KCHS Haiti Mission Departs 1/27/07!!!

There will be 11 of us heading down to Boucan-Carre, Haiti Saturday morning early. Please pray for the following:
1. That we all have a safe and healthy trip. 2. That the students are deeply touched for life by the people they encounter and the things they see in Haiti. 3. That the people of Boucan-Carre are left with a good impression of our school and especially its students. Lord hear Our Prayer...

map to the warehouse for the Hope for Haiti Mission

http://pmrphoto.com/map1

March For Life

Those of you that are going tomorrow, please remember to bring some sandwiches, something to sleep on, and some moderate clothes to sleep in while we're at the school. I'm excited for my first road trip with you guys... See you on the bus!

Haiti Mission Warehouse packing day

We had a great turnout this morning at our warehouse on Grand Ave. in the Fort Sanders area. I think there were about 15 KCHS students there and we got a ton of work done. We packed up six pallets full of medical supplies as well as packed about 1200 pairs of shoes, all bound for Boucan-Carre, Haiti. My sincere thanks to you all for coming today. I'll figure out how to post those service hours next week. We'll have another one soon! Thanks again to all! Pat

Haiti Mission Trip

I would ask all of you to pray for the success of our first all-KCHS Mission trip to Boucan-Carre Haiti. Ten of us will depart Knoxville for Haiti on Jan. 27th and return on Feb. 1st. We plan to help 02' KCHS Graduate Jordan Pyda build a small home for a widow near the village. What's really exciting is that all seven students have never been to Haiti before so they're in for many surprises. Please pray for our safety on the trip and that our hearts will be open to the big picture of finding our roles for justice and peace on the trip. If you're interested in going down on a mission trip to Haiti, please see me anytime at school. The next trip will be in March but I don't have dates for that one yet.

Open Pandora's Box!!!!

A friend of mine turned me on to this cool link today for an internet music website. Here's how it works: You tell it a song or performer you like. Next, it finds music similar to your selection. Then you get get to thumbs up or down on each selection it offers you. Through the process, you get to build your own radio station with only music you like on it. I messed with it for about an hour and started with John Mayer. I found a bunch of cool bands I'd never heard of in the process. Give it a try and see what happens... Click the link called, "Pandora's Box" at the right under "Cathlinks."

service hours opportunity with a real hero...

Hey people, this just in from our fearless leader/principle guy:

I would like to bring to your attention a need in our
community which may be filled by your students. An All Saints parishioner,
Joe, who is 90 years old and blind is in desperate need of
companionship. While he lives in an assisted living facility, the Atria,
his blindness has isolated him and he is extremely lonely. I try to visit
him whenever I can but I thought that perhaps one or two of your students
could visit him on a regular basis, as part of their school community
service. Joe is a WWII fighter pilot who is articulate, intelligent and
wonderful company. He is in good health and his mind is still very sharp.
I think any young person would have much to gain by getting to know this
interesting man. The Atria is on Lake Brook Blvd, off Middle Brook Pike.

If any two students would like to take this on as a tam tag service hour project, you'll need to e-mail me to get his phone number. You can e-mail me right now at pat@pmrphoto.com or try me on my cell at 607-2020. Last, this is not something you'd want to "try out" and bag if you don't like the situation. If you're good with older people and like to listen more than talk, contact me. You should have an agreeable partner before you contact me. So it's Advent... so I'll wait expectantly in hopes for your call... dpat