Rita Verghese

Q1: Rita Verghese

Q2: Rita Gilbo

Q3: Glendora, New Jersey

Q4: Business Owner and Administrator

Q5: Dr. C. Samuel Verghese

Q6: Samuel - 26 years (Wife-Cori - met at Liberty University)
Benjamin - 23 years (Sr. at Rutgers University)
Rachael - 18 years (H.S. Senior - applying to LU for next year as Nursing student)
Evan - 7 1/2 weeks - lst grandchild!

Q7: "You are not succeeding if you don't reach numbers";
"Success rises and falls on leadership"

1)Firing us all up in our various youth classes to go out and reach the world (youth) for Christ!
2)Outside working hard on the girls dorms
3) Standing as the main greeter at the mansion door of our first "Scare Mare."

Q8: Going to Liberty Baptist was the best life decision I feel I ever made. Working with and sitting under the teaching of top youth leaders (Gordon as #1)and hands on practicum experience helped build my character and created in me compassion for youth and people as a whole and helped me mature in my faith and walk with our Lord Jesus Christ.

Q9: I was introduced to my dear husband, Sam, while at Liberty (it was in Introduction to Youth Class that Gordon first introduced him to us)and we were married in June, 1978. We have been to various countries (India, Thailand, China, Switzerland, South America) ministering the gospel and doing medical missionary work.

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Q4 Occupation | Q5 Spouse | Q6 Kids/grandkids
Q7 Memory/quote of Gordon | Q8 Career affected
Q9 Walk with God | Q10 Other

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Brian Abe

Q1: Brian Abe

Q2: Babe

Q3: Charlotte, North Carolina

Q4: Video production/operations

Q5: Kimberly Carlberg Abe

Q6: Brian Joshua Abe 20
Lauren Michelle Abe 17

Q7: "Get the log out of your own eye"

Q8: Continued in youth ministry

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Q7 Memory/quote of Gordon | Q8 Career affected
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Dana Roberts

Q1: Dana Roberts

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Q3: Lynchburg Va

Q4: Remote Sports Broadcast Audio and Graphics Engineer

Q5: Laura Lynne Roberts

Q6: Bethany, Joshua, Ryan, Michael, Krystalynne, David, Karalynne, Sarah Lynne, Cooper.

Q7: His ability to motivate.

Q8: I have always been involved with the youth or young people my entire adult life. To this day, college kids invade our home every week for food, laundry, or a place just to hang out. They make me young. Their love for life and energy is contagious.

Q9: Not sure if adventure is the word. My life has changed dramatically, and am still in the process of fiquring it all out. A lot of hardship, pain, and grief, but am learning that God is faithful, He has always been there. Why is this so hard to learn and accept!

Q10: Forgivness!


Q1 Name | Q2 Maiden name | Q3 Where do you live
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Q7 Memory/quote of Gordon | Q8 Career affected
Q9 Walk with God | Q10 Other

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Kenny Davis

Q1: Kenny Davis

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Q3: Merritt Island, FL

Q4: Project Manager

Q5: Vickie

Q6: Stephanie - 20
Courtney - 18
Timothy - 16

Q7: I will always remember Gordon standing on a chair and leading us in the song "Get All Exited". Also, I remember him quoting I Timothy 4:12 - "Let no man despise thy youth." There was a passion in his voice every time he spoke those words.

Q8: I have had 4 major influences in my life who taught me something special. My dad taught me unconditional love, my high school football coach taught me dedication & commitment, Dr. Falwell taught me prayer, and Gordon taught me vision. I will always be grateful to Gordon for his passion to train youth leaders and his vision.

Q9: God has blessed me in so many ways through the years. My wife, Vickie, has been an inspiration to me. My kids have grown to understand and know God's love - they never cease to amaze me! God has been faithful and my prayer is that He would always find me faithful to Him and His calling.

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Q7 Memory/quote of Gordon | Q8 Career affected
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Karen Moore

Q1: Karen Moore

Q2: Jason

Q3: Newnan, Georgia

Q4: Music Teacher

Q5: Ken Moore

Q6: Amanda - Age 19
Kyle - Age 17

Q7: My favorite memory of time with Gordon is the prayer meetings before a performance. He always stressed a clear conscience...not having a clear conscience before God and each other would hinder the work of the Holy Spirit in our ministry.

Q8: The years with Youth Aflame gave me a special heart for ministry with youth. God has led me into the field of music education...teaching children and teens to use their musical talents as a tool to reach others for Christ.

Q9: I think homeschooling my children has transformed my life - a priceless experience. I was trained in the field of education not knowing that God would allow me to education my own children.

Q10: My favorite song from Youth Aflame - "I want Jesus in my life more than anything this world can offer me..."


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Henry McKinney

Q1: Henry McKinney

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Q3: Hawthorne, FL (just outside of Gainesville, FL)

Q4: Senior Pastor Hawthorne First Baptist Church

Q5: widowed (Karren Claiborne McKinney- Liberty '72-77)

Q6: Joshua-24- grad. student at San Diego State
Adam-20-at Palm Beach Atlantic Univ.
Jarred-18-senior in Gainesville High School

Q7: Every thing rises and falls on leadership!
Oh fats!

My most cherished memory is Gordon loving my boys and me when Karren died.

