Seguin Magazine - August 2020

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FEATURES 10 FRIEDENS CHURCH GOES DIGITAL

Co-pastor couple keeps their community together using technology

14 TLU MENTOR PROGRAM FOR FIRST YEARS Local college program places new students with seasoned students to lessen first year jitters

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18 STITCHING WITH THE FORSBERGS

A family trio learns to turn the old and drab into new and dazzling fashion

FASHION 22 DAZZLING DARLINGS

Select pieces made by the creative Forsberg trio

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UNDER THE HOOD 26 PROJECT IN PROGRESS: JAGUAR MARK IV

The dents and dings of rebuilding an 80 year old automobile

CULINARY CREATIONS 30 CHEESY WAFFLE FRY NACHOS

A too-delicious appetizer to celebrate National Potato Day

AROUND TOWN 32 FAVORITE FINDS

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Getting the privilege to interview Dave and Sonja Phillips for my first magazine article was an honor. Every time I spoke with them it instantly made my day 10 times better, and I was grateful that they let me steal a bit of their time to talk about their life.

– Katy O’Bryan Writing this month’s Under the Hood about the Jaguar Mark IV, I couldn’t help but see many parallels between the world the car first came into and the world in which it will find a second life. The Mark IV was produced right as the world sought to reclaim a sense of normalcy after years of war. In 2020, we too, yearn for a sense of normalcy amid a global pandemic. I find it reassuring to know that though we face a virus –– not a war –– perhaps eventually we too will be able to move forward and find a new sense of normal just as they did in 1947 when the Jaguar was built.

– Lizz Daniels College, especially during freshman year, can be a different world. Samira Lopez, Texas Lutheran University’s director of First Year & Campus Programs, and mentors in a program she administrates are there to help.

Judging from the work she says they do with first-generation college students like myself, I could’ve used their help oh so many years ago when I started on my college years. Hopefully, TLU students take advantage of the programs and get the help so often needed without even knowing it’s needed.

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ow time flies when we’re back indoors, either due to the scorching heat, or responsible social distancing. It does seem we’ve already been here before, finding patience daily while searching for normalcy throughout the coronavirus situation. We try not to let it get to us, many good things come from the time we spend by ourselves and with those close to us. I’ve spent the little free time I have clearing out storage, rearranging furniture, and starting some new and creative projects with my family. Sure, sure, maybe a little online shopping, as well. Perhaps a lot of online shopping.

It’s not all about personal activities, and recreational time stuck inside. Many of us have had to manage not just normal life, but work life from home, as well. I’ve given attention to learning how to communicate better with my coworkers at a distance, managing my time, and exploring new ways to use technology to help ease old and new frustrations in the workplace.

That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? Finding a way to make the old work with the new, and the new work with the old. Which is what many of the stories are about in this month’s issue. The Forsberg sisters take us on an inside tour of their at-home workspace, and how they create new fashion from the old and discarded. James Deatherage has spent three months working on an automobile from the 1940’s that is almost ready to hit the road anew. Co-pastors, Sonja and Dave Phillips, of Friedens Church tell us about their charity endeavors, and how technology has reconnected their congregation. Also, TLU’s peer mentor program led by Samira Lopez is helping newbie-student fear with the experience of seasoned schoolmates.

With everything going on there is a lot of time to fill, temporary adjustments to be made in daily life, and a lot of struggles to overcome. Overall, what’s most important is taking advantage of this time to improve ourselves, and to grow with those around us with the tools available. We can always be better, but I promise you this…

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t’s a beautiful afternoon on Barbarosa Road, and driving with the windows down the silence is notable and calming. There are only cornfields between the century-old farmhouses, and it feels like they must stretch eternally. A bit further down the road, a lone building — Friedens United Church of Christ — emerges from the cornstalks. The church has been a pillar for the Geronimo community for 124 years, built not long after Geronimo’s small community was settled. Its current co-pastor residents — Sonja and Dave Phillips — traded the Florida beach for Friedens almost six years ago and never looked back, making it their mission to become full-fledged members of the Geronimo community. They

spend most of their free time attending community events and supporting members of their congregation.

