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Sandy Morris

disabilities coordinator

I am privileged to provide care, programs, and resources for families affected by developmental and intellectual disabilities.

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Family: Widow (my dear husband passed away Nov. 2021), adult daughter Madi, adult son Tyler, daughter-in-law Alana, and a sweet granddaughter Makara.

Educational background/Alma mater: Bachelor of Science, Millersville University Special Education

Previous lines/places of work: Warwick School District Special Education Teacher at Warwick High School. I also taught in Pequea Valley School District and Cocalico School District for 6 years combined.

FAVORITES:

• Food: All food, I love to try new foods
  
• Favorite snack food/candy: Dark chocolate, homemade popcorn on the stove top
  
• Beverage: Coffee with way too much cream
  
• Restaurant in Lancaster County: Luca
  
• Coffee Shop: Dosie Dough, Whiff Roasters
  
• Books: A Gospel Primer by Milton Vincent, Suffering by Paul Tripp, Through the Eyes of a Lion by Levi Lusko
  
• Book of the Bible: Ephesians and Exodus
  
• Word in the English language: Dang
  
• Podcast or streaming content: Nothing is Wasted Podcast
  
• Worship song/hymn: In Christ Alone
• Place for Day of Prayer, or Favorite place to pray: Out on a walk on the back country roads
• Season of the year: All, seriously I enjoy every season
• Time of day: Morning
• Sports team: Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders
• Hobby, recreational activity, or sport to play: Hiking, riding my E-bike, and anything outside
• Place in the world: Banff, but Hawaii is a close second, along with Lake Placid in the Adirondacks

GET TO KNOW ME:

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?: A teacher

What makes you laugh?: Tyler

One of my greatest experiences with God: As hard as this is to say, it was in one of my deepest hardships of life in slowly losing my husband to early onset Alzheimer's. In the midst of such brokenness in the deepest valley, I came to understand the depth of God's goodness, faithfulness and sovereignty over all things.

Izzy Werkheiser

g56 coordinator

Ministering to the 5th and 6th grade students of LEFC, and helping them grow in their faith.

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Educational background/alma mater: Senior at Lancaster Bible College in the Youth and Young Adults Ministry Major

One thing that fascinates me: Psychology and personality types


FAVORITES:

• Beverage: COFFEE
  
• Restaurant in Lancaster County: Uhg, that's hard. I really love ABC and Bulls Head burgers, so it's a tie between those two.
  
• Books: The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis and I listen to Lord of the Rings (trilogy) every night while I sleep so I feel like that has to be up there.
  
• Quote: "Beautiful things don't ask for attention" - from a movie I can't remember the name of or "If I come home dead, my mom will kill me again!" - said by one of my students OR "With Middle Schoolers, sometimes you are reigning in cats that are rabid, in a hurricane" - Dave Coryell
  
• Movie: The Avatar Movies (the blue people, not the air bender)
  
• Worship song/Hymn: Elohim - Sondae/ Creative - Half Alive
  
• Time of day: Any time that I'm with my friends with a coffee in my hand

LEAST FAVORITES (keepin' it innocuous):

• Food: Poisoned food
  
• Time of day: Getting out of bed
  
• Season: The cold one

GET TO KNOW ME:

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?: A gypsy veterinarian

What were you like in high school, or as a teen?: An angry fairy child who wanted to be an emo 'cuz all her friends were.

What makes you laugh?: People (aka my friends and students) doing weird stuff

Most people don’t know this about me: I made friends with a lion at the zoo once.