About Me

  • About Me: We're happily married missionaries in Senegal, West Africa, where we're training nationals to evangelize and disciple the unreached in Senegal and beyond.

Style

  • Where I shop: Saturday Market in Dakar, with used clothes from all over the world at bargain rates.
  • Brands I love: I'm so not into brands. But I've been really happy with my personal tailors here. Does that count? :D
  • I like to wear: Senegalese attire as often as possible
  • Can't live without: My tailor to make me Senegalese clothes!
  • Prized Possessions: funky jewelry aquired around the world - it always fits when clothes doesn't!

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Angie
  • Nationality: Canadian-Colombian-American
  • Religion: Evangelical
  • Interests: Theology, Missions, Travel, Cooking, Eating
  • Expertise: Theology, Missions, Travel, Cooking, Eating - Just kidding! But I'm a hack at them, for sure!
  • Occupation: Missionaries
  • Website: www.geocities.com/danandangiethornton

Contact Info

  • AIM: africangie
  • MSN: angievelasquez@hotmail.com

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Caedmon's Call, Derek Webb, Third Day, Stephen Curtis Chapman, Carlos Vives, Juanes, Oreja de Van Gogh
  • Favorite Genre: Christian, Latin

High School

  • School Name: Santa Clara High School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1992
  • Attended: 1988 - 1992
  • Sports: Cross Country, Track
  • Organizations: Student Council, CSF

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Lost
  • Favorite Channels: Food Network
  • Most Addictive Show: Lost
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Perfect Strangers - I love Balki!

College

  • School Name: University Of California - Los Angeles
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1997
  • Degree type: Masters
  • Major(s): African Studies
  • Organizations: Grace on Campus, African Activist Association, Model United Nations

Books

  • Favorite Books: The Bible, Let the Nations Be Glad: The Supremacy of God in Missions (Piper), When Life and Beliefs Collide: How Knowing God Makes the Difference (James), The Tightwad Gazette (Dacyczyn), Anne of Green Gables (Montgomery), Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis)
  • Favorite Authors: John Piper, John MacArthur
  • Favorite Genres: Theology
  • Favorite Characters: Anne of Green Gables

Travel

  • Places I love: Colombia, Costa Rica, California, Africa, Thailand, the Holy Land,
  • Places I've been: In chronological order: US, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, France, United Kingdom, Tunisia, Senegal, Switzerland, Spain, Andorra, the Holy Land, Germany, Italy, Albania, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Thailand, Peru, India, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Canada, and one "creative access" country I can't mention by name. I think that's it.

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: eclectic
  • Favorite Desserts: chocolate
  • Favorite Junk Foods: chocolate
  • Favorite Restaurants: The Grand Luxe, Maggiano's, any whole in the wall mexican place in SoCal
  • Foods I hate: head cheese