I am Rachel Tarvin and I have just finished my Junior year  at Pensacola Christian College, Pensacola, Florida.  I am majoring in Missions with a broad field in Elementary Education.  Since my Sophomore year, I have been given the opportunity to serve as a floor leader in my dormitory.  I also work in the Sparks Club of the AWANA program at the Campus Church.  

Through my High School Spanish teacher at  Eagle Heights Christian School, God gave me the opportunity to visit Trujillo, Peru from January 20-31, 1999, where I ministered in a Summer Camp.  God certainly blessed me during this time where I was able to begin refining my ability to communicate in Spanish.  I learned much seeing missionary activity on the field in Peru.  I am grateful to Mrs. Miller, my teacher, for including me in her trip.

I graduated from Eagle Heights Christian School, Kansas City, MO in May, 1999.   During the following summer I worked at the Light House Preschool, a preschool for children with special needs, in Kansas City.  Also, during each summer since graduation, I have served as a counselor at a Junior Camp (3rd-6th grade) hosted by Antioch Bible Baptist Church as well as serving as a counselor for the AWANA Scholarship Camp at Raccoon River Bible Camp near Scranton, Iowa.  

I attended a Boot Camp in AWANA's Missionary In Training (MIT) Program during August 1999 in Upton, CA.  I was accepted for service and assigned to an MIT Team to Dominica (pronounced "Dom-in-eek-a") in July 2000.  You can see the details from my home page by clicking on the "MIT" button.  During the Summer of 2001 I served as an intern in the Children's Ministry of  Antioch Bible Baptist Church, in Gladstone, Missouri.

God has now given me the opportunity to visit Andy and Debbie Tuttle in Cusco, Peru during the summer of 2002.  See "Trip Details" from my home page.