http://students.absolute.org Absolute's Student Zone Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:11:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en //BindData(PostList, null, pager); Between yesterday and today, the houses have been pieced together rapidly. Lots of hard work, painting and sawing have brought the group two standing houses. Everyone is experimenting with different ways to help out; whether it be playing ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2010/03/10/making-a-house-a-home/ Hola! We have arrived safe and sound, with a few minor speed bumps. Friday started out with an all too familiar ferry ride to Vancouver followed by an unfamiliar ride down to the border crossing and then on to Seattle. From SeaTac we endured a three hour long flight, no movies ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2010/03/07/we-finally-made-it/ Breaking Boundaries; a line that roots to many different causes of conflict. What are boundaries? Sometimes they guidelines set up to protect us from harmful situations. Other times and the context I am talking about, they are things that are built up within society preventing us from things that could ... http://students.absolute.org/2010/03/01/breaking-boundaries/  In the past few weeks Mexico has experienced tropical rain storms that have resulted in mass flooding and serious damage.  The common site here a couple of weeks ago was flooded roads and collapsed bridges on the main highway, houses swept away in the rush or ‘new’ rivers, and several ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2010/02/02/school-of-leadership-students-intro-to-mexico-101/ Hope for Haiti. Hope for another school. Hope for your school. All at the same time Your school can start a chain-reaction of hope for Haitians! By giving 1 hour of your school’s time for a motivational benefit assembly you will be making a life-changing difference in 3 places: in Haiti, ... http://motivate.absolute.org/2010/01/29/chain-reaction-of-hope/ Hey Everyone Just wanted to let you know that our Absolute people who are on the ground in Port au Prince, Haiti have confirmed that our friends at the orphanages we work with are in fact, all alive and accounted for. However, they have all suffered much loss as they have ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2010/01/17/update-on-haiti/ I am sure you have all heard, in some form or another, about the great tragedy that has occurred in Haiti. Many of you, including myself, probably thought to yourself, “Really! This is the last thing this country needs!” It is true, parts of Port-au-Prince had looked like a 7.0 ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2010/01/14/absolute-in-haiti/ Our team woke up to bright sunshine this December 25th and the knowledge of knowing that this Christmas was different. We had accomplished so much together and felt the true meaning of the phrase, “it is better to give than to receive”. After a hearty breakfast, we played what some call, ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2009/12/26/arms-wide-open/ I have never seen so much rain! The second, third, and forth day of our Dominican trip has been filled with mucho mucho rain. Unfortunately, our gift giving day in a local town was postponed until Jan 7th due to roads being washed out on December 21st. So, instead we ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2009/12/24/i-am-dreaming-of-a-wet-christmas/ Hey everyone! Or shall I say, “Hola!” Our Dominican Republic Christmas Hero Holiday has begun. All 14 of us arrived safe and sound to our tropical paradise on Saturday without any delays. This is amazing because they were canceling flights left, right, and centre because of some storm going on ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2009/12/21/first-day-of-our-christmas-adventure/