Introducing the 2008 Taiwan Team

Dorcas C. Born in Taiwan, Dorcas moved to the States when she was 3, where her dad studied at seminary. During college she served in Thailand, North Africa and Venezuela.  Having been challenged on previous occasions by the BCF Missions Committee to take opportunities to minister to her own people, Dorcas says: "I think this is an excellent opportunity to do so."

Frances Cheng

Born in Blacksburg but raised in California, Frances is joining the team again this summer.  She's artistic, fun-loving, caring and has an off-beat sense of humor (quote from 2007 team leader).  Frances is entering her junior year of high school.

Anna Hairfield
Anna, 16, is active in BCF's youth ministry, drama, athletics, and a host of other things.  She has written that she's "excited to be a part of the mission to Taiwan ... thrilled to have this opportunity and can't wait to see how God uses me on this trip for His glory!"  We're excited about this too!

Andrew Hall

This will be Andrew Hall’s fourth summer trip to Taiwan with us. Although he doesn’t fit in well into airplane seats, rollout sleeping pads, buses or minivans, he’s a shoo-in when it comes to spending time with young people. Having been a Young Life leader for six years he’s very adept at relating to campers.  Andrew will be leading one of our teams again this year.

Lee Howell
A new VT graduate in Biochemistry, Lee is also interested in reaching out to others by teaching English as a second language.  Her preparation began long before she heard about this trip when she signed up to take Chinese her senior year.  Lee is soft-spoken, warm, and "artsy," (the kids are going to love her).  For the last two years she has served with vtONE.

Joe Kelley

Joe Kelley will be returning with us for the second time, just like Frances. He's been on other short-term mission trips but normally he's an elder at Blacksburg Christian Fellowship, one of the leaders of the high school ministry @ BCF and various and sundry other important things, including husband to Wendy Kelley.

Allison Mock
Graduating in May,2008, Allison is also returning for her second
dose of summer missions in Taiwan.  She writes: "After my experiences in Taiwan last summer, I hoped that I would be able to return in the future.... Though the trip proved more challenging than I expected, God blessed me in immeasurable ways, and I am convinced that there is no better way for me to spend my summer."  Several years ago Allison also traveled to South Africa to help Tim & Leslie Black in their missions work near Cape Town.

Cody Ross

Cody is a graduating BHS senior. He writes about himself: "My goals for this trip are to grow as a Christian and grow as a church member."  He desires to be able to share God's love and truth with others this summer.

Chuck & Linda Schumann
We have been involved in various forms of outreach to Chinese our entire 27 years of marriage.  This is Chuck's fifth and Linda's second summer missions trip to work with the VGM.

Carlie Wallace

As a freshman in Elementary Education at VT, Carlie has already gotten involved in outreach to international students as a language partner.  She has been to Antigua and Barbuda on other short-term mission projects and worked at several stateside VBS and youth camps.  She has a strong interest in career missions.