“When we moved here, we realized this is a beautiful old church out here literally in the middle of a cornfield,” Dave said. “When you’re here, and you get to know the community, you find it stretches a wide radius, and some people’s neighbors might be a mile away. We figured we can’t just sit here, so we attend everything we possibly can.”

It’s a no-brainer for the Phillipses to be involved in the community, for pastoral care and being active in their congregation’s lives has been a focus since joining the church. You can find them volunteering at Navarro Education Foundation’s annual Duck Fest, leading the prayer at the Veterans Day celebration, and supporting Friedens youth at the Guadalupe County Youth Livestock Show, along with countless other sporting events and fundraisers in the area.

“Navarro School District, we found, is the connecting point for this whole area. We just jumped in the first year we were here,” Dave said.

Sonja and Dave met at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond,

where they found each other while pursuing their Master of Divinity degrees. Their professional lives were not yet conjoined while Sonja focused on social work until they received an opportunity in Florida to co-pastor, something they had not yet explored together.

“It’s a part of a calling and is not for every couple and not for every church property either,” Dave said.

“I think the challenges and things we face are not dissimilar than what a solo pastor faces; we just do it together.

Sonja has her wonderful gifts and abilities and pastoral ministry that she uses, and I have some other ones. We go together and complement each other well.”

The Phillipses were introduced to a new way of reaching their congregation when the coronavirus made its way into Guadalupe County.

Churches worldwide were forced to start using social media platforms to remain active in their community.

Friedens was no exception. Although strikingly abnormal to preach into an empty church, Dave and Sonja still see community interaction in ways they never thought possible, including donations and viewers worldwide.

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“We’ve reached some people that either used to come to church here, are new to the area, or don’t want to come to church,” Sonja said. “[This pandemic] really did push our church and other churches into this century and to use social media in these live streaming platforms like never before.”

Prior to the pandemic forcing congregants to stay home, some churches reached their audience through technology. Now it is something almost all churches are doing with ease, Dave said.

“It’s been a continual phase of adaptation for all of us,” he said. “I know [using social media] has been around for a while, but now most churches are discovering how easy it is.

It doesn’t take that much, we used an iPhone at first and then got a camera and some software.”

Just as Sonja and Dave have adapted to this new way of reaching their congregation, they see their members changing. And while it may be a way to reach more people at ease, Dave said it does not come close to what is offered in their church’s walls.

“This will be around to stay because people will get used to it, and they’ll understand the convenience of it,” he said. “It doesn’t replace them, and I hope it will never replace in-person service because there’s something to be said about a full congregation.”

Despite the pandemic, they have remained active in their food collection efforts that benefit Panthers Feeding Panthers and the Christian Cupboard in Seguin. They have also matched young families in the congregation with elderly members as pen pals and organized Facebook Live music on Wednesdays to keep the community involved.

The Phillipses look ahead eagerly past the pandemic to continue some of their initiatives, including a group they lead that builds ramps for elderly residents, volunteering at Hope Hospice and preaching to a full congregation again that raises their voices up higher than the steeple that seemingly rises out of the fields; whenever that might be.

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First Year Mentor Program Easing the worries and fears of college Life STORY BY DALONDO MOULTRIE

During Texas Lutheran University’s matriculation ceremony, members of the Peer Mentor Student Leader staff welcome a family walking into Jackson Auditorium.

Last year’s first-year peer mentors, including Jordan James Mendoza (top left) pose for a photo on stairs inside one of the buildings on Texas Lutheran University’s campus.

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tarting the first year of college can be a daunting endeavor. There are so many worries, pitfalls to avoid, and dangers to navigate, especially when choosing to leave home and live on a university campus.

Things certainly can be exacerbated in such times as these with education changing as almost everyone tries to figure out how to get through what they need to get through while remaining socially distant and following protective guidelines.

According to Samira Lopez, TLU’s director of First Year and Campus programs, incoming freshmen at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin have an advantage. The department’s peer mentor program offers newbies a lot in the way of helping them feel comfortable their first year on campus.

