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Emily and her husband Steve have spent their work-life at Pepperdine and Lubbock Christian University. They continue a long tenure as editor of Power for Today, a daily devotional guide with 36,000 subscribers. She has led many retreats and seminars across the United States and in Germany and Spain. She is in her 18^th year of being a teaching director for a Community Bible Study class—13 in Malibu and now 5 in Lubbock. She served on the board of the Christian Chronicle. She and Steven have three grown children and six grandchildren. David his wife Angie have 3 boys, 14,12 and 8. They both work at Pepperdine University. Amy and her husband Jeff Cary have one son, 16, and 2 daughter, 18 and 14. Amy teaches school in Lubbock and Jeff is the Dean of the School of Biblical Studies at LCU. Mark and his wife Tasha live in Nashville where Mark manages one of the Crema coffee houses and Tasha is an independent contractor for lawyers. They have perfected a Chai Tea recipe which they sell to local coffee houses.

Rebecca has been involved in ministry most of her life, spending her entire childhood and adolescence in Thailand as part of a missionary family. From 1985 through 2012, Rebecca served as a missionary to East Africa.  She spent those 27 years living and serving with her husband Tim and their children in Kenya and Tanzania. 

Most recently, Rebecca has served as an adjunct professor of missions at LCU teaching Mission Cultural Anthropology. She was a full time campus minister at the Broadway Church of Christ from 2013 until August of 2019. Rebecca is still involved in counseling, mentoring, and teaching and is one of the coordinators of International Student Fellowship with her husband Tim.  

She has a masters degree in Christian Ministry from Lubbock Christian University.  She received her bachelors degree in Biology with a minor in Bible from LCU in 1979. She is married to Tim Talley and they have three adult daughters, and four grandchildren.

Jaime Wheeler is currently the Director of Open Door Survivor Housing and has been a part of the Open Door (formerly Carpenter's church) community since 2006. Open Door seeks to cultivate community, opportunity and restoration with people experiencing poverty, homelessness and sex trafficking. In 2014, Jaime authored emPOWER, a workbook for those who have experienced exploitation. Jaime holds degrees in Social Work and Exercise Science and has spent time overseas as a missionary. Along with her husband, 3 kids and several pets, Jaime enjoys living a life of adventure in Lubbock's inner city.