OEF Planning Group

I know I have already shown gratitude for the Gertrude Hawks, our trivia team that won after our first planning meeting.  But, on the 85th day of 2019, I have similar gratitude for the people who came out for our next OEF Planning meeting.  The group is filled with a good set of interests and with parents of kids in HS all the way through Middle School, OPS, Pre-School, and no kids yet!  And, on 3/26/19, we discussed organizing plans, we laughed, we reveled over our successes so far, and got ready for the work ahead of us, raising needed funds for the teachers and students of our community.

My caring prayer tonight goes to my advisee who is nervous about her family's situation.  They live in Venezuela and the situation there is dire, at best.  It's hard enough for a first-year student to acclimate to Penn and to do well academically.  It is even harder to do so when worried about your family, miles away.  Prayers of strength for her as she plans her Fall schedule and prepares for the final month of the semester.

The people with whom I disagree for whom I also have a prayer are the opposing team that DID win trivia tonight.  They made a valiant comeback and overtook us at the end.  I say a prayer of congratulations and hope that they were not cheating - they DID make a good comeback..... :-D.

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