Q8: I will always be thankful for meeting Gordon in Jersusalem while he was chasing Barry Jennings around the pool with a metal chair. My life changed forever. When Gordon asked me to be a part of the ILA team it allowed me to complete college and experience ministry in a way no class room could teach. Through the years as a youth pastor and senior pastor many of those life lessons learned while serving under Gordon's leadership have carried me through some difficult experiences. Jerry Falwell and Gordon Luff are the two men who most dramaticly impacted my life.

Q9: When Karren was diagnosed with colon cancer in Sep.2000 then dying three months later my life was forever changed. My boys were 16, 12 & 10 at the time. Gordon did a memorial service for us in CA. Upon our return my baby boy became very ill. As he was vomiting his guts out late one night he cried out,"I want my Mommy!" We all did. I became bitter at God and my situation. In May 2006 God broke my heart and I cried out in repentance for my sin against Him. I now see life with different eyes and have a softer heart for people. You never know why someone does or says what they do until you walk in their shoes.

Q10: I thank God for sending me to Liberty and then opening the doors for my involvement with Youth Aflame. I was drifting through life with no clear direction when I met Dr. Jerry Falwell and Gordon Luff in Israel. They among many other godly men and women shaped my thinking and trained me for Christian service. I think I am just now begining to understand so much of what I was taught. I am thankful for all the life long friends which were made at Liberty. For some of you, you know so little of how you have contributed to my life and have given me encouragement over the years. Just knowing you were out there and you cared made a difference in choices I made. It is wonderful to be able to unite once again in a common cause with a desire to proclaim Jesus Christ to a country and world more confussed today than in the days we were in college. Youth Aflame is needed to reach a generation that has no knowledge of God or His love. I remember the thousands to whom we ministered. Now, perhaps we can do it again...just older and wiser in what we do!


Q1 Name | Q2 Maiden name | Q3 Where do you live
Q4 Occupation | Q5 Spouse | Q6 Kids/grandkids
Q7 Memory/quote of Gordon | Q8 Career affected
Q9 Walk with God | Q10 Other

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Rebecca Leatherwood

Q1: Rebecca Leatherwood

Q2: (same)

Q3: North Canton, Ohio

Q4: Self Employed

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Q6: Courtney 25, Callie 23, Chance 21...

Grandbabies; Mason 5, Jordyn 3, Bo 2, MacKenzie 5-mos.

Q7: He always used to call me "Squirt"

Q8: Moving to Dallas really set me on the road to travel and live all over the US - discovering what a big, beautiful country we live in!

Q9: My son's first deployment, while rough, promted me to start a local chapter of Blue Star Mothers of America. I was able to know so many wonderful military moms, then became 2ns VP for the state of Ohio. This put me front & center with so many politicians & lawmakers and allowed me to share my faith in some VERY public arena's.

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Hampton Anderson

Q1: HAMPTON ANDERSON

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Q3: BROKEN BOW, OKLAHOMA

Q4: PHYSICIAN

Q5: JILL

Q6: MARCY, CONNOR

Q7: "A LEADER IS SOMEONE WHO MOTIVATES OTHERS TO BRILLIANT EFFORT."

Q8: HE TAUGHT AND DEMONSTRATED THAT ANYTHING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH VISION, HARD WORK, AND PRAYER.

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Q10: I CANT' WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE.....I WILL ALWAYS BE PART OF YOUTH AFLAME! ANYONE REMEMBER OUR SUMMER TRIP TO THOMAS ROAD WEST IN ORANGE,CALIFORNIA?


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Jan Adair

Q1: Jan Adair

Q2: Jan Neufeld

Q3: Mount Dora, Florida

Q4: Musician - Performer and Educator

Q5: Steve Adair

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Q7: Quote - "Everything rises and falls on leadership"
Memory - Gordon was a great encouragement to me to be the best I could be.

Q8: He inspired a love of working with kids and provided an example of godly leadership.

Q9: I am quoting a song that sums up my answer here:
I've been thru a fire.
That has deepened my desire
To know the living God more and more.
It hasn't been much fun,
But the work it has done in my life has made it worth the hurt.
For you see, sometimes we need the hard times to bring us to our knees.
Otherwise, we'd do as we please and never seek Him.

God truly is good!! I can praise Him for how He is directing my path, as I trust in Him without depending on my own understanding.

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Rebecca Taylor Hogan

Q1: Rebecca Taylor Hogan

Q2: Becky Taylor

Q3: Asbury, WV

Q4: Manager and Buyer for The Greenbrier Resort WSS, WV

Q5: Recently Single

Q6: Joshua 27
Jessica 18

Q7: My memories are of Gordon's endless energy, limitless patience and selfless giving as a leader and servant. Arriving later in YA, I was ministered to by Larry and Sheila, and their example has been my inspiration many times when working with young people.

Q8: YA leaders showed me the importance of investing my life in the lives of others. God allowed me to teach 5-12 grades at Seneca Trail Christian Academy for 16 years. From coaching girls Volleyball coach, directing school choir, teaching art and drama , organzing dinner theaters adn directing the plays, Coordinator for Fine Arts , etc. The examples of Gordon, Larry and Sheila, encouraged me to accept challenges and trust God to bring the projects to fruition -which He always did.

Q9: God has transformed my life these past two years after surviving my own personal hell week- accepting the failure of my marriage, finding out I had type 2 diabetes, backing over my kitten and killing it, to name a few events. God brought Christian counselors and others into my life who could help me. My faith, family and friends sustained me.

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