尊重他人的遗产

When the opportunity came to name rooms in the newly-built Borl和-Manske中心, 退休的洛杉矶市消防队员马克·豪厄尔和他的妻子劳里选择纪念许多对他们的信仰和音乐热爱做出贡献的人.

“路德教会的教育极大地丰富了我的生活，所以我们很荣幸能够这样做,劳里说。. “我们是上帝保佑的普通人——我们没有开公司，也不是超级富豪——但随着我们步入老年，我们有了一些钱来做一些美好的事情. 这完全是上帝的旨意.”

劳里的祖父是路德教会的牧师，1904年从德国移民到美国. Lauri 和 her two brothers attended Lutheran schools all their lives. 

“我一直很, very blessed by Lutheran education 和 am passionate about the Lutheran church,劳里说。. “Lutheran education was one of the most important aspects of my life.” 

她把她对基督教教育的热情归功于洛杉矶的路德高中. 

“这很特别，”她说. “和最优秀的人一起度过了最快乐的时光，这真的增强了我的信念. I still talk to my second grade teacher. I’m still in touch with several teachers from school.” 

One of those teachers was artist Gerald Brommer, 劳里在担任高中年鉴编辑时的美术老师和学术顾问. 

路德教会的教育极大地丰富了我的生活，所以我们很荣幸能够这样做.

“I kept in touch with Gerald until he passed away in November,劳里说。. “I considered him a friend as many did who went to Lutheran High.” 

Mark was born 和 raised in a firefighter’s household in Los Angeles, 和 followed his father’s footsteps into a 38-year career as a city firefighter. Mark served as an engineer in a fire station in South Central, then spent 22 years on a fire boat in the L.A. 港站. 

“我们应对了很多工业事故，因为设备太大了，有数千辆卡车, 火车和轮船进进出出,他说. “T在这里 aren’t that many fires in a harbor, but you’re doing a lot of of physical rescues, 溺水, trucks going off into the wharfs by accident.” 

港口消防站建在水上，有一个附属的船屋，有一艘76英尺长的消防船，可以泵12个水泵,每分钟1000加仑的水, far more than what a typical fire engine can do. 

仍然, 纯粹为了刺激, 马克很喜欢在中南部的任务，在那里他处理了许多建筑火灾, was involved in “a lot of life saving, 生了三个孩子, 一个在出租车后座." 

To succeed as a fireman, Mark says, you need more than physical fitness. 

“有时候你会遇到一些没有监督的事情，你必须迅速做出决定,他说. “你 can’t wait for someone to give you an order. 你 have to be self-motivated, have discipline 和 a balance of the two. 你现在适应并发明一些方法来做一些事情，比如把某人从梯子上弄下来或从房间里弄出来.” 

一个事故——近距离的汽油爆炸——可能在他和劳里结婚几个月后就夺走了他的生命. He 和 a partner were fighting a garage fire when gasoline stored t在这里 exploded.

“火球很大，我从10英尺外就能看到它朝我飞来，”马克回忆说. “你什么也做不了. We tried to drop to the ground but you get caught. 你 can’t outrun an explosion when it’s that close to you.”

Protective equipment was much more primitive then, 和 Mark sustained second-degree burns to exposed parts of his face, wrists 和 ankles; but he was otherwise unharmed. 令人惊讶的是，年仅21岁的劳里在拿到3a时并没有被吓到.m. knock at the door from the fire captain to deliver the news of Mark’s injury.

“我们结婚三个月了, 这让我觉得, 是的, 他随时都可能死去, but I gained strength from it rather than becoming fearful,她说。.

在如此年轻的年纪就面临职业风险，迫使她接受可能发生的事情, which served her well throughout the rest of his career, 她说.

那是在1997年, 劳里的母亲去世的时候, 她发现自己动摇了，在离开教堂几年之后，她感到需要重新与她的信仰联系起来.

她说:“我觉得生活中缺少了一些东西，于是我开始回到教堂。. “我真的很渴望重新联系.”

起初, 她在马克不在场的时候看基督教电视，听基督教广播节目. Then she began attending church when he was away on shift.

“I was kind of embarrassed,” she admits. “I didn’t really know what was 发生ing to me, to be honest. 有一天我告诉了马克, ‘I’m going to churches when you’re at work,’ 和 he surprised me by saying he wanted to go, 太. It became a journey for us to find a church.”Together, they began visiting local congregations.

“我说，‘我要去离我们半小时以内的每一个路德教会，’”劳里笑着说. “It was a wonderful broadening to rediscover my Lutheran 神学. As an adult it 太k on greater meaning. I was very, very thirsty to hear the word of God.”

