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General Posts by Emily Drevets on 8/30/2010
My father, Douglas Drevets, graduated from Wheaton College. His freshman year of college he reconnected with an old friend from middle school summer camp, Seth Barnes. They quickly became fast friends.
During their stay on campus, along with a motley crew of companions, they staged a noble and prolonged effort to liven the other students' quality of life with colorful antics such as disrupting chapel, covering toilet seats with plastic wrap (my dad's idea), and engaging in other acts of public menace. They eventually graduated, were employed at various places, and stayed good friends.
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Our team had the opportunity to go with Cebu City Alliance Church (CCAC) to feed and teach a Bible story to a group of children in a village in the city. Once we were done teaching, the kids lined up to be served food and I stood off to the side to watch. There was a little girl kneeling down in the dirt next to me and I knelt down and attempted to ask her what her name was. During the story I had been leading one of the songs, and whenever I looked at her she would smile but she didn't really participate in the hand motions. When I asked her what her name was it became clear to me she didn't understand English.
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