About 20 folks were present for most of the Business Department reunion, including one Krazy lady with an incredible heart for souls.
Kim Marks ('98), who calls herself Krazy Marks (read her blog at http://krazymarks.blogspot.com/), is a missionary to the gypsy people of northwest Romania. She is on furlough in Wisconsin, but will return to Romania in two weeks.
"What I get to witness is extreme conversions," Marks said. "They are most definitely repentant. The culture of the gypsies is so extremely poor and full of crime and sin that they are an ostracized people. The Orthodox church in Romania once taught that gypsies did not have souls. Nobody there has even bothered to try to reach them. They are the new tribe, the one that has not been reached with the Gospel."
The Business Management major worked in management for Target Corporation and Airmark Corporation before being called to the mission field on April 14, 2002. She spent an eight-month short-term missions assignment in Africa with missionaries Mark and Nancy Shepherd before deciding on Salonta, Romania, as her permanent field.
"I work in women's and children's ministries in eight different churches," Marks said. She is also raising funds for a classroom building to be constructed at a church in Ciumeghiu.
It all sounds sane enough. So, why Krazy Marks?
"I can't really tell you who started calling me Krazy Marks," she said. "Everybody just sort of always knew that about me."