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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Hello from Honor Academy North!

"Make the most of every opportunity..."

Ephesians 5:16

Although this month started out with some difficulties, we sadly said goodbye to our loving and fearless leader, Dawud Duren and his family. He will be known on campus for laying a strong and immovable foundation that can be built upon for years to come. We have been able to move on and choose to believe that God is in control in the midst of chaos. We had a MANDATORY fun night at the start of this month and played one of our new favorite games, Audio Olympics... we even drank POP.

The Leadership LTE was a huge success as the interns learned to work together and problem solve despite various circumstantial hindrances. A favorite part to this LTE was the interactive movie, The Last Castle.

Intramurals have been a memorable part of fall. The men on campus have integrated teams with Bethany College and Bethany International Church, while the women have created their own Powder Puff version which we term Extreme Football. As you can see where the idiom originates.

The January interns received their rings this month and committed to living a life of honor. The Week of the Ring was very powerful; we had the privilege to hear from David Hasz and Randy Olsson for the sessions. The interns were highly inspired by the wealth of knowledge that emerged from the lips of these who are semper honorablus.

Our new director, Trace Jones, is currently in Texas with his wife Randee. We look forward to them being here full time, but for the time being we have a temporary chief to fill his shoes, John Bushnell! The new Director of Women is Tara Janik. She is a very capable woman who brings a lot of vision and is very gifted in the area she is now serving in.

Special note to Mr. Jones: We miss you, come home soon, and drive safely! Love the staff at HA North.

"You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one."
Henry D. Thoreau

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Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Super Bowl Party!

Well, as many know this last weekend was the Super Bowl...

We thought it would be nice to have a party for our interns...

We took pictures... fun pictures...

WOOT for pictures!

so sit back and relax...

and enjoy!

everyone couldn't wait to watch the game... we all waited in anticipation...

Nate... Bill... Christieann, Nikki, and Kyle

Our interns were told to dress up... to be the most spirited and they would get a surprise! BEARS fans anyone?

L-R: Christieann, Jaclyn, Nikki, Nate, and in the front Amanda

They got so excited about the game they started "beating" each other up...

Poor Bill... Gabriel just got so excited!

Others stood by cheering... just kidding... They got excited about the BEAR's first touchdown...

L-R: Tiffany, Jaclyn, and John...

Others got discouraged... Poor Sierra...

Jimmy got so upset, he went over and turned the TV off...

(only for commercials though...)

We split up and went into seperate apartments because we couldn't fit all the interns in one...

here is part of Rended (Katie Luta's Core) and Abide (Jamie Wischmeier's Core)

L-R: Amanda, Gabriel, Crystal, Nate, Bill, Garret (a GI), and Mr. Wischmeier himself...

Things were pretty chill in Rended and Abide's apartment but in the other apartment...

IT WAS CRAZY! Gabriel just came in for a little while... and he got DOG PILED...

Here is part of Undone (Jimmy Jone's core)...

Bottom to Top: Gabriel (Abide), Jimmy, Caleb (MA), David (Undone), and John (Undone)...

They kept us girls of ...pure... entertained...

David won!!!

At half time we celebrated Gabriel's 19th birthday... since the next day was a fasting day... and that is when his real birthday is...

Anyone want cake???

People started to get a little more bored through out the game but at the end when we found out who won, we got wide eyed and bushy tailed...

GO COLTS!

the end...

At the party we played games and ate food and had fun...

some games were guess what is written on your back and another one was whenever someone said SUPERBOWL you had to stand up and yell COCCOON!!!

it was fun...

so yeah...

just know yall that the interns are LOVING it up here!

over and out...

Sierra Archibald
AA to Khristine Duren
CA to ...pure...

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

	(our campus is cooler than yours.) (we got interns if you hadn't noticed)
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Friday, December 01, 2006

Hello from the Honor Academy North!

November Update

We started this month with a youth pastor's lunch, hosted by our executive offices. While there Battle Cry and Honor Academy was discussed. Mr. Duren got the youth pastors involved and excited to help.

November has proven to stretch the executive office logistical track and make our job lists bigger than ever. Our jobs now include, but are not limited to: marketing and promotions, library, finance department, mob calling, janitorial, travel planning, special events organization, and curriculum management.

This month our fasting retreat took place. We had a great presence of the Lord fill our room as Sarah Perry led worship and Dawud and Khristine Duren spoke to us. There was no back forty to get alone, but rather street lights and roads. The tempo of this campus is very much different than the one in Texas, we are learning to love this unique opportunity and use it to our advantage.

The BCOM students weekly go to downtown Minneapolis to street evangelize. They have learned a lot, but more importantly they have seen a lot of positive outcome. They are experiencing something that classroom teachings won't give them.

Our latest project involves putting promotional packets together to send to youth pastors and school counselors in the area. Needless to say, we have made great friends with the employees at Kinko's.

This week the Blue Ministry Team made a stop in Bloomington, MN on the way to their next ATF. We met them at the Mall of America before they made their stop at Madison, WI. Some of the HA North GI's will be going to the Madison ATF this weekend to help promote.

We are making the final preparations for the first intern class to arrive in January. This includes gauntlet schedule, housing, ministry placements, and class modules. Life is busy, but we will be ready when they arrive. We have a new website, watch for posting: www.xanga.com/hanorth

Prayer Requests:

January Class arriving safe and with everything they need
Promo packets to inspire and open eyes of youth pastors and school counselors
Youth Group openings to promote at
Open doors for evangelism in the city we live
Gauntlet to go smoothly

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

NEW XANGA FOR NEW HA!

woot!

so this is our OFFICIAL xanga site for Honor Academy North...

almost all the participants apart of HA North have their own xangas, which I will post at a later date...

Here you can check out whats happening up here at the good ole' HA, including pictures, updates on intern class numbers, as well as other things...

soon I will be posting pictures, starting from way back in the day (when we first started remodeling) until now...

so while your here, don't forget to drop us a line!!!

::sierra::
AA to Khristine Duren

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