The Rathbun's

Katie Rathbun has been married to Chad (below - who will also be going on the trip) for almost a year. Katie currently works as a preschool teacher, and will be starting graduate school at CU-Boulder in the fall. Here's what she said about herself: "I love to run, hike, camp, backpack, snowshoe, do yoga, go to concerts, be spontaneous, work with children, and read. I have had a heart for Africa for literally as long as I can remember. I have been praying for about eight years that God would send me sometime. After a few other trips fell through, I realized that my prayers might have been in part selfish. Last September, I decided to give my desire to go to Africa completely over to God. Rather than praying for God to send me, I just simply prayed for God's glory there, however that can best be achieved. Through a bunch of answered prayers, God opened the door for Chad and me to come on this trip. My prayer continues to simply be for God's glory on the trip."


Chad Rathbun just graduated from CU-Boulder with a history degree, and has also been working as an athletic director at Peak to Peak High School outside of Boulder. Here's what Chad said about himself: "Eventually, I would like to be involved in politics somehow. I like to read, play sports, go to concerts, and hike. I started praying about Africa years ago, when I started dating my wife, who has always been passionate about Africa. After hearing about this trip at church, going to a few meetings, and praying a lot, God made it pretty clear that this was a trip for us to be on.

So glad to have Chad & Katie going with us. In June, they will help when our church has a kids camp using SportsReach. The Int'l rep for SportsReach is going to give them a little more training too on how to best use this in South Africa. With that, Chad's experience in coaching basketball & Katie's playing volleyball, they are going to be a huge assest to our time.

I sent an email with SOS insurance information. If you can fill that out, save it and return to me as soon as you can that would be appreciated.