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Wild Card
Posted on 5/7/2013 by
I love playing cards, but when you get dealt a bad hand of cards, you just can’t wait for the round to be over with. No one celebrates when a bad hand is dealt to them. Plenty of our students have what you might call a bad hand, but that doesn’t mean the round is over.
No matter the hand that’s…
The Life Changing Coconut Mocha Frappe
Posted on 4/17/2013 by
This coffee drink deserves a superhero cape for two reasons. First, it is that delicious. Whoever realized that you could sprinkle toasted coconut shavings on top of an already delicious mocha frappe was pure genius. I would like to meet that person. Second, it has been the gateway for numerous…
Who Stole My iPad?
Posted on 4/8/2013 by
Somebody swiped a $500 iPad from our tutoring program. The clues pointed toward one of our beloved student leaders.
With strong suspicion but no proof, I knocked on her door…
Thankfully God had just given me a similar situation (read Busted here).
“Hi Andrea! Do you have an iPad for me?”…
Why is She Always Mad at Me?
Posted on 3/25/2013 by
This past week we were talking about peer pressure. We played a few fun games, watched a video about regrets adults had about things they did based on peer pressure, and listened to one of our volunteers share how much peer pressure had affected his life. After our evening challenge, one of our…
Snipers, Vipers, and Alcohol
Posted on 3/18/2013 by
“I have like fifty snipers watching my house, I have connections,” or something like that was what John* told me on Thursday during lunch. I hadn’t seen John around school since well before winter break and I was eager to catch up when I saw him on his way to lunch. In the hall he told me about…