Hillside Christian Church supports Compassion International and through the church’s sponsor signup drive about a year and a half ago, we became a sponsor. Our group was composed of Hillside people and, other than the vague look of villainy we all have, seemed like decent people. Brenda (front, right) called me baby most of the time but I didn’t mind. Her husband Jim (bald head) is a stewardship pastor at the church. To Jim’s right is Carmen, who lives in Colorado Springs. She represents CI on some of these trips. She’s fluent in Spanish which is handy in a Spanish-speaking country. To Jim’s left wearing a red shirt is Mark. Mark manages all of these sponsor trips and has been on a number of them himself. Instead of flying home with the rest of us he flew on to Belize to rendezvous with another group. Wally (to Mark’s left, hat and beard) and Richelle (white chick in front of Wally) attend the Lubbock campus. Wally has a droll sense of humor I enjoyed. Behind Brenda is Kimberly who works for the church in child Sunday school area.