Inspire, Fall 2000

Been There, Done That ... in Russia Rhonda Coventry ’83 wrote to tell us about her unique experience in Russia. In 1996 when a group began refurbishing a 100-year-old organ to give to the Bryansk Church, Rhonda wanted to take part. Directing this project was a professional who builds, repairs, and restores organs. The remainder of the group were unskilled volunteers willing to give of their time. The organ had been obtained years earlier and was lying in a warehouse in pieces. Having about 900 pipes, some wood and some metal, ranging in size from a pencil to almost 16 feet long, the organ would stand more than two stories tall and about 30 feet wide when assembled. After a leisurely ocean cruise, followed by weeks of government red tape, the organ arrived in Russia. In January 1998 a team of five took an 18-day trip to assemble it. With the help of a number of teenagers from the Russian church and some tinsmiths who fabricated some missing façade pipes, Rhonda stated, “We successfully completed our project including a special concert with the choir and new organ. Being the only organ for hundreds of miles around, it is a novelty. People whose curiosity is piqued by the instrument come to concerts, and then hear the gospel preached.” ... in South Africa A 1994 graduate of the Cedarville nursing program, Angela Hartman graduated in 1997 from Case Western Reserve University with a master of science in nursing degree and a family nurse practitioner certificate. Since that time, she has been working as a family nurse practitioner in Kendallville, Indiana. In 1998, Angie enjoyed the opportunity to work for four weeks as a nurse with Mercy Ships on the M/V Anastasis , in Guinea, West Africa. Angie returned to the ship for Discipleship Training School (DTS) in South Africa from October 1999 to February 2000. “My stay in South Africa took me to the extremes of this First … yet Third … World nation,” Angie wrote. During the first three months, she lived on the inspire The Cedarville Alumni Magazine Volume 11 Issue 1 Editor Faith Linn ’83 Managing Editor Roger Overturf ’75 Publication Coordinator Charity Rizer Grahame ’98 Copy Editor Kara Steinman Proofreaders Martha Baldwin Wendy Miller Orchard ’91 Graphic Designer Dan Clingan Writers Monica James Bowen ’92 Jeff Brock ‘84 Gabrielle Williams Contino ’73 Paul Dixon ’94H Sandra Millikin Entner ’59 Deborah Bush Haffey ’68 Lew Gibbs Charity Rizer Grahame ’98 Faith Linn ’83 Kim Longo Roger Overturf ‘75 Roscoe Smith ’82 Kara Steinman Emily Wiljamaa ’98 Cessna Catherine Winslow Photographers Scott Huck Alumni Contributors Alumni Relations: 1-800-837-2566 937-766-7858 Director of Alumni Relations Faith Linn ’83 linnf@cedarville.edu Administrative Assistant Charity Rizer Grahame ’98 grahamec@cedarville.edu Event Coordinator Cindy Congdon ‘00 congdonl@cedarville.edu Event Coordinator Emily Wiljamaa ’98 wiljamaa@cedarville.edu Campus Phone Numbers: Academic Services (transcripts) 937-766-7710 Admissions 1-800-233-2784 Annual Fund 1-800-766-1115 Athletic Office 937-766-7768 Bookstore 937-766-7894 Campus Activities 1-800-860-7625 Career Services 1-888-562-4811 CDR Radio 1-800-333-0601 Christian Ministries 1-888-465-7378 External Relations 1-877-233-2784 Financial Aid 1-800-444-2433 Gift Planning 1-800-766-1115 President’s Office 937-766-7900 Public Relations 937-766-7808 Student Services 937-766-7872 Summer School 937-766-7953 Yearbook Office 937-766-7990 Afterthoughts Schools of: Engineering, Nursing & Science 937-766-3253 Health and Human Performance 937-766-3252 Humanities, Fine Arts & Bible 937-766-3234 Social Sciences & Prof. Studies 937-766-3235 The Lord spoke to many hearts through our ministry.