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“The one thing my office provides is that one-on-one interaction with a student leader who has already experienced it and is living it,” Lopez said. “It can be a scary process.”

The mentoring program hires 20 returning students each year to serve as leaders. A competitive field of prospects is trimmed down to the best of the best who are chosen each year to help less experienced students.

Mentors receive intense training and link up with mentees from Bulldog Orientation throughout the first year.

They provide guidance, as does Lopez.

She offers new students some valuable advice to help them transition comfortably in the new world in which they embark at the private college.

“The biggest thing I tell first-year students is it’s okay to feel fear and it’s okay to be nervous,” Lopez said. “You actually want to feel that because it challenges you and makes you face the unknown.

“Everyone else is feeling that same fear and nervousness,” she continued. “That’s a small comfort.”

Her office also over-

sees the first generation program, which provides additional assistance for students who are the firsts in their families to attend college. These students often don’t have advantages of parents with first-hand knowledge about the ins and outs of the university setting so thy might need a little

“The biggest thing I tell first-year students is it’s okay to feel fear and it’s okay to be nervous,”

The entire Peer Mentor Student Leader staff and Samira Lopez, director of first year and campus programs, gather during Bulldog Orientation preparing to open the doors of Jackson Auditorium and host Texas Lutheran University’s matriculation ceremony for all first-year students, parents and families.

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Many colleges around the country enroll about 20% of their students as first-generation degree pursuers.

At TLU, Lopez said, the number is upwards of 50%.

“More than half of my campus is first-gen,” she said. “That gives us an exciting, new perspective. We are giving and opening doors to students who want this intimate, private college education. A lot of them find comfort in small institutions.”

Third-year TLU student Jordan James Mendoza commutes to TLU and is a first-generation college student. He was drawn to the local campus because of its proximity to his family, the intimate setting provided and more. Mendoza believes in the program and, as a mentor, helps younger students ease into the campus setting and achieve their goals.

“It’s definitely a whole new world when you experience the college campus for what it really is,” Mendoza said. “It can be daunting for anybody if they don’t know the location of a building or don’t know who to talk to.”

TLU welcomes first-year students with open arms. Programs at the school point new learners toward clubs to join, student groups to participate in and extra-curricular activities to enjoy, he said. Each person who finds his or her place to fit in can help himself or herself feel incalculably more comfortable in college.

It all helped him avoid some of the difficulties other first-gen and firstyear students at other colleges face.

“I feel like I avoided a lot of pitfalls,” Mendoza said. “TLU is a really awesome college. I feel like they really directed me where I needed to go so I would avoid some trials. I felt like I didn’t have to go through the unnecessary processes.”

It’s not all roses and rainbows, though, Lopez said. Peer mentors don’t know it all. Instructors and professors don’t know it all. They’re all human.

But that’s another of the charm’s enjoyed at Texas Lutheran University.

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olette Forsberg, 11, and her sisters, Eleanor, 12, and Faith, 9, donned their handmade clothes in their home as they showed off their sewing talents.

“Yep, I made these,” Colette said, boldly while showing off the pajama pants she was wearing.

Eleanor modeled a romper while Faith spun in a shimmery skirt. The girls and their mother, Nicole Forsberg, gathered in the family’s dining room turned sewing room as they talked about the life skill the children are learning — one that Nicole called “a lost art.”

The trio designed their clothing and brought their designs to life for the 2020 Guadalupe County 4-H Fashion Show competition before

its cancellation this past spring.

The Forsberg girls participate in an event where contestants hand make a piece of clothing. They’re also part of a team that takes on Duds To Dazzle — an event that requires competitors to take an old piece of clothing or material and give it new life.

Nicole taught each of her girls, and their teams, how to hand sew using varying styles and hosted mini-workshops leading up to the competition.

“We would have all of the teams over to practice for Duds To Dazzle and we’d spend the beginning of each practice doing some kind of lesson,” Nicole said.

“Sometimes we would watch a small YouTube video on how to

The Forsberg trio participates in the 4-H Duds to Dazzle competition which requires them to take an old piece, and re-envision it in 60 minutes.

