meet the team

introducing…

…Jamie O’Dell

Jamie first started coming to Taiwan for short term missions trips while she was a student at Crown College. Since the first one, the place in Taiwan for her heart kept growing; and she eventually moved out here with her husband Chris to be one of the team leaders of the Ximen Loft team. This is her fourth year in Taiwan.

…Chris O’Dell

Chris is Jamie’s husband. He went on one of those missions trips led by Jamie and fell in love with Taiwan and eventually the team leader! Chris and Jamie were married the summer before Chris’s last year of school. After they were both finished with school, he and Jamie moved out here to Taiwan together to be the team leaders of the Ximen Loft.

…Dan Werner

Dan is one of the first people who came out to Taiwan to be a part of the ministry team Chris and Jamie were starting, and he is still here, 3 years later.

…Sharon Duddles

Sharon is another veteran, coming out to Taiwan while everything was just getting started, being one of the first team members of the Ximen Loft. She’s also still here, 3 years later.

…Victoria Crowley

Victoria came out here as part of the second year team. She was introduced to Taiwan the same way Chris was: through a missions trip from Crown College led by Jamie. This is now her third year in Taiwan.

…Sarah Mabee

Sarah also came to Taiwan with Victoria as part of the second year troop. She was looking for some required missions experience the Christian and Missionary Alliance expected her to have and has found herself staying in Taiwan. She’s also in her third year.

…Lindsey Nagel

Lindsey has been on the team since July of 2010. She’s excited about this second year of ministry in Ximen Ding and continues to grow in her life here.

…Michael Shiflet

Michael is the newest member of the team. He joined this last summer, arriving in the middle of August. He has started teaching English at BigByte in September, the same school Jamie, Chris, Victoria, Dan, and Lindsey work at.