A Quick Update

The last couple of weeks have been a little unusual around these parts. Here are a few of the not so exciting things that have been taking place.

1. I have confiscated two packs of cigarettes, a bong and quite a bit of weed from students in my home

2. A kid got shot 50 feet from my front door.

3. One of my students was standing less than ten feet from the incident mentioned above.

4. Another student missed two days of school to "take care of his beef" (i.e. shoot the people who are out to get him), but apparently this is freeing him from his ties to his gang

5. The FBI has been using my boss's office the last couple of days, so he has been wandering the halls (he wont really tell us anything about who they are talking to or what they are investigating)

6. I cannot remember the last day I did not hear a helecopter circling.


And now for the uplifting things:

1. My dear friend Andrea came to visit for a few days (we went to the beach, saw the largest religious painting in the world and hung out with Jay Leno, etc. etc.)

2. One of the above mentioned students has been sober for 11 days!

3. A couple of weeks ago we had three boys over for dinner and then went to our church's Thursday night service together. Last week 8 students showed up and roughly 15 are planning on joining us tomorrow for lasagna before church.