United Youth Corps Project: Summer Camp in Ghana

Ben is an elder serving as Pastor for the Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Oregon congregations of the United Church of God. He is an avid outdoorsman, and loves hunting, fishing and being in God's creation.

Paul serves as Pastor for the United Church of God congregations in Spokane, Kennewick and Kettle Falls, Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho.    

Paul grew up in the Church of God from a young age. He attended Ambassador College in Big Sandy, Texas from 1991-93. He and his wife, Darla, were married in 1994 and have two children, all residing in Spokane. 

After college, Paul started a landscape maintenance business, which he and Darla ran for 22 years. He served as the Assistant Pastor of his current congregations for six years before becoming the Pastor in January of 2018. 

Paul’s hobbies include backpacking, camping and social events with his family and friends. He assists Darla in her business of raising and training Icelandic horses at their ranch. Mowing the field on his tractor is a favorite pastime.   

Paul also serves as Senior Pastor for the English-speaking congregations in West Africa, making 3-4 trips a year to visit brethren in Nigeria and Ghana. 

Carl works as an engineer designing waste-water and water treatment projects. He enjoys spending time with his family and serving God’s brethren. Cooking and traveling are also some of his favorite activities, and he has enjoyed having the opportunity to travel to various places around the world for the Feast of Tabernacles. Carl would love to switch careers one day and operate a sustainable organic farm. He attended Ambassador Bible Center in 2001, which he feels helped set him on the right path.

Carl has enjoyed serving and seeing God’s way in action at many camps over the years, and feels that one of the many benefits of camp is the building of positive relationships through shared experiences.

Lancy Kachali is the third born to Mr. and Mrs. Kachli, has three sisters, and a brother. Lancy was born and raised in God's church in Malawi, and is a baptized member. She had a simple childhood on a farm, but it was a kind and loving home. She's grown to love being in the kitchen, but also enjoys reading, singing, and dancing.

Lancy currently holds a business management HND, but hasn't finished studying, though she hopes to continue someday. She loves children and helped with Sabbath school lessons while living in England.

Liana is from South Lake Tahoe, California and is the oldest of five children. The relationships she has built with her church family are some of the most important and absolutely a huge aspect of her life! She has been a counselor at a couple of United Church of God camps. Liana loves to travel to new areas of the world and has been fortunate to live in Australia and volunteer at an orphanage in Panama.

Rebecca is an enthusiastic person who loves spending time with friends and being outside. She helps out at United Church of God camps while forging stronger relationships with people in the Church.

Juliana was born June 16th,1990 in a family of five children and is the last born. She views herself as an open book, and likes to smile. She was born into God's church, and as an adult decided to follow the truth.

At the moment she works at LifeNets Business Centre in Lilongwe, Malawi, where she works as a café assistant. She loves her job, as she gets to interact with a lot of people, young and old.

She loves working with computers, and has a diploma in Information Communication Technology and is pursuing a degree in computer science.