Cathleen Barnes  is the mother of three children—Melissa, Rachel, and Jonathon. All are serving the Lord and are her greatest inspiration and reward! She teaches medical assisting courses and restoration classes to hurting women. Cathleen has written He Provides, and has other books in the works. She can be reached by email at catbarnes7@yahoo.com. [57, 79, 104, 146, 200, 229, 252, 284, 360, 383]

 

Gayla Baughman resides in Stockton, California, where she is an instructor at Christian Life College. She oversees the Women’s Ministries Department of Christian Life College and is presently serving as the Western Conference advisor of Open Door Ministries. Gayla has published several books, including Christian Social Graces, To Have and to Hold, and is co-author of Ethics & Etiquette for Today’s Ministry with her husband, Terry Baughman. She is, also, a talented musician, songwriter, and singer. [25, 70, 125, 154, 171, 209, 228, 308, 335, 353, 407, 413]

 

Judi Boyd is, first and foremost, a wife and mother. Her husband is the pastor of The Pentecostals of Pearl, in Pearl, Mississippi. Her children, Rebecca, nineteen years old, and Jacob, seventeen years old, have been a joy and blessing from God in her life. Judi is thankful to her parents, Doyle and Faith Spears, who gave her a wonderful, apostolic heritage. [24, 55, 296, 400]

 

Becki Enis has lived thirty years in Europe with her missionary husband and three children, pastoring and ministering to military families. She serves as Coordinator of the Europe/Middle East Regional Ladies’ Commission of the United Pentecostal Church International. Rebekah has organized and spoken at women’s conferences, seminars, taught in Bible schools stateside, and throughout the Europe/Middle East region. She may be reached at beckienis@aol.com. [33, 350, 364]

 

Nona Freeman was born in Arkansas and married E.L. Freeman in 1937. They went to Africa as missionaries in 1948 with their five children and worked there for forty-two years. After retirement in 1989, they crisscrossed America and ministered in many other countries, until his death at age eighty-two. Nona will celebrate being ninety on July 25, 2006, actively preaching the Gospel sixty-six years! She is one of the editors for Reflections Magazine and writes the column Dear Nona. [176, 299]

 

Rebecca L. Glasgow is a wife, mother, and grandmother of three. She is the Personnel Coordinator in the UC Davis Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science. She is a member of Christian Life Center in Stockton, California, participating in the CLC Mass Choir, Praise and Worship Team, and Covenant, a special singing group. Her anointed singing has blessed many. She began singing and playing the piano at the age of eight. You can email her at becky.glasgow@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. [54, 177]

 

Marlene Gleason has worked in Christian ministry for twenty-seven years along with her husband, Rev. Stan Gleason, District Superintendent of Missouri, UPCI. Marlene attended Apostolic Bible Institute in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is involved with Ladies’ Ministries at The Life Church of Kansas City, Missouri, where her husband is pastor. They are parents of four children, Justin, Marissa, Micaela, and Caleb. [92, 174, 391] 

 

Joy Haney a wife, mother, grandmother, world-wide speaker, author of fifty books, and recipient of a Bachelor of Ministry degree, served as pastor’s wife at Christian Life Center in Stockton, California, for thirty years. While there, she aired Diamonds for Dusty Roads program on KYCC radio network. She is now serving as First Lady of the United Pentecostal Church International where her husband, Reverend Kenneth Haney, serves as General Superintendent. They have five children, two sons-in-law, one daughter-in-law, and eight grandchildren. [356]

 

Kim Haney is the mother of five beautiful children: Mychail (almost thirteen), Kailah, eight years old, Joshua, seven years old, Giahna, five years old, and Aunalee, two years old. She is the wife of Rev. Nathaniel Haney, who pastors Christian Life Center in Stockton, California. They have been married fifteen years. She is currently the Director of Women’s Ministries at CLC. [23, 319]

 

Ruth Harvey (formerly Rieder) is the wife of Rev. Steven Harvey and mother of two daughters, Angelica and Miriam. Currently residing in Portland, Oregon, Ruth is also the national director of Daughters of Zion, an international speaker, and a recording artist. She is the author of several best-selling books, including the well-loved book, Power Before the Throne. Ruth’s skillful writing, anointed speaking, and dynamic singing pulsate with her intense passion for God, His Kingdom, the Word, and prayer. [141, 208]

 

Helen Isbell was born the sixth of seven daughters to Merl and Crystal Savage and enjoyed a loving and strong-bonded family. She received the Holy Ghost in 1958. Helen has written and directed Christmas and Easter dramas for eighteen years. She has served as Ladies’ Auxiliary President in her local church in Modesto, California. For the past forty-five years, Helen has taught Sunday school, been involved with Bus Ministry, Children’s church, Bible studies, and donated personal time on Saturdays; Church is her life. [46]

 

Carol Johnson is very blessed to be a wife, mother, and grandmother. Carol and her husband, Doug, have been married for forty years. They are the parents of a daughter, Darla. Darla and her husband, Stuart Young, and their two daughters, Hannah and Holly, are starting a new church in Livermore, California. Carol and Doug enjoy helping with this new endeavor. [127, 212,381, 442]

