Hometown: Sallisaw, OK

Major: BS in Psych (Oklahoma State, Stillwater OK), Jewish Mysticism (University of Oklahoma, Norman OK), GIS (Hunter College, NYC NY), MBA (NSU, Tahlequah OK)

Hobbies and Interests: Travel, reading, the outdoors, tinkering/woodworking, strategy.

Dream Jobs: This one

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Coffee

Favorite Fictional Character: Han Solo

Favorite Music: Rich Mullins               

Favorite Food: whatever Cynthia is making

Favorite Bible Verse: Luke 15:2

Favorite XA Memories: the t-shirt caper of 2015, most of the missions trips, whatever entertaining nonsense my smallgroup guys are doing.

Fun Fact:

Nicknames: Carabear

Hometown: Sweetwater, OK

Major: Creative Writing with minors in Chinese and history

Hobbies and Interests: Playing Piano, thrift shopping

Dream Jobs: Fantasy author and missionary

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Chocolate Fudge Brownie

Favorite Fictional Character: Eustace Scrubb from Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Favorite Poet: Christina Rosetti

Favorite Movie: The Neverending Story

Favorite Music Artist: Third Day

Favorite Food: Tomatoes

Favorite Bible Verse: “The seas have lifted up, Lord,
    the seas have lifted up their voice;
    the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,
    mightier than the breakers of the sea—
    the Lord on high is mighty. -Psalm 93:3-4

Favorite XA Memory: A summer trip with Cynthia, serving on the worship team at a youth camp!

Fun Fact: Yes, I’m 4’10”.

Nicknames: Dac, Dishwater, Dayshanae, Dacia Mae, Lou

Hometown: Weatherford, OK

Major: Comm. Arts- Mass Comm.

Hobbies and Interests: Singing, editing, theatre, cross-stitch, cooking, baking, anything mystery, escape rooms, puzzles, video games, and traveling.

Dream Jobs: I already have it! Also, music producer, movie producer, editor, stay-at-home mom

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Mint Choc. Chip or Choc. Chip Cookie Dough (depends on the season)

Favorite Fictional Character: Piglet from Winnie the Pooh

Favorite Music: Worship, Christian rock, Jazz, Folk, and Blues + any mixture of these.

Favorite Food: Mashes potatoes and gravy

Favorite Bible Verse: Phil. 1:6

Favorite XA Memory: When we celebrated Garret moving and some of the guys gave him a “toilet” as a gift.

Fun Fact: In college, I worked for my school’s newspaper and got to interview some neat people. My favorite, was Henrietta Mann of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribal College.

Nicknames: “Too much”

Hometown: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Major: Theological Studies

Hobbies and Interests: Soccer, Singing, Rapping, Gym

Dream Jobs: Healing Evangelist

Favorite Sports Team: Manchester United

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Salted Caramel

Favorite Fictional Character: Black Panther

Favorite Book: Bible

Favorite Actor: Tom Holland

Favorite Music Artist: Sean Feucht

Favorite Food: Kwanga na Ndendo

Favorite Bible Verse: “Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,
    that the mountains would tremble before you!” -Isaiah 64:1

Favorite XA Memory: Singing Christmas songs and playing white elephant

Fun Fact: I’m Trilingual (Lingala, French, and English)

Nicknames: JT

Hometown: Richland Washington

Major: Finance and Energy Management

Job: Tutor, Land Intern

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, writing, philosophy, religion, board games, hiking

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Cookie Dough

Favorite Book: Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky

Favorite Movie: Princess Mononoke

Favorite Music: Symphonic Metal

Favorite Food: Mediterranean – Tabouli

Favorite Bible Verse: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” John 1:1

Favorite Chi Alpha Memory: Playing TI4 for the first time with XA. TI4 is a crazy strategy and trade board game that takes a full day to play. I came in, new to the group, and jumped right into the crazy strategy and loved all of the people there—I remember us all short-changed DuWayne by giving him no planets in his starting area, trying to bribe Destry; Cynthia threatening me, coming up with crazy strategies with Thomas to stop Cynthia from steamrolling us, Amanda’s harsh negotiations, and Obadiah’s off-the-wall, rule-bending play that bought Cynthia more time. It was a lot of fun, and from then on I knew I would stick around.

Fun Fact: My friends and I all went skydiving for our 18th birthdays

Nicknames: N/A

Hometown: Edmond, OK

Major: Speech Pathology

Hobbies and Interests: Poetry, concerts, and reading

Dream Job: Owning a coffee shop or a bakery

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Favorite Fictional Character: The Flash

Favorite Music: Indie

Favorite Food: Chinese food

Favorite Bible Verse: “Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthains 12:8-10

Favorite Chi Alpha Memory: Trying and failing at making tanghulu for Bible study 

Fun Fact: My name means God’s will

Full name: Selah Conklin

Nicknames: N/A

Hometown: Kalispell, Montana

Major: Accounting

Hobbies and Interests: Escape rooms, logic puzzles, hiking

Dream Jobs: Accountant or entrepreneur

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Chocolate chip cookie dough

Favorite Fictional Character: Carmen Sandiego

Favorite Music: Indie Worship

Favorite Food: Pho

Favorite Bible Verse: Ecclesiastes 5:18

Favorite XA Memory: Talking really late with XA people after Friday nights

Fun Fact: Saw a bear once

Nicknames: None

Hometown: Dallas, TX

Major: Anthropology with a minor in Mechanical Engineering

Hobbies and Interests: Volleyball, Reading, Music, Jounaling, Anime, Running

Dream Jobs: Anthropologist/Archeologist

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Chocolate

Favorite Fictional Character: Courage the Cowardly Dog

Favorite Music: Jazz

Favorite Food: Seafood, Chinese, Soups

Favorite Bible Verse: Ephesians 4:1-3

Favorite XA Memory: Regnevacs at Leadership Weekend

Fun Fact: None

Nicknames: Connor, Kingsley, 007, panda, destroyer of porcelain, the EMT sub, your majesty, Dacia’s son, International man of mystery, DuWayne’s favourite

Hometown: Tulsa/Jenks

Major: Fire and Emergency Medical Service, Rehab and Medical Imaging, Pre-Nursing, Nursing 

Hobbies and Interests: Orchestral Composition, video games, flags, history, Bagpipe listener, piano, creating ice cream, making mocktails

Dream Jobs: MI6 agent, Firefighter Paramedic Captain

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Thai Tea

Favorite Fictional Character: Richard Sharpe

Favorite Music: Bagpipes

Favorite Food: Com Tam

Favorite Bible Verse: “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.” Proverbs 17:22 NLT

Favorite XA Memory: escorting people in the airport with suits, shades, ear piece, tie, and red carpet

Fun Fact: I lead a team to build sand castles in Tulsa after watching Kung Fu Panda 4. Next day, I accidentally went cave spelunking with friends. The next day, we rescued a dog. The day after that we did a last second Dallas trip to rescue our friends that were trapped there.

Full name: Nathan Carr

Nicknames: Nate

Hometown:Richland, Washington

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Hobbies and Interests: Running, basketball, volleyball, reading, board games

Dream Jobs: Engineer

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Cookies and cream

Favorite Fictional Character: Jack Sparrow

Favorite Music: Power metal

Favorite Food: Chicken curry and rice

Favorite Bible Verse: Hebrews 4:15-16

Favorite XA Memory: Building sand castles

Fun Fact: I enjoy math