她还发展了她所谓的“路德派雷达”，因为在那段时间里，她遇到了数量惊人的路德派朋友. “我会遇到和我一起上学的人，或者认识某个人的人，”她说. “It was God putting me in these positions.” 

At one church they were visiting, Lauri heard a familiar voice: Dr. 杆Rosenbladt称, 是她从白马旅馆的广播节目中认出来的，她经常收听这个节目. At that same church the Howells met a number of CUI faculty, 教职员工和学生开始参加校园圣诞音乐会和全年的音乐会. 

“马克和我都非常喜欢古典音乐和合唱，而康科迪亚在这方面做得非常出色,她说。. “我们太兴奋了. We thought, we have world-class 音乐 right at our doorstep.”

他们还参加了 崔永元的星光晚会捐赠和拍卖物品. In time, they felt like part of the CUI community. 

“这是人们的品质，如此正直，如此坚定的基督徒，”劳里说. “They have high st和ards in everything they do. 他们表现自己的方式，善良，彻底，高品质.” 

马克和我都非常喜欢古典音乐和合唱，而康科迪亚在这方面做得非常出色.

豪厄尔夫妇渴望支持博兰-曼斯克中心，因为它极大地改善和扩展了康考迪亚的设施 音乐 和 神学 项目.

“We’re very excited to become part of the BMC,劳里说。. “上公立大学, I saw the huge difference between Christian education 和 public education. My e是的 were opened to the value of being taught from a Christ-centered worldview. 这是一个非常非常大的区别.” 

豪厄尔斯的 chose to name one room after Lauri’s childhood piano teacher, 一位年迈的德国移民，他带劳里去听音乐会，并向她灌输了对音乐的热爱. 

“与古典音乐的联系是我生命中最美好的部分之一，”劳里说. “I saw one of the studios for practicing piano 和 thought, ’I want Mrs. 这上面有埃克斯纳的名字.’ She had many students who loved her as much as I did.” The other 音乐 room they named for her parents, 和 they also supported two rooms in the Christ College wing, naming them for Lauri’s gr和father 和 his best friend from seminary, 亨利•施密特, who was involved in starting Lutheran churches in Los Angeles, 包括圣. Paul’s First Lutheran in North Hollywood. 杰拉尔德·布罗默是圣. 保罗工作了四十多年. 

“I thought about who was important to me 和 who enriched my life, 和 certain people popped into mind 和 we wanted to honor them,劳里说。.

如今，马克是好莱坞和圣佩德罗两个消防站博物馆的活跃志愿者. He creates fascinating cabinet displays of such items as old diving gear, 火喷嘴, 救援装备等等，其中大部分是他私人收藏的古董消防设备捐赠的. The museums boast two 1923 fire engines with beautiful brass 和 gold leafing, both of which could still run to a fire, 尽管他们大多是列队行进. The Hollywood museum has a horse-drawn steamer 和 steam pumper. “它们看起来就像50或80年前的车站，”马克说. 

在港口，马克和他的团队正在修复一艘1925年建造的100英尺长的救火船. They also give many tours to kids 和 groups from retirement homes. 

“孩子们真的很喜欢，”马克说. “When they show up they really go cuckoo because t在这里’s fire stuff everyw在这里. 我们都是志愿退休的消防员，热爱这份工作，这是一种贡献的方式.” 

I thought about who was important to me 和 who enriched my life, 和 certain people popped into mind 和 we wanted to honor them.

豪厄尔斯的 have donated private museum tours as auction items at 崔永元的星光晚会. 乔恩·霍华德04, 发展副主任, says 肯考迪娅 is grateful for the Howells’ partnership in the Gala, 在制作 Borl和-Manske中心 发生. 

“马克和劳里·豪厄尔 have an incredible heart for Lutheran ministry. 他们看到音乐和事工对一所成长中的大学的重要性，”霍华德说. “他们已经指定了绝大部分财产来支持几个路德会组织. 我很荣幸，康考迪亚欧文是其中之一，并兴奋地欢迎他们成为我们的最新成员 大使命协会. 他们希望确保他们的礼物能长期造福学生.” 

豪厄尔斯的, 现在参加欧文市的路德基督之光教会并继续欣赏歌剧和贝多芬现场音乐的人, 威尔第和其他喜爱的作曲家, 他们认为“以这种方式参与并传承路德教会的遗产是一种难以置信的荣誉。. 这不是我们的遗产，而是路德教会和我们之前的人们的遗产.”