The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 August 1989 — Page 6

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., August 16, 1989

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Amy Clouse has returned from mission project with the WDA in Atlanta, Ga.

Although most people would associate the phrase "culture shock" with immersion in a foreign country, that is not the case for Amy Clouse. Syracuse Amy has been experiencing a sort of culture shock upon returning to her home following a mission project in Atlanta. Ga. Amy spent six weeks working in Atlanta at a missions' project of the Worldwide Discipleship Association (WDA). The site was called Techwood and it is the largest government housing project. In Atlanta the group ran a summer Bible camp for elementary, junior high, and senior high school age children from Monday through Wednesday. On Thursday, they worked with the elderly at the project

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A total of 33 people from four campuses, from WDA. went to Atlanta to participate in the mission project. They stayed together on the campus of Georgia Tech, about two blocks from Techwood. The area in which Amy worked was full of striking contrasts. Within these 60 acres of Techwood, there were drug dealings, muggings and other acts of violence. Poverty was evident Two blocks away was the heart of downtown Atlanta, with tall, beautiful buildings. It was like two different worlds according to Amy. The first week at the project was for orientation. Amy says that people experienced in working in Techwood gave talks Other people talked to them about how to deal with inner city kids and how to break down the walls that surround them. They took tours of Atlanta in an attempt to become more familiar with the place that would be thei’- home for the next month. On the second day of orientation. Amy tells they were given a tour of Techwood She describes the scene of their arrival at. Techwood and children rushing up to them, grasping their hands. "We were all pretty scared." Amy admits, but that fear would disappear as they would come to the know the people there. Amy was part of the junior high camp. She savs she had seven

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y *•,, .> -J ..r K \. i RPVjFw' J ■Pf 1 J WDA MEMBER — Amy Clouse is the daughter of Tony and Connie Clouse of Syracuse. A 1985 graduate of Wawasee High School, Amy will be starting her fifth year at Purdue University in the pharmacy school. As a member of World Discipleship Association at Purdue, Amy recently participated in a six-week missions' project in Atlanta, Ga. (Photo bv Mary Jane Lorton)

girls in her group, along with another counselor. The girls ranged in age from 11 to 14. Each.day they would spend time doing some type of recreation, talking about God, eating, answering questions, and most importantly, according to Amy, "loving them and serving them.”

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On Thursday afternoons, time was allotted for “special activities.” At these times, Amy says her group would go swimming, picnicking, sightseeing, etc. Basically these were times that the girls were able to “get to know you as a friend.” The girls Amy worked with were much like a lot of the children at Techwood. Some of them came from one parent families. Some were abused. Some were neglected. But that is not to say that some did not have strong families. It is also not fair to say that some of them.did not have their dreams. “They have a lot of dreams,” Amy says, “but I don’t know if they can see away out.” Amy tried to let them know that there was a hope, and a real way to have those dreams. Although the girls Amy came in contact with were very “street smart,” she comments that emotionally they were not very well off. She says there was a 15-year-old girl who appeared very mature and wise, but emotionally she was not very mature. She sucked her thumb. The most rewarding part of the mission for Amy was visiting with the elderly. They would go once a week and “clean for them, get groceries, run errands or read the Bible with them.” Her experiences with the elderly were varied. She describes times when she cleaned a kitchen that was practically "raining cockroaches,” to a time when she shared pictures of her family with an elderly woman. "Serving their physical needs,” Amy explains, “was serving God.” On the weekends, the counselors were free to do what they wanted outside of Techwood. For Amy, this free time was very important because it gave her an opportunity to talk about her experiences and understand what was going on. It also gave her time away from a place where she was constantly looking for ways to give of herself. Amy’s parents, Tony and Connie Clouse of Syracuse, came to pick her up in Atlanta. They spent three days coming home in order to relax, but Amy says she could not help but think about Techwood. “I was upset because I was leaving these kids,” she shares, “but I realized God is down there, too.” “We gave them a glimpse of who He is,” she adds. "I realize ho\c materialistic we are,” Amy says, and as a result, when she goes shopping she always ask herself, “do I need this?” A 1985 graduate of Wawasee High School, next week Amy will start what is to be her last year at Purdue University. She is in pharmacy school. She looks to the future with a greater vision of what perhaps God would like for her to do. “God showed more options to me in my career,” she explains. “I might become a missionary somewhere, Indianapolis maybe. Right now I'm hung up on the inner city ” she explains. "God broadened my vision of the world,” she says, and she realizes that there are people with needs everywhere.

