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\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today was another wonderful day here in PEP. My fellow classmates and I have been practicing our pitches for our upcoming event next week. We all are very much excited to be graduating in to the PEP family.<\/p>\n Fall \u201918 has been studying day in and day out for their \u201cbig five\u201d tests. They are almost done with the first phase of the program \u2013 two more weeks, and then it will get real for them. This is where we see what PEP has to offer us, now and for our future.<\/p>\n I remember when we, the Soldiers of Spring \u201918, were in their shoes. Now we have accomplished something great, not only for us but for our families as well. Graduation is next week, brothers. Our mission is complete; now we must help Fall \u201918 on their journey to become authentic men.<\/p>\n Andres F. (a.k.a. \u201cThe Little Engine That Could\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Today was a great day in the service of my Fall \u201918 brothers who are being prepared for the PEP\u2019s second (business) phase. We viewed a video from a PEP brother showing us the PEP transition house in Austin.<\/p>\n As graduation gets closer, the Soldiers of Spring \u201918 are practicing, practicing, practicing their pitches for the upcoming Business Plan Competition. Upon graduation, we are fully prepared to be servant-leaders.<\/p>\n My brother Julian R. asked me one day, \u201cWhat do you see when you look outside?\u201d And I answered, \u201cTrees,\u201d which a majority of people would say. But he said, \u201cNo, what do you see?\u201d I answered, \u201cLife!\u201d He responded, \u201cThat\u2019s right. So many people would say a softball field, track, fence, cameras, and even barbed wire, but we must have a vision!\u201d So I said all that to say this: if you can see life outside of these walls, then you have already taken a big step. Keep your vision brothers \u2013 love you all.<\/p>\n Raphiel B. (a.k.a. \u201cEnergizer Bunny\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Today was a good day. After half a week of not calling it, they called us out for our Health and Wellness class. We were able to go work out and release some built-up tension.<\/p>\n Spring \u201918 was called out to Bert S.\u2019s class on time and, to our surprise, he had a visitor with him, a specialist at giving presentations. Since we are preparing for the Business Plan Competition (BPC), our guest took the time to go over each of our pitches and give us valuable insight on what we should do to maximize our results. It was a blessing to receive advice from someone like him.<\/p>\n In the dorm, the servant-leaders and Spring \u201918 held a jeopardy game for the Fall \u201918 class to help with their \u201cbig five\u201d tests that are quickly approaching. We provided coffee and cake for everyone participating. Today was truly a blessed day.<\/p>\n Michael C. (a.k.a. \u201cCharmin Bear\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Today when I glanced in the dorm, I saw Fall \u201918 preparing for their tests. I am proud to see such progress by my new brothers. I am also seeing Spring \u201918 prepare for our BPC. We held small group panels to practice our pitches.<\/p>\n I have seen a tremendous growth in all of us. We have become a part of something far greater than what most are accustomed to, and we have all learned so much about ourselves. I can recall when most of us were still trapped in our tough shell. But over time, we all became acquainted with one another and opened up to each other. We have all become brothers and have also gained true friends for life. We all are proud to say we are PEP; hard work and dedication will go a long way. Continue to strive, my brothers. In the end it will pay off. God bless.<\/p>\n Miguel C. (a.k.a. \u201cApoo\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Today was another beautiful day here in PEP. We have a week before graduation. Today we had the day off, but it\u2019s not really a day off for us; we spent our Friday practicing our pitches.<\/p>\n We all got together and made our own pitch panels so we could practice as if we were pitching to the executives. It was great practice. Every one of us has worked really hard on our pitches. It was a productive day for the Soldiers of Spring \u201918. I guess you could say it was another golden Friday, and we are one day closer to the prize.<\/p>\n Elbert A. (a.k.a. \u201cDunt to Dunt\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI had my back against the wall<\/p>\n Been on my knuckles, had a lot and lost it all \u2026<\/p>\n They\u2019re sayin\u2019 pray but don\u2019t we all<\/p>\n Unanswered prayers make you feel like God is not accepting calls \u2026 \u201d<\/p>\n ~ lyrics from Fall Thru<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cStrength does not come from winning. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.\u201d<\/p>\n ~ Mahatma Gandhi<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Well my brothers, we have all gone through hardships in life. But we have all prevailed in this journey we call life. We did not quit or turn our backs on the ones we love; when things did not seem to go right, we stayed strong in faith and prayed to God. We have all won in life \u2013 we may not realize it now, but soon life will present itself to us. We did not surrender when times got tough, and we did not take the easy way out. We all prevailed and stood tall and stayed strong in