 

Shelia Jones is full of passion and desire for the work of God. She attends Living Way Apostolic in West Monroe, Louisiana, where she is the Singles’ Ministry Leader, Web Ministry Director, Sunday school teacher, and soon to be a certified Apostolic Counselor by the Institute of Soteric Counseling. Shelia has also been a banking professional for more than twenty years. She enjoys her two sons, their wives, and three grandsons. [65, 186, 210, 320]

 

Sharon Keyes was born and raised in this apostolic truth. In 1968, she attended Western Apostolic Bible College and there met the love of her life, Randy G. Keyes. She joined her dreams and talents with his ministry, built churches and evangelized. Sharon resides in Modesto, California, where her husband has pastored for twenty-five years. Her daughter, Kim, son-in-law, Todd, and two beautiful granddaughters, Mehgan and McKayla, are the joy of her life. [124]

 

Juli Kimbley resides in the beautiful San Joaquin Valley of Central California. She is the mother of five, ranging in age from seven to nineteen years old. She has been married for twenty-two years. Her home is her palette, and she is the artist. She is a home-school advocate and enjoys doing things with her family, including the family business. Her free time is spent designing and constructing clothing and accessories. You can contact her at Julideidesigns@sbcglobal.net. [181]

 

Carol King is the wife of a minister, mother of five, and grandmother to a baker’s dozen. She and her husband, Clarence, have been married forty-seven years. Their home church is Modesto Revival Center, Modesto, California, pastored by Rev. Randy Keyes. She has worked for fifteen years in the travel industry and considers it a blessing to have formed many friendships through her work as a travel agent. She can be contacted by email at speshalangel2000@yahoo.com. [45, 63]

 

Vickie Mejorado and her husband, Alex, have been married for thirty-one years. They have two adult children, and one granddaughter. Vickie has a burden for prayer and is currently a co-leader in a Ladies’ Prayer Group in Stockton, California. She is an Information Technology Specialist, working as an HP-UX System and Network Administrator. Her life verse is Deuteronomy 6:4, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.” [250, 405]

 

Tanya Pruett lives in Lodi, California, with her husband, Stanley, and their two young boys, Ryan and Josh. They have been married for nine years and work in the Children’s Ministry at Christian Life Center in Stockton, California. Tanya is a skin-care consultant, who loves people and has a burden for soul winning. You can e-mail her at tpruett1@marykay.com. [286, 345]

 

Theresa Schaad is, first and foremost, a helpmeet to her husband, Jim. They will celebrate their sixteenth anniversary this year. A mother of two teens, she has been home schooling for the past ten years and is active in the local home-school community. Theresa is the evening host at KYCC Christian Radio in Stockton, California. In her spare time she enjoys cooking, sewing and reading. [83, 100, 130, 160, 242, 349, 423, 427]

 

Debra Scott and her husband, Gale, began a Home Missions church in Connecticut. Prior to that, she taught in Christian schools for sixteen years. She currently teaches in the ExCell Bible School and is the director of Ladies’ Ministries and Children’s Ministries in the local church. She has served as the Connecticut District Ladies’ Ministries Secretary for ten years. She can be reached at galescott@sbcglobal.net. [38, 75, 89, 97, 136, 170, 304, 404, 429, 434]

 

Judy Segraves is the wife of the president of Christian Life College in Stockton, California. In thirty-five years, she has written many articles and short stories for Sunday school literature, UPCI magazines, and newspapers. She has written five books and co-authored one on marriage with her husband, Dan. Three times, she has been a first-place winner of the Word Aflame Writer’s Contest. For book information, write 9023 West Lane, Stockton, CA 95210, or call 209.476.7840, Ext. 7739, to leave a message. [168, 385]

 

Kaye Singleton is a mother, grandmother, pastor’s wife, and national speaker. She also is a songwriter and author. Kaye has written a book entitled Fireside Chats with God. She writes monthly for the website www.moretolife.info and can be reached at P.O. Box 5631, Florence, SC 29502, or at 843.669.0369 [15, 39, 64, 78, 95, 108, 126, 138, 162, 167, 178, 188, 206, 214, 225, 240, 249, 255, 263, 279, 287, 291, 295, 301, 310, 314, 322, 327, 333, 345, 351, 357, 363, 369, 374, 380, 386, 399, 420, 428, 438]

 

Gayle Snyder is a pastor’s wife and mother who loves spending time with her family. Her late-in-life children, Marcus and Mariah, are now seven and eight. Gayle and Edward have been married twenty-five years. They pastor a home missions work in Danville, Virginia, and have traveled extensively at home and abroad, conducting seminars and ministering. She is often remembered by her excellence in vocal music. Gayle can be reached by email at Angel2Marz@aol.com. [239, 266, 317, 387] 

 

Della Southern has been a member of Christian Life Center in Stockton, California, since 1963. During those years she has taught Sunday school, worked in Children’s church, and currently works with the Guest Ministry. She has been married for fifty-two years. Della and her husband, Mel, have four children, eleven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. She has been a Care Provider for the elderly since 1978. [416]

