|
My marital
status is:
Spouse:
Spouse's school and graduation year:
Date of Marriage:
Length of marriage: |
Married
Kelle
Morton High School 84
08/11/1990
16 years
|
Number of children:
Names and Ages:
|
4
Caleb - 12
Caysie - 10
Josiah - 7 and Haiven - 3 |
| Colleges/universities/trade
schools attended: |
University Of Illinois |
| Degree(s) received: |
B.S. Marketing -
1990 B.S. Economics - 1991 (That officially makes me:
"Mark Ashton B.S. B.S.") |
| Current occupation or job
title: |
Lead Pastor |
| Current employer: |
Christ Community
Church - Omaha, NE |
| Brief job description:
|
Lead and teach a
large church with a 50+ member staff team in - believe
it or not - the middle of Omaha, Nebraska. |
| Future goals: |
I'd love to visit
every continent on the planet. I desire to live a life
of adventure, positively impacting many lives. I want
to love my wife deeply and raise my kids to be wise, loving
and impactful. |
| Highpoints of your life
since high school? |
Easy - getting married
to the girl of my dreams - I married way up! Of course,
the amazing birth of my four kids have to make the highpoint
list. (one after 35 hours of labor - gee, was I tired!)
Beyond that, rappelling in the Rockies, skipping stones
in the Indian Ocean, snorkeling in the Keys, art museums
in Amsterdam, long walks with my beautiful wife, leisurely
times at Cedar Campus in Michigan's U.P., making appearances
on CNN and other local/national news shows, getting published,
keeping most of my hair and watching the Fighting Illini
(almost) win the national championships in hoops. Some
of the best moments, too, are watching my kids do stuff
for the first time - catch a fly ball, ride a bike, speak
Spanish...I'll tell 'ya George Bailey, it's a wonderful
life! |
| What are your memories
of high school (i.e. secret crush, embarrassing moment,
funniest thing you did in high school, favorite high school
hang out, favorite teachers)? |
Favorite Teacher
- clearly Madame Bell of French fame. All the guys had
a crush on her, but of course I simply appreciated her
intelligence, wit, and warmth :) I'll never forget long
hours in the gymnastics balcony, ditching class to go
to Wrigley, Circus Stunts performances - cramming 11 into
the Ford LTD (the BEAST from EAST) and running stop signs.
Matching wits with Mo-K-B, Dr. Spanogle and Mr. McHenry
was always entertaining. OH! and how can we forget the
sominex teaching of Ms. Donnely and the leftist indoctrination
of Radical Alice Gregory! |
| Which was your favorite
song or performer in high school? |
Rush - Spirit of
the Radio |
| Which is your favorite
performer or song today? |
Kansas - =The Wall |
| Places you've lived: |
Champaign, IL -
1986-1999 Algonquin, IL - 1999-2006
Omaha, NE - March 2006-present |
| Places you've traveled:
|
All over the United
States, Also to the Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia,
New Zealand, Costa Rica, England, Sweeden, Switzerland,
Canada and Mexico. What an adventure! |
| What are your hobbies and
interests? |
I love to invest
in my kids these days - coaching baseball, playing kickball,
extended conversations at bedtime, reading together and
travelling. I also ride my bike to stay semi-fit, do home-improvement
stuff play board games and...I am learning to paint. |
| Message(s) you'd like to
post for fellow classmate(s)? |
Hey! I hope to see
you all at the reunion - especially Reckich, Kownacki,
Moukheiber, Dave Raczynski, Paul Cameron, Endre, Hicks,
Vicki Allen, - All the Hall School crowd -- OH! and many
more! If you are not at the party, you can catch me through
my work website www.christcommunityomaha.org!
See ya! |
| Did you attend the 10 year
reunion? |
No |
