Meet a Missionary Monday!

Daniel Moran hails from the great Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Though now in Texas, his heart will forever bleed Steelers' black and gold. He's often seen running around church with his wife, Lynette. If you haven't met her, he says to check out Proverbs 31 to learn more about her. Together, they work with UMC Marriage Encounter, and are currently working to complete their writings to be presenting couples on Marriage Encounter weekends. (If you haven't been encountered and are interested in how to make your good marriage better, talk to Dan or Lynette.)

Dan enjoys long strolls down the windy paths of Wimberley, along with other outdoors activities like camping. He's kept a journal from a young age and continues to write when he finds the time. Since adulthood has set in and time often disappears without notice, Dan has become an avid photojournalist. You can usually catch him with his camera in his pocket-- just in case the lighting is just right.

While attending Boston University for his graduate degree in Theology, he stumbled across the Texas girl who would become his wife... and take him halfway across the country into the land of cowboy boots. (He hopes to one day own one of those Texas-sized belt buckles.) While in Boston, as well as in Pennsylvania and here in Texas, Dan has worked predominately with adolescents from a variety of settings. He served as director for a summer meals/camp program in South Boston and has worked in shelters for abused and neglected children for the last three years. Eighteen months of that was with Lynette as house parents of an emergency shelter.

As most of the mission work Dan has participated in has been local, he's looking forward to building relationships with those in a high-need and unfamiliar area-- Haiti. People are one of Dan's favorite things-- interacting with them comes natural, as does his helping spirit. He looks forward to sharing some of his experiences with you upon our return!

Biblical Favorites: "The Lord said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by." Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper."