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  Posted: 8/22/03

  Lt. Col. Michael Keller has a cup off coffee at Camp Babylon, actually one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces.

  Plainview man helps bring better health to Iraq

  By Jonathan Petty

  Wayland Baptist University

  CAMP BABYLON, Iraq–Lt. Col. Michael Keller sets foot outside his temporary home in a former presidential palace in Iraq. What meets his eyes isn't pretty. All the windows and doors in the building were broken out or destroyed during the looting and riots that followed in the wake of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

  08/23/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  Posted: 8/22/03
  

  Reyes to be nominated for BGCT's
  first vice presidency in Lubbock

  By Marv Knox

  Editor

  SAN ANTONIO — Albert Reyes, president of Hispanic Baptist Theological School, will be nominated for first vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas when it meets Nov. 10-11.

  08/23/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  Posted: 8/22/03
  

  BGCT schools ranked in
  annual U.S. News survey

  By Marv Knox

  Editor

  Twenty-eight schools stand between Baylor University and its goal of ranking among the 50 finest schools in the country.

  08/23/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  Posted: 8/22/03
  

  Shepherd's Inn keeper knows her flock well

  By George Henson

  Staff Writer

  PORT ARTHUR–Toni Damian's life is a testament that God can use both the good and the bad in a person's life, given the opportunity.

  08/23/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  Posted: 8/22/03
  

  Enlist 'special' volunteers for music

  By Sara Horn

  LifeWay Christian Resources

  RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)–By all accounts, little David was a holy terror at church. He didn't sit still, didn't listen and distracted other children.

  08/23/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  Posted: 8/22/03
  

  Non-Aggies find a home with international Aggies

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  COLLEGE STATION–Call them students. Call them summer missionaries. Just don't call them Aggies.

  08/23/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  Posted: 8/22/03
  

  Student missionaries parade God's
  presence in Colorado resort town

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  CRESTED BUTTE, Colo.–Baptist General Convention of Texas student summer missionaries paraded a Christian presence down the streets of this popular Rocky Mountain resort town.

  08/23/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  Posted: 8/22/03
  

  Little sleep, lots of opportunities

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  HAMPSTEAD, N.H.–Robert Nixon loves to sleep. Maybe now that his stint as a summer missionary is over, he'll get some.

  08/23/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  Posted: 8/22/03
  

  SARS detour opens student's eyes
  to a new world vision in Germany

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  A Baptist General Convention of Texas student summer missionary learned to live intentionally for Christ by traveling the long way to serve him.

  08/23/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  Posted: 8/22/03
  

  Children find faith through Bible stories

  HOUSTON­June 26 and July 24 will live forever in the minds of Brandy Jacobson and the 15 children she led to Christ those days.

  Jacobson, a senior elementary education major at West Texas A&M, served as a Baptist General Convention of Texas student summer missionary at the Houston Mission Center. She helped primarily with the Kid's Club program and the food pantry.

  She vividly recalls going through a Bible lesson June 26 and looking up to see all the children staring at her. Jacobson felt God tell her to close the lesson and extend an invitation to the kids.

  08/23/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  Posted: 8/22/03
  

  Missionary gets warm welcome

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  Eastern Europeans love Americans, according to a student summer missionary. But they had no idea what this American stands for until they met him.

  08/23/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  Posted: 8/22/03

  Dallas Baptist University student Micah Blalock (with guitar) leads Russian orphans and American volunteers in worship during a summer camp session for orphans.At right, DBU student Andrew Briscoe poses with a new friend, Vova, a Russian orphan boy.

  Texas students travel to Russia with love

  DALLAS–Andrew Briscoe, a graduate student at Dallas Baptist University, has devoted much of his life to learning in the classroom. But after a month-long summer missionary internship working in the orphanages of St. Petersburg, Russia, he is quick to tell listeners that education also takes place on the hard surface of the mission field.

  DBU students Leslie Whitlock and Danny Krumbholz provide recreational fun for an orphan

  Briscoe and eight other DBU students joined students from six other colleges, including Baylor University, to work as summer missionaries, or interns, through Buckner Orphan Care International. The team provided a Christian witness–and love –to children living in Russian orphanages and orphanage hospitals through summer camp programming, Vacation Bible Schools, personal attention and support of shorter-term volunteers.

  For Briscoe, the internship was a learning experience in missions involvement. “I wanted to be a part of this trip so I would have a greater understanding of missions. The entire month was an incredible learning period and the spiritual growth we experienced was amazing,” he said.

  08/23/2003 - By John Rutledge