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ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT — Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Zoski, Osseo, Mich., and Theodore and Lillian Zydek, North Webster, announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their children. The bride-elect, Ann M. Zoski of Warsaw, graduated from Pittsford High School, Mich., in 1974; Madonna College, Mich., in 1978 with a BA in education; Western Michigan University in 1979 with a master's of library science. She is a member of the Warsaw Evening Optimist, Chamber of Commerce Professional Council, Indiana Library Association, American Library Association and is currently employed at the Warsaw Community Public Library. The groom-elect, Richard J. Zydek of North Webster, attended Columbia College in Chicago, MVCC and COD Colleges in Illinois where he majored in photography. He is employed at OEC Diasonics in Warsaw. The couple are planning an October, 1989, wedding at Sacred Heart Church in Warsaw.

CALENDAR Week Os August 16 To August 23 WEDNESDAY Syracuse PTO 12 noon, Syracuse School LRC North Webster Park Board 4 p.m., North Webster Town Hall — Fire Station Syracuse Lions Club 6:30 p.m., Beacon Restaurant Syracuse PTO 7 p.m., Syracuse School LRC Twilighters Bunco Club 7:30 p.m. Psi lota XI 7:30p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous Wawasee Group 7:30 p. m. Episcopal Retreat House, South Shore Drive, Lake Wawasee, Syracuse. Closed meeting Alanon 7:30 p.m., St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, Syracuse Syracuse Jaycees 8 p.m., Lakeland Eagles THURSDAY Ebenezer Ladies Aid 2 p.m. Wawasee Community Toughlove 7 p.m., Lakeland Youth Center, Syracuse. Parent support group for parents troubled by their teenagers behavior. Milford Volunteer Firemen 7 p.m., Milford Fire Station Adult Children of Alcoholics 7:30 p.m., Bowen Center, Warsaw North Webster American Legion Auxiliary 8 p.m., Legion Hall FRIDAY Milford Kiwanis 6:45 am., Ityilford Community Building Alcoholics Anonymous Carl Sheperd Memorial Group 7:30 p.m., now meeting at C.A.R.S., Inc., SR 13, Syracuse. Open meeting SATURDAY Wawasee Kiwanis 7 am., Gropp’s, Syracuse Turkey Creek Senior Citizens Carry-in Dinner 12 noon, Syracuse Scout Cabin L SUNDAY S.A.L.T. (Single Adults as Living Testimonies 9:30 a. m., Mike’s Soda Shop, North Webster Alcoholics Anonymous Fireball Group 10 a.m., North Webster Fire Station. Open meeting Alcoholics Anonymous Sunday Night Recovery Group 8 p.m.. North Webster United Methodist Church. Closed meeting Y Alanon Sunday Night Group 8 p.m.. North Webster United Methodist Church. Closed meeting MONDAY Lakeland Kiwanis 6:45 a .m., North Webster Church of God meeting room Syracuse EMS 7 p.m., Syracuse Fire Department North Webster Chamber of Commerce 7 p.m., Palace of Sports, North Webster Milford Lions jM ABBj 7 p.m,, Milford Community Building Alanon Milford Family Group 7:30 p.m., Milford United Methodist Church Alcoholics Anonymous, Milford Group 7:30p.m., Milford United Methodist Church. Closed meeting Alcoholics Anonymous, North Webster Group 7:30 p.m., North Webster United Methodist Church. Open meeting Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District 7:30 p.m., Syracuse Town Hall North Webster American Legion 8 p.m., Legion Hall TUESDAY Alanon Just for Today 9:30a.m., St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, Syracuse Syracuse-Wawasee Rotary 12 noon, Gropp’s Restaurant J Wawasee American Legion Auxiliary 223 £• 7:30 p.m., Legion Hall - WEDNESDAY Syracuse Fire Department 7 p.m., regular meeting, Fire Station Alcoholics Anonymous Wawasee Group 7:30 p.m.. Episcopal Retreat House, South Shore Drive, Lake Wawasee, Syracuse. Closed meeting Alanon 7:30p.m., St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Syracuse

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