Karen Johnston Lewis Dunning

B.S. at UAH, Worked at SCI, Masters at UAH, Traveled Europe, Bible school in Sweden, Trained astonauts MSFC, Married John Brett Lewis, Analytical Services Manager of Plumley Companies in Paris, TN, Widowed after 7 years marriage to John, Married Randy Dunning in 1994 a software engineer in TX, Stillborn son, Prayed for twins, Got them and two more, Home educated the kids, Managed and won political campaigns, Currently sing on worship team and lead the drama ministry at one of the world's largest Messianic Jewish Synagogues in Dallas TX called Baruch HaShem. You can watch us live streamed on Saturdays at 10:40 a.m. Have ridden every AMTRAK train west of the mississippi taking my 4 girls to speech and debate national championships. I think I am quite ready for another adventure. Not still on worship team and leading drama. Now I am mostly teaching in our congregation. Just finished teaching on answers to the Five Major Challenges to our Faith. Proofs to: Does God Exist, which is true God, Is the Bible reliable text, Is Jesus who He said He was and Why does God let bad things happen, esp to good people. Also working on a teaching about defeating evil and another about Joy. The joy of the Lord is our strength.

I loved making the full circle of all my friends every morning where each group hung out. I stared with the drama group in the upstairs front foyer, they were always discussing the most outrageous and fringe things. Then I headed for the north stairwell and prayed with the Jesus people. Next I passed by the gym and listened in briefly to what the cheer leaders and sports folk thought was important. I could also usually find some foreign language students working on their dances for the next international program, I liked to be sure I was included. Finally headed over to the smoking court where it was not too hard to sneak in. I did not smoke, but enjoyed talking to the hippies about life, the universe and everything in it. I could write on one half of a side of paper what I learned academically. But, I sure did learn a lot socially. It has helped me relate to anybody today.