Student Ministry Team

Travis and Amy Shanahan

Family Members:

Chloe, Ethan, Jackson

 

Where did you grow up?

Amy: New Hampshire and Massachusetts

Travis:  Podunk, KS

 

Favorite Food

Amy: pizza

Travis: anything mexican, especially from El Tapatio in Paola

 

 

Favorite Bands

Amy: U2, ABBA, Loreena McKennit, Natalie Merchant

Travis: Sea Shanties (try it before you knock it), Bill Monroe, Sons of the Pioneers, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions

 

Favorite Books

Amy: Wuthering Heights, A Tale of Two Cities, The Scarlet Letter and anything Jane Austen

Travis:  Amusing Ourselves to Death, Pass the Butterworms, It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It

 

 

Favorite Movies

Amy: Wizard of Oz, Pride and Prejudice, Gone with the Wind, Nacho Libre

Travis: The Man with No Name Trilogy, Star Wars, Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre

 

 

Favorite Video Games

Amy: Ummm....the last thing I remember playing is Mario Brothers and Tetris

Travis:  From the original Nintendo(they went downhill from there): Tecmo Bowl, Super Tecmo Bowl, Baseball Stars, Tyson's Punchout, Zelda, Contra (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, A, B, select, start)...

 

Favorite Websites

Amy: amazon, ebay, and any realty websites (dreaming of a house outside of a subdivision)

Travis: chicagosports, gopowercat, monergism, ubuntu

 

Hobbies

Amy: reading, gardening, cooking (although my family won't let me live down the time I made an open faced grilled cheese sandwich and flipped it in the pan.)

Travis: whiffle ball, backyard sports, fishing

 

Favorite Cartoon Character

Amy: Besides Travis?  Elmer Fudd

Travis: The Tick, Yosemite Sam, Speedy Gonzales

 

Favorite Verses

Amy: Isaiah 43:1-3But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.  When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.

Travis: Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Isaiah 40:31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.

 

Favorite Coke/Soda/Pop/Soda Pop?

Amy: It is called Soda.  A pop is something frozen that you suck on.  Coca-Cola Classic

Travis: it's called pop (don't ask amy, they have a whole different set of words back east) and ever since i went thru a case of mountain dew 1 day while in highschool, i've tried to stay away from it.  Hawaiian Punch and Gatorade

 

Three people on an island with you, who are they?

Amy: Travis (of course) and 2 of my sisters which would probably compel Travis  to swim for help instead of waiting to be picked up by a passing airplane or ship.

Travis:  the Shanaclan

 

45s, 8-track, tapes, records, CD’s, mp3s?

Amy: I have no idea what Travis is talking about...I still prefer good old fashioned CD's.

Travis: anything lossless like ogg, flac, and shorten.  mp3s? do they still have those? my grandma doesn't even use her mp3 player anymore.

 

Favorite non-scriptural quote

Amy: “Get that corn out of my face!”  Nacho Libre

Travis: "You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six." -- Yogi Berra

 

Favorite person from Bible?

Amy: Peter

Travis: Joseph

 

When was the war of 1829?

Amy: I'm not good with dates.

Travis: maybe it's in grant's tomb around 1812, but thanks to Wikipedia, you too can be an expert on the Russo-Turkish war of 1829

 

Names you’d name kids if your wife had no veto?

Amy: Travis is under the impression that he is one of the last of the dying breed of cowboys.

Travis: I like cowboy names -  Buffalo Shanahan, Hopalong Shanahan, Jebediah Shanahan, Grizzly Shanahan. 

 

Who will win the World Cup in 2010?

Amy: I only follow Red Sox and Patriots.

Travis: Cubs Win! Cubs Win!

 

How many games will the Chiefs win in 2007?

Amy: See above answer.

Travis: either the Texans are one of the best in the NFL and the Chiefs win out from here or that was the best shot at a W last week and they're gonna see a goose egg this year  (0).

 

Most exciting thing to happen in 2007 so far.

Amy: Our children's baptism

Travis: new sanctuary