 

Katherine Spacek is celebrating twelve years of marriage to her husband, Brad, and is a home-school mother of four precious children. This allows her much time to enjoy her favorite hobby, her family, which she calls her gifts from Heaven. She is also an Independent Consultant with Arbonne International providing pure, safe, beneficial skin care, and health and wellness products. Please say hello at kaspacek@yahoo.com. [20, 201, 219, 330, 373]

 

Alice Tanner considers children to be one of her greatest passions. In addition to teaching Sunday school in the past, she has volunteered as a teacher’s aide in public schools for the last ten years. Her interests include interior decorating, creative artistry in greeting cards, poetry, hiking, and bicycling. She lives in Stockton, California, and is employed as a Health Information Management supervisor at a local hospital. She may be reached at atanner11@juno.com. [325, 370]

 

Donna Ten Eyck is currently serving the Mississippi District of the UPCI, as Coordinator for Daughters of Zion and has written several prayer guides, including Covenant Prayer and Showering Our Children with HUGS-N- KISSES of Prayer. As coordinator for the God’s Armour-Bearer Ministry, she travels with The Mississippi Prayer Force promoting prayer for leadership and enlisting Men and Women of A.C.T.I.O.N. Donna resides in Wiggins, Mississippi, where she works with the ministry of Word Alive Revival Center. She can be reached at dteneyck7@hotmail.com. [42, 275]

 

Linda Cates Thompson was a minister’s wife for thirty years until the death of her husband. She is now married to Don, a wonderful man from Idaho. Together they have a blended family of five children and eleven grandchildren. They love to travel the four northwestern states, visiting their families, friends, and churches. Linda has a great passion for her family and the work of God. She can be reached by email at Dtommythompson@aol.com. [16]

 

Fredi Trammell became involved in ministry at age fifteen. For forty-five years she has shared pastoral ministry with Gerald, her husband of fifty-three years. They have four children, all of whom are involved in ministry, and nine fabulous grandchildren. She has authored ten books, and spoken throughout North America and across the world. At age seventy-two, she actively ministers and continues to write for her city’s newspaper, while in the process of authoring two more books! [61, 111, 156, 193, 211, 295, 333, 397]

 

Mikhael Shere′ Trammell is currently an Esthetics major. Her apostolic heritage extends through several generations, for which she is grateful. Her delight is teaching the five-to-seven-year-olds in Sunday school at Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle in St. Louis, Missouri, where her father pastors. She enjoys writing, singing and organizing. She may be reached at 2500 Telegraph Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63125, or by email at classylassie84@yahoo.com. [424]

 

Rebecca Trammell is, first and foremost, a wife and mother, who loves spending time with her family. Her children are twenty-two and twenty-six. She and her husband, David, have been married for thirty-one years. She is a pastor’s daughter and is now a pastor’s wife at her home church in Albion, Michigan. She can be reached at P.O. Box 125, Albion, MI 49224, or by email at REBDAVT@aol.com. [53, 134, 241, 366]

 

Linda Walmer is a missionary in Brazil, South America. She and her family arrived in Brazil in 1972. She works in the training of workers for the harvest field of Brazil. She has developed Sunday school material and has worked in the training of Sunday school teachers. For ten years she has been the National Ladies’ Ministry Leader and over ten years as the National Sunday School Director of the United Pentecostal Church of Brazil. [82, 347]

 

Nancy Widhalm loves to teach Bible studies, and has done so for almost twenty-nine years. She has been married for thirty-six years, has a daughter, son-in-law, and two wonderful grandsons. Nancy has worked part time at Christian Life Center in Stockton, California, for twenty-five years. She also helps her husband, Steve, in their tax-preparation business. She especially enjoys camping, garage sales, antiques, chocolate, and her little dachshund, Saddie. Her email address is nancywidhalm@yahoo.com. [109, 119, 190]

 

Wendy Wiebe lives in Canada with her husband and their two beautiful daughters, ages eleven and eight, and the cutest seven-year-old boy in the world. She is a worship leader at her church and directs the children’s choir. She has appeared in Reflections. Wendy enjoys spending time with her family, writing, singing, photography, and baking. Email her at princess-weebie@shaw.ca. [31, 49, 62, 71, 94, 114, 139, 163, 198, 218, 243, 247, 265, 277, 311, 318, 339, 379, 405, 414, 435]

 

Darla Young and her husband, Stuart, pastor a new church plant in Livermore, California, called Crossroads Church. She is the proud mother of two daughters, Hannah, five years old, and Holly, nineteen months old. They are the bright rays of sunshine in her life. Darla has been married for seven years. You can email her at darla@visitcrossroads.org. [402]

 

Laurie Young is the single mother of two beautiful children, Derah and Judah. She attends McCormick’s Creek Church in Spencer, Indiana, where she has been the Administrative Assistant for twelve years. Laurie is a member of the Praise Team and coordinates activities for the Singles’ Ministries. She hopes to expand her ministry through writing and is currently in the process of writing her first book. She can be reached at ldjyoung@aol.com. [96, 189, 257, 268, 303, 401, 425]