Once they are done they go before a judges panel and present their one-of-a-kind work .

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Faith and I took the pattern and made her own little version of it. I would sit next to her on the sewing machine and guide her a bit.xx do it. Once we learned a whip stitch and another time a straight stitch. They would practice, make, then take home their projects.”

Eleanor has participated in the 4-H fashion programs for four years, Colette two, and this was Faith’s first year to compete before events were canceled state-wide. Ever since her sisters began competing, Faith had to sit on the sidelines and wait for her opportunity to showcase her creative side.

“For a couple of years [Faith] was just like, ‘when is it my turn?’” Nicole said. “When Colette made her poncho last year Faith and I took the pattern and made her own little version of it. I would sit next to her on the sewing machine and guide her a bit.”

The girls are using their free time during the pandemic to refine their sewing skills, and have worked on miniprojects to keep busy. Faith learned how to sew bookmarks over spring break and was planning to donate them to her school library. Eleanor is gathering material to make herself a dress since she loved the way her romper turned out. The Forsberg dining room has transformed into a creative room with their family sewing machine on the table and scraps of fabric strewn all over the place.

“These [projects] have been great during the shutdown and a good activity to keep them busy,” Nicole said. “It’s not sitting in front of a TV or playing games,

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but it’s something different that keeps them busy and they can use it as a creative outlet.”

In the Duds To Dazzle competition, each team is given 60 minutes to take a piece of clothing or material they are given and redesign, create, and turn into something new and unique. After, they must tell the judges how they redesigned it and why. When presenting their projects to the judges of the Fashion Show, contestants must answer various questions including “Why did you choose this pattern,” “Where would you wear this,” “Where would this be sold,” “How much would it be marked for,” and more. The pieces are then theirs to take home and keep.

Being part of these competitions has taught the Forsberg girls life skills.

Working in groups with other children helps them develop teamwork skills, and the competition itself teaches organization, structure, project management, and more.

Each of the Forsberg girls have big plans for the pieces they created to enter in this year’s competition.

Eleanor wears her romper to summer hangouts (as her vacation was canceled). Colette wears her pajama pants when partaking in her favorite activity, “sleeping,” and Faith anxiously awaits the day she can show off her handmade skirt at church.

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Eleanor Forsberg models the handmade romper she created with help from her mother and sisters. The piece features tie-up shoulders, and a gathered waste with elastic for increased comfort. On page left, Colette wears a sleep mask she made while Faith shows off the starry details of her skirt.

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Colette Forsberg wears her favorite pair of homemade pajama pants. They are a favorite of hers to wear around the house because of how soft and comfy they are. The girls have also been making sleep masks as part of their projects.

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he year is 1947. The allies have won the war, and life across the world is finally returning to normal.

In England, car manufacturer, Jaguar, is producing again after years of being on hold, and the now-iconic Mark IV prowls the roads.

It’s oddly poetic that this car, forged in the aftermath of war, would begin its restoration journey as the world faces a very different type of struggle. James Deatherage acquired the car in a business-related barter and already has the engine back up and running.

“Most of the parts were made in 1938, but all production stopped when the bombing started in England,” he said. “They didn’t start back with this particular model until '47. The man I got it from had it for 44 years; it stayed in his garage in one spot without being touched. The guy before him had it six years and never got it running. I’ve had it less than 90 days, and I’m driving it.”

Formerly sold under the Swallow Sidecar name, Jaguar changed its brand to the now-famous big cat label in 1945. While Deatherage’s Mark IV may show her age with her missing hood and rust damage, she still purrs when Deatherage starts her up.

“It’s a standard three-speed transmission with electric start with a six-cylinder gasoline engine,”

he said. “At first it was stuck, I had to knock the pistons down with a sledgehammer and a two-by-four. I rebuilt the carburetor and had to get the valves loose, but I didn’t use any new parts on the engine except the head gasket. It took probably 40 hours over three weeks.”

Besides the history of its production, the car is unique in all the ways it differs from modern cars. While vehicles today run a hydraulic system with brakes on all four wheels, this Mark IV still runs mechanical brakes and old-school turn signals that pop up when activated via the steering wheel trafficator.

