Alumnus Creates Costumes for Pathfinder Camporee

When I was 12 years old, my mother started to go to a Bible study in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. After a year, she learned so much from the Bible that she started to talk to me about it and invited me to church. I loved every single moment of every sermon. I could finally learn about the invisible God I believed in. I studied the Bible every day. I read every book the church printing press printed.

 

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Later, I graduated with a master’s degree in textile engineering. My then-boyfriend became a pastor and we married, serving in Bulgaria for nine years. He wanted to study more, so we came to Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, for our second master’s degrees.

 

While I was doing my master’s degree in Youth Ministry at Andrews University, I helped Betty Whitehead, costume coordinator at Andrews University and Bible Story producer for the International Pathfinder Camporee organization, make some costumes for the “Passion Play”—a youth ministry event that brings to life the final events of Jesus’s life. A few months later, Betty asked me to make some kilts for the drama production on the “Story of Joseph.” We were able to dress all the boys in the cast for 3 months with a few bolts of off-white fabric.