Updates From:
Max
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‘Sup gang. We’ve been runnin’ this whole SLAM biz in different regions and cultural contexts for a coupla weeks now. The different cultures really do express the varied challenges our team has to work with, but there’s one detail found in every SLAM week…
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So some things happened since my last blog. Here’s a recap: – We did a fun two day plane-hopping extravaganza. El Salvador to Nashville (six hour flight) to London (eight) to Qatar (six) to Uganda (I think three) I got very little sleep and…
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Howdy team, It’s Max, back at it again with another blog. One neat little thing we do between SLAM weeks with our teams seems to be going to the movies. Last night, our team (Americans and East Africans) watched that new Superman movie. It…
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Jesus said that in his father’s house there is many rooms. This means there’s a place for the varying personalities found in the sociosphere (a term I coined myself, which refers to the global network of interpersonal connections between individuals ) A team dedicated…
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So here’s the dealio: We all got into two buses and drove to a place in Tennessee called Morristown, which is near Knoxville. We have some fun challenges during stops where we had limited budgets and had to feed our team. In Morristown, we…
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I love making people laugh, but I noticed I wasn’t feeling too hot when people were laughing at other peeps jokes and not my own. I like making people in the room comfortable through humor, but I’ve learned that when I’m tested, I can…
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So, we’re SLAMMIN’ it up at the GOD Intl campus, and the whole dealio is going pretty well. Last night, there was a moment for the students to give short testimonies. I think this quote sums up what I learned from this moment pretty…
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I just finished a service project with a group of middle school girls. We were cleaning out the underside of a deck, which was used as a storage for old wood. Well, it all rotted away, and we had to clean the whole shabang…
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We have begun our Summer Internship adventure with Boot Camp, a preparatory time for the ensuing travels. So far, we’ve planned the different teams performing for this weeks SLAM, which is kinda like a VBS. Essentially, we’re coordinating a buncha games, service projects, and…
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