Monday, September 3, 2007

meet the team!

Meet the team of young missionaries going to Ecuador this January...



Travis Riner was the one of the founding member of the band Showbread in 1997 and cursed the band with their silly name. He is a youth pastor in Orlando, Florida.








Lisa Riner is Travis' wife. She keeps the kids in his youth group from writing on the ceiling.










Patrick Porter is the other founding member of Showbread. He went to India last january and was once stung by hundreds of bees while doing mission work in the states. His favorite food is pad thai.








Vanessa Wells (Vanessa Porter after 11/17/07) is Patrick Porter's fiance. She loves food.










Abi Martinez (Abi Porter after 11/11/07) is Josh Porter's finace. She enjoys organic foods and watching oprah.








Lindsi Johnson is a gifted performance artist. She wobbles her head when she talks and likes kids.









Mike Jensen went to college in Statesboro, GA, where he let his dog use the carpet like a toilet.










Ricky Holbrook plays drums with an intense face. He apologizes for his jokes.










Josh Porter writes books and in his spare time plays shuffleboard.










Landon Ginnings plays in super popular punk outfit Knife To Meet You. He has never been excited in his life.










Matt Davis is an aspiring spokesperson for Monster Energy Drinks. He likes dogs and cats.










Jose combines insults with compliments.











Megan... we haven't met yet... she is a friend of Travis and Lisa.












NOTE: despite the whimsical nature of this post, these people really are our team... we'll have real updates featuring them when the trip is closer to fruition!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

excuse me, that is not a very good picture of myself. And what the heck is abi doing

Dude said...

its great to have faces to pray for, even if its not thier real face.

Anonymous said...

never been excited in my life?? yeah that's true....sadly.

J-Money said...

whoa? that doesnt even look like me. ill agree with the muscular body, but not the hair. dude, i chopped it off!


and what are you talking about? all i ever give are compliments!

Anonymous said...

yay!
you gots one hecka awesome team!
I'm praying fer ya'll!
yeah, I don't really talk like that...

Dude said...

who's gerald?

Anonymous said...

what an amazing team!! i'll be praying for your safety every day while you're there!

sirakisalive said...

good luck with everything yo

Anonymous said...

Right on guys.

Travis Riner said...

It was either showbread or the steaming dookies...the latter was taken.

you like your crappy name anyway.