Sondra L. Spotts of Harrisburg, PA, grew up in a Christian home but backslid in her senior years of high school. In March of 1977, she recommitted her life to the Lord and has been serving Him ever since.

     Sondra is married to Donald and has three children -- Michael, 38 (he’s married to Ann and the father of Logan, 6, and Madison, 4); Zachary, 26, who is getting married in October, 2009; and Naomi, 20, a junior at Temple University. She is a retired teacher, having taught middle and high school Bible and 11th grade English at Harrisburg (PA) Christian School. She is also a former newspaper editor and has both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biblical Studies. She works part-time for Weight Watchers and is a Premier Designs jewelry consultant. Her hobbies include studying the Word of God, reading, and spending time with her grandchildren. Her favorite Christian music group is Glad, and music by Matt Redman, David Crowder, and Chris Tomlin is at the top of her praise and worship “play list.”

     The Lord has given Sondra a “pioneering spirit,” and she has been used to train and establish prayer/altar ministry teams and prophetic teams in various churches in Central Pennsylvania. She has taught discipleship courses and Bible studies, “Communicating God’s Heart” (school of the prophets), women’s groups, children’s and nursery classes, and small groups. She has worked as a church secretary/treasurer and administrator. She presently attends Cornerstone Fellowship, where she is Prayer Coordinator, Sozo (altar ministry) Team leader, and Education Director (overseeing all the church’s education, nursery through adult, women’s ministry, and small groups). She has been on a missions trip to India (1999) with her niece Tina to teach in a Bible college and minister at a women’s conference and in churches in Kerala state and to Kenya (2008) with three people from her church to teach pastors at a conference and hold outdoor crusades in Nairobi. She also organized a trip to a Florida inner city for outreaches with a group of her students from HCS.    

     Sondra met Susan in the Amsterdam Airport when the plane she (Sondra) was traveling on was late getting in from Detroit. The team had several hours to wait at the airport before getting re-routed to Paris and then to Nairobi. It was in the women’s shower area where Sondra overheard Susan tell another woman she was going to Nairobi. In one of those “God times,” the two women got to talking and praying together and eventually went their separate ways. After a brief exchange of emails last fall, they lost contact. The Holy Spirit re-connected them at the beginning of March, and Susan invited Sondra on this year’s trip.

     As team chaplain for TEAM KENYA 2009, Sondra’s role will be to minister to the spiritual needs of team members, facilitate daily devotions, encourage members to be aware of the spiritual needs of those we encounter, to recognize members’ gifts and talents, and to embolden them to “stretch their tent pegs” and allow the Holy Spirit to work through them to accomplish God’s agenda for the mission.