Personalities from Week 1 Family Camp

Below are the people we met and spent a lot of time with at week one of the Gemunden family camp, with a few explanatory comments. I thought I had taken a lot more pictures than we have here, I'll do better next time! We are missing quite a few people.


Below is Susan Bratcher, the wife and co-missionary with Kyle Bratcher (not pictured). She went to OCU with Kyle and claimed she never wanted to be a missionary, but seems to be enjoying life as much as anyone I've met.

This is Mark Hughes. Mark ist meine freunde. I probably butchered that, but it means: 'Mark is my friend.' He plays soccer, skateboards, and listens to a very awesome collection of music. He's also a pretty good wrestler, though I would never suggest anyone adopt that sport! I guess he's trying to be 'mysterious' in this picture (for the ladies), but like his hair, he's actually pretty cool.
This is Justin Hughes. He is 12 (? or 13?) and is the son of Tony and Suzanna Hughes (see below for Tony). He's a sweet kid who is quirky and funny. He is the younger brother of Mark.

This is Benjamin Bratcher. He's 16, but has to wait at least two more years to drive. He's a very mature guy. Plays basketball like nobody's business, and likes to act and sing in musical theatre and choirs. He was born in Colorado, so technically he's an American citizen. Evan (another American at the camp in week 1) and I were trying to recruit him to OCU and ACU (respectively). He's visiting ACU in eight days, so if you see him around campus you should yell out his name randomly, just to freak him out!

Okay so the guy closest to us is Aaron Bratcher, he's Benjamin and Lara's brother. He's 13 and really really good at sports. Specifically basketball. He's stayed at family camp 2 for a few days and is now our designated translator. Poor guy! He's also bee really helpful, right now he is in the kitchen cleaning up after lunch with some of the other teens.

So the blonde boy in this picture is Maurice. He loves playing sports, is 13 and speaks pretty good English. Maurice loves to volunteer to read the Bible in English, for extra practice and is awesome at table soccer! The guy in the red shirt is Evan from OCU who was here for 8 weeks, he just left today, in Hildesheim with the Bratcher family. Evan is about to be a sophmore in college and wants to be a German missionary.

This is a picture of all the boys on the last day of camp and also Lara who was Sierra's friend during camp. They played lots of house and pretend and Lara loves the sand box and also to swim. She is also going to be a flower girl in a wedding in the US this summer.