11:30 am, Thursday, October 27, 2005
Westlawn Dining Hall

Joys & Challenges of being a Third Culture Family, lunch with Phil & Christine Lindell Detweiler, Visiting Missionaries

Lunch conversation 11:30-12:50. Christine was born into a missionary family in Tanzania, and with Phil has been raising their 3 childen in Benin. Students may contact Campus Ministries to request a meal pass.

Christine and Phil Lindell Detweiler have served with Mennonite Mission Network in West Africa since 1991. Having completed their assignment in Benin, later this year they are planning to relocate to Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. They have worked extensively in community-based health initiatives and will partner with those working in the areas of community health and HIV/AIDS, job creation and community banking activities.

Both Christine and Phil are graduates of Goshen College. They have three children: Nathan,11; Annika, 9; Lydia 7.

Contact: Sylvia Shirk Charles, phone (574) 535-7542, email sylviasc@goshen.edu