Raina Zeeh and Tamia
Wardle, formerly known as Raina and Tamia Larson, are sisters. Don’t be alarmed
if you find them either hysterically laughing or occasionally arguing with each
other over something for no good reason. They are sisters and best friends, and
they are very excited to experience this mission trip together.
Raina has traveled to
Vietnam twelve times, and this is her eighth time as leader of a mission team
for Children of Peace International. She is binh’s “right hand man”…ahem, “woman”,
and she’s the boss (even though she is the younger
sister). She also serves as the database manager for COPI recording all
donations, and she organizes a silent auction/ dinner fundraiser for COPI each
year in the fall. She is married to a very supportive husband, Curtis Zeeh (who
has also led a few mission trips) and is the mother of two amazing children,
Thane and Nina, who just happen to be adopted from Vietnam. When she is not
serving with COPI, her profession is a nurse, and her title is cath/EP clinical
coordinator in the cardiology department of University of Utah Medical Center.
Tamia travels all
over the world, but has only been to Vietnam once, as a tourist, when Raina
adopted her daughter. She has wanted to go back ever since. When she is not
traveling, she is utilizing her professional skills as a graphic designer. Her
designs have been seen locally and internationally, and you will even see them
in Vietnam. Yes, Vietnam. The illustrations on the hygiene posters were
designed by Tamia along with the COPI logo and the invitations for the annual
COPI fundraiser. Since graphic design is no longer a lucrative occupation, she
also works part time as a pastor’s assistant at her church. She is married to her
high school sweetheart, Rod Wardle, and has two incredible children, Arthur and
Emma.
Raina and Tamia are
anxious to check this off their “things to do with my sister” bucket list, and
look forward to working with the rest of the 2015 Spring COPI mission team!
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