Painesville, Ohio, and is working on a doctorate in Ministry at Baptist Bible Seminary. He has five wonderful children: Susanne (23), James (21), Sarah (18), Rachel (13), and Rebekah (10).

Andrea (Miller) Barnard (’96) has worked at Lake City Bank as an expert float for the past 14 years. She loves to spend time with her family and encourages other alumni to continue holding forth the Word of Life.

Caroline Cahoon (’99, ’00) graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Communications and Theatre from Cornerstone University in 2003. She is working as an art director and adjunct instructor of advertising at the university. She is also involved in theater at the university and in the community.

Katie (Westcomb) De La Cruz (’99, ’00) married Eliud De La Cruz on May 19, 2012. In June 2012, they were accepted as missionaries with Word of Life to Guatemala and Belize.

2000s

Robert DeWitt (’00) is the senior pastor at Dalton Baptist Church in Muskegon, Michigan, where many adults do the Word Life Quiet Time.

Amy Harmer (’00) is working in bone marrow research at Indiana University Health Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Larry Berna (’00, ’01) is a pastor at Merriam Christian Chapel in Albion, Indiana. He is interested in missions. Jeremiah 33:3 is his life verse.

Austin Green (’01, ’02) is a fundraising consultant for Christian schools and church groups.

Teresa (Davis) Green (’01, ’02) is a freelance writer.

Hannah Halsey (’02) is a teacher and caseworker at a school that works with children who have been abused or neglected.

Kendra Jenkins (’04) is the office manager of the Business Intelligence Office at Liberty University. She is heavily involved with a missions organization in Kazakhstan and is involved in her local church’s worship team.

Christopher Bowles (’05) is a youth pastor and an ordained minister. He is pursuing his masters in Global Apologetics at Arlington Baptist College in Texas.

John Turner (’06, ’07) is a youth leader and is pursuing a teaching career.

Beth (Lundin) and Dustan Horst (’08) are Word of Life area missionaries in Southern Ohio. They are having their first child in March. They would love to connect with you and your church to see how they can partner with your ministry.

Jarod Burrer (’08) is the director of public relations at Appalachian Bible College.

Zachariah Canfield (’09) is a senior at Liberty University.

2010s

Kathryn Anderson (’10) misses Word of Life so much that she’s having withdrawals from not being there. She says that Word of Life taught her to grow in her walk with the Lord and made her see things that she had never seen before. Her year made her realize how important it is that she be in God’s Word daily.

Samuel Speck (’10) is studying church planting at Moody Bible Institute.

Eric Feenaughty (’10) is working at Tampa General Hospital in Florida in the Information Technology Department as a technology support associate. He and his wife, Jessie (Strout) (’08, ’09) have recently become members at South Tampa Fellowship and are looking forward to being involved in the ministry there.

Cody Armstrong (’11) is studying athletic training at Liberty University.

Jesse Nester (’11) is styduing aviation at Liberty University.

Richard Barclay (’12) is a small business owner. He still considers his year at the Bible Institute as one of the best of his life.
 
Andrea Sheldon (’12) works at First Baptist Church in Jamestown.