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Dale
Job Description: Center for the Advancement of the Handicapped (CAH) administration - currently Dale is director of the Handicap Project and is working to streamline work practices and train leadership in order to eventually hand leadership of the project over to Burkinabe nationals
Hobbies: volleyball, music - instruments: plays trombone, some piano and tinkers with the guitar; playing with Caleb & Joel
Favorite musical artists: Starflyer, Sixpence None the Richer, ColdPlay, U2, MxPx, Reliant K, Aaron Copeland
Some good books/authors: Tolkien, Walking with the Poor by Bryant Myers, The Testament by John Grisham, Wendell Berry
Interests: renewable energy
Birthday: February 13, 1978
Education: 1996 graduate of Penn Trafford High School, 2000 graduate of Messiah College (B.S. Engineering, electrical emphasis), 2008 graduate of Lancaster Bible College (M.A. in Ministry Program, leadership studies), Drexel University M.S. in Engineering Management program (9 credits short)
Work Experience: (since college) PPL Electric Utilities - 6 years as a customer support engineer
Florence 
Job Description: SIM Burkina Faso, Mahadaga guest house manager
Hobbies: volleyball, music - instruments: plays piano; sewing crafts
Favorite musical artists: Reliant K, U2, MxPx, ColdPlay, Switchfoot
Recently read books: The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead, The Robin Hood series by Stephen Lawhead, The Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini, Reaching for the Invisible God by Philip Yancey.
Interests: history, culture, language
Birthday: July 19, 1978
Education: 1996 graduate of Lebanon Christian Academy, 2000 graduate of Messiah College (B.A. in Communication, speech/relational emphasis)
Work Experience: (since college) New Covenant Christian School - 1 year as a Spanish teacher, Messiah College food services, Carlisle Carrier - administrative assistant, Capital Blue Cross - 4 years as a data analyst
Caleb
Job Description: Big Brother to Joel
Hobbies: digging, rolling, etc. in the dirt; singing at the top of his lungs; chasing Kitty; exploring; riding his tricycle, bicycles, Yamaha rhinos, and cars
Favorite musical artists: VeggieTales, himself
Some good books/authors: Frog and Toad, Amelia Bedelia, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Alexander’s Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Interests: anything with wheels, cars, tools, airplanes
Birthday: February 4, 2006
Education: 3 years of life
Work Experience: Toy putter awayer (sometimes), wagon puller, bossy older brother, cat beater
Joel
Job Description: Little brother
Hobbies: eating, grabbing, pushing chairs around the living room, reading, chasing the cat
Favorite musical pieces: London bridges falling down
Some good books/authors: Brown Bear, A Snowy Day
Interests: food, anything that goes in his mouth, balls
Birthday: December 22, 2007
Education: 16 months of life
Work Experience: cat food tester, shoe “tryer-on”, movement inhibitor (especially while mommy is trying to cook), laptop endurance tester