“I didn’t realize it was mechanical,” Deatherage said.

“I was looking for the brake fluid reservoir to check the lines and realized there weren’t any. There were brake rods, which makes it mechanical instead of hydraulic. It’s very unusual for this year’s model. Another thing that’s interesting about it is the turn signals stick out the sides.

Once I get it fixed, they’ll pop up.”

Most of the parts were made in 1938, but all production stopped when the bombing started in England.

James Deatherage sits in the left-hand side driver’s seat of his Jaguar Mark IV pointing out the trafficators knobs located at the center of the steering wheel.

Trafficator is the technical term used for what people now refer to as turn-signals.

The Mark IV runs an electric starter system alongside a six-cylinder gas engine that has a three speed manual transmission. Deatherage rebuilt the carburetor over the course of three weeks, and now the 1947 model that sat dormant for years, purrs when she turns over - even though it has to be hot-wired currently to start.

I had a little bit of trouble finding an oil pan for it; the rest of it I’ll build.

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The Mark IV also features knock-off hubs that must be, literally, hammered off the frame to change the tires. Parts as simple as tires or a turn signal can be hard to find on a piece of machinery that is over 70 years old, but that’s where Deatherage’s experience and creativity come into play.

“I had a little bit of trouble finding an oil pan for it; the rest of it I’ll build,” he said. “I’ve been working on cars since I was about 13, all selftaught. The welding, and all the rest of it, I’ll do. Next is cosmetics.”

He plans to custom-craft new interior and paint the outside a sleek black that will have the Jaguar parade ready when life finally returns to normal. Deatherage jokes that the project will probably take the rest of his life, but even if it does, he will have reclaimed a piece of history, reviving it to roam the streets once again as it first did way back in 1947.

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ational Potato Day is this month! In honor of a day I love as a spud fan, I present to you a recipe that will make your mouth water well past the first bite.

Is it healthy? Probably not! Is it delicious? You better believe it.

The two most important ingredients in this dish can be bought from the store pre-made, so no worries on the time-consuming crazy of prepping potatoes and queso. Let’s just get this made and stuff some faces!

- What you’ll need -

1 frozen package of waffle-cut fries The 22 ounce bag of Ore-Ida fries are perfect!

8 ounces of queso dip - H-E-B makes a fantastic mild queso. I definitely prefer it over the brands in jars, but they’ll work nicely if that’s all you can find.

1 cup of shredded cheese - I typically use H-E-B’s Mexican blend, but sharp cheddar is an excellent choice. ½ cup of pico de gallo - No pico on the shelves? Tomatoes, onion, jalapeno, cilantro chopped up, and mixed in with some lemon juice will do just fine. ½ cup of buffalo wing sauce - Wing sauce might not feel like it belongs in a nacho style dish, but I promise it’ll make this dish POP!

Go ahead and throw your waffle fries in the oven and follow the baking instructions. If you prefer a softer fry, use the suggested time on the packaging. The other ingredients will definitely add some sogginess. My special recommendation is to leave them in for a few minutes longer than the package suggests. You’ll end up with a crispier fry that can handle the moisture of the queso, pico, and buffalo wing sauce.

Before your fries are done baking, pop your queso into the microwave and get it heated up. A minute or so should suffice.

As the queso is heating up, try this pro-tip: take your fries out of the oven a few minutes before they’re done baking, sprinkle the shredded cheese on, put back in the oven, and have perfectly melted shredded cheese.

Now that your fries are done baking, get them onto your preferred serving plate or plates, then sprinkle as much shredded cheese as desired. (No need to add more shredded if you’ve followed my above tip!)

Grab your heated queso, and pour over your fries evenly. More cheese!

Now that the most important stuff is prepared, distribute your pico de gallo, drizzle the buffalo wing sauce, and boom!

You’re done.

Happy National Potato Day, celebrate with a giant bite, then ten more!

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If you treat this as an appetizer or side you can expect to appetize at least four people. I treat it as an unbalanced meal, which is perfect for a couple that want to burst their belts together.

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