Couple finds riches untold by serving the less fortunate

They met at a campus bar called the Wigwam through a most unusual pickup line: How would you like to change the world in Jesus' name?

Sylvia Slivon was intrigued. The year was 1969. Anti-war protests were the norm, and political change was in the air.

The man who popped the question was graduate student John Ronsvalle, a thoughtful campus rabble-rouser who led the fight for student representation on the University of Illinois senate and board of trustees. He was also a Christian dedicated to fighting poverty locally and around the globe.

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