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Local family asks for student help
Fire destroys multi-family home
Emily Dueker
Issue date: 3/14/08 Section: News
On August 18, 2006 the then-pregnant Karen Mossbarger received a phone call no one wants to get.
Mossbarger was on a retreat with a group of Pacific students in California when she was informed that the house she shared with her husband Andrew and three sons had burned down overnight.
Her family, as well as the Miller and Cook families, who also shared the multi-family property with them, were safe. However, the house was completely destroyed.
Many students have probably seen Mossbarger and Dave Miller around campus. As leaders of the Pacific Christian Fellowship, or "PCF," they are very active on campus and in the Forest Grove community.
In addition to volunteering their time for PCF, they also volunteer around campus with the Soup Kitchen and other activities.
The Miller and Mossbarger families moved to Forest Grove to be near the university because their church, Refuge, was started by Pacific alumni and they wanted to serve their original roots. That was ten years ago.
After the fire, the two families started to build a new house while living in a rented house down the street.
However, the families were recently informed that they must move out of their rental house. Unfortunately their new house is not even close to being completed.
The original house was rich in Forest Grove history, built in the late 1800's for two brothers attending Pacific. The Mossbargers and Millers hope their new house will become an important part of the community as well.
Already Pacific University has played a part in its building, sending two Pod groups out to help during orientation.
Students have come out on weekends and during time off to work on the house.
The families would gladly welcome any students who want to lend a hand, be it during spring break or on weekends, however.
Work teams are being formed for spring break and all students who are staying around campus for that week are invited to join in.
"Working at the house has given me the opportunity to give back to Dave and Karen for helping me," freshman Franny Bumgarner explains. "They are so wonderful and deserve all the help that they can get."
If you are interested in working on the Mossbargers' and Millers' new home, contact either Karen Mossbarger or Dave Miller at pcfkaren@gmail.com or pcfdave@gmail.com.
Mossbarger was on a retreat with a group of Pacific students in California when she was informed that the house she shared with her husband Andrew and three sons had burned down overnight.
Her family, as well as the Miller and Cook families, who also shared the multi-family property with them, were safe. However, the house was completely destroyed.
Many students have probably seen Mossbarger and Dave Miller around campus. As leaders of the Pacific Christian Fellowship, or "PCF," they are very active on campus and in the Forest Grove community.
In addition to volunteering their time for PCF, they also volunteer around campus with the Soup Kitchen and other activities.
The Miller and Mossbarger families moved to Forest Grove to be near the university because their church, Refuge, was started by Pacific alumni and they wanted to serve their original roots. That was ten years ago.
After the fire, the two families started to build a new house while living in a rented house down the street.
However, the families were recently informed that they must move out of their rental house. Unfortunately their new house is not even close to being completed.
The original house was rich in Forest Grove history, built in the late 1800's for two brothers attending Pacific. The Mossbargers and Millers hope their new house will become an important part of the community as well.
Already Pacific University has played a part in its building, sending two Pod groups out to help during orientation.
Students have come out on weekends and during time off to work on the house.
The families would gladly welcome any students who want to lend a hand, be it during spring break or on weekends, however.
Work teams are being formed for spring break and all students who are staying around campus for that week are invited to join in.
"Working at the house has given me the opportunity to give back to Dave and Karen for helping me," freshman Franny Bumgarner explains. "They are so wonderful and deserve all the help that they can get."
If you are interested in working on the Mossbargers' and Millers' new home, contact either Karen Mossbarger or Dave Miller at pcfkaren@gmail.com or pcfdave@gmail.com.
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