FULL NAME: Rachael Maureen Lampa

BORN: on January 8, 1985 in Ann Arbor, MI.  She lived there for 7 years before moving to Louisville, Colorado, and just recently moved to Nashville, Tennessee.

HEIGHT: 5 feet

ETHNIC BACKGROUND: Rachael is 50% Filipino (her dad was born in the Philippines), 25% Hungarian, and 25% Irish.

SIBLINGS: 2 brothers (Ryan who's 21, and Nate who's 13) and 1 sister (Colleen, 16)

DISCOVERED: "Praise In the Rockies" at Estes Park, Colorado

FIRST JOB: Delivering newspapers

HIGH SCHOOL: Monarch High School in Louisville, Colorado. She was the point guard on the basketball team and graduated with honors in May 2003.

FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: "Me and my friends are entertained really easily...we could sit around and just laugh for hours, but other than that, we love movies, go carts, snow boarding, sledding, jet skiing when it's warm....anything really!!!"

VOCAL RANGE:  3 1/2 octaves (generally)

FAVORITE SONG OF HER OWN: "Blessed"

FIRST ALBUM: "Age to Age" by Amy Grant

MOST ANNOYING HABITS: Biting her nails and chewing on her lips and cheeks

FAVORITE COLORS: yellow and blue

FAVORITE CANDY: Pixy Stix

FAVORITE MOVIES: Dumb and Dumber, Tommy Boy, The Little Mermaid

FAVORITE CARTOON: "Rugrats"

FAVORITE TV SHOW: "Friends"

MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Falling down the stairs in front of about 40,000 people after a concert performance

FAVORITE PERFORMANCE: In Rome on World Youth Day, she sang in front of the Pope and about three million people from over 150 different countries.

FUTURE PLANS: To continue to spread the Word of God, not
only to the saved, but to those who need it most...the unsaved.

Here is a questionnaire that Rachael filled out about herself.  Below it is a translation you might need to decode her scribbles!

TRANSLATION

People would be shocked to know that...I play basketball and I am only 5 feet tall.

My biggest personality flaw is...procrastination.

People tell me I look like...Jennifer Lopez.

When I have spare change, I buy...pixy stix.

The most starstruck I've been is when I met...Amy Grant.

I'd rather give up then be stuck on Survivor island with...no response.

My best friend would describe me as...someone who laughs too much.

The last time I cried was when...I watched "Fried Green Tomatoes."

The funniest thing I did as a child was...dropped my little brother in the toilet.

The one thing that puts me in the best mood is...ice cream.

When I was younger, I always wanted to be a(n)...singer.

A wise man once said...1 Timothy 4:12 -- "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity."

This or That:
(Rachael's answer in CAPS)