Fun meeting - classification talks

One of the pleasures of having new members is to hear their classification talks.  Members heard three at their regular noon luncheon meeting at Prante's today:

     Erica Buller

     Erica grew up in Detroit Lakes her mother a music teacher and her father a social worker.  She has an older sister and a younger brother.  She studied Youth and Family ministry at Augsburg College in Minneapolis and worked in that capacity for a while before changing gears and working for Barnes and Noble initially in a store and then in their Minneapolis corporate office.  She was married and then divorced all in her 20's before going to the Lutheran Seminary in Minneapolis. There she married Michael now the pastor at Galchutt, ND.  She became the Associate Pastor at Bethel Lutheran in Wahpeton and they live in Abercrombie.  They are expecting a child in March.  Erica likes hiking, camping and canoeing as well as wool socks and a good book.

   Julie' Ballinger

     Julie grew up in Verona, North Dakota describing herself as a North Dakota farm girl.  She has an older sister, a younger brother and a younger sister.  She graduated with a degree in Elementary Education from Concordia College in Moorhead and then Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkley.  During the latter studies she did her Clinical Pastoral Education in Nome, Alaska.  She married a hometown boy but that did not work out.  Four years ago she married David.  Julie' is the Senior Pastor at Bethel Lutheran in Wahpeton.  She has two children.  She enjoys skydiving, camping and hiking.

   Dustin Krump

Dustin grew up in Colfax, North Dakota and has one brother and a sister.  His Dad works at MinDak while his mother works at the Richland 44 Elementary school in Abercrombie.  Graduating from Richland 44 HS in 2005 he went to NDSCS for marketing.  He concurrently worked at Radio Shack.  He then went to Wal-Mart initially in Wahpeton but was promoted to an Assistant manager in Jamestown.  One year ago he returned to Wahpeton where he purchased the Sears Dealer Store.  He was married In November 2014; his wife is a Registered Nursing student.  He enjoys quiet family times around campfires, his nieces and nephews and, when he has the opportunity hunting and fishing.