Commandos and club

  The last two weeks has seen a considerable amount of new students to campus life. 45 participated in commandos (along with 8 adult volunteers). I had the venerable Ken Brougher drive bus for me at this event, and have had Sheila and Mike drive buses for me before. One we had the students on the bus we headed to Oak Island Park in Veneta. Commandos is a giant game of tag that takes place throughout the city. Students had to navigate themselves to Veneta Elementary without being caught. If you are wondering, yes I do notify law enforcement that a significant group of kids will be running from people with noodles in Veneta.
  Last years winner decided that he was bragging how he was going to win again. As soon as we dropped everyone off at the park I got off the bus a couple blocks down the street. This particular student happened to be the first to come around the corner. He saw me 3 feet from him and yelled an expletive. He proceeded to run down the sidewalk about a block before I overtook him. All in all he was public enemy number one, all my staff decided he needed some humbling. He had fun and ended up making it during our second round.
  We have many stories of adults jumping out of cars (not moving) and surprising students, and we had one adult riding on a bike. We made it supremely difficult for students to make it to the elementary school. The event was a ton of fun but also influenced the numbers at club the following week (yesterday). We had 18 students at club with many regulars missing due to sports and homework. So if you wonder why we do such crazy events it is to connect with the students and invite them to events where we can further share the gospel.
  I also happened to lose my wallet at the event, it fell out of my pocket. I was blessed by the fact that someone put it in a mailbox, albeit without the five dollar bill that was previously placed in the wallet. The postmaster gave it to Roger Soverns, owner of the Farmstore, who gave it back me. This was a huge blessing and answer to prayer. It made me praise God for many reasons, especially not having to go to the DMV.
  ---Also a quick note that Minute to Win It at lunch is going well. Had a few technical difficulties last week, but all should be good to go this week. Minute to Win It is a game-show on NBC and during lunch in the cafeteria I have students from the student body compete for prizes. I also show highlights of the previous weeks football game.---

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 Needless to say Rap/HipHop night was a blast. I went old school! We talked during the night about messages the world gives us. The kids did a Rap Off (take the mic and make up a rap to different beats with mostly comical lyrics) and we had a game where they choose to eat different desserts. Only one dessert was actually good, but didn't look appealing, while the other two looked okay but tasted like poo. I used their messages in rap and the food to show that sometimes we listen to things that have no value, but once we taste the truth we don't need to keep tasting or listening to false messages. I then pointed to several things we hear in the world and pointed to what God has to say about them in His Word.
Commandos is quickly approaching (an event that is like a massive game of tag). Take the kids on a bus and drop them off with instructions to get to a certain location without getting caught, usually has good numbers (pray for good weather).

Six Flags was a success and was great for building relationships with the seven students that came on the trip. Found out about a couple students who have some serious issues they deal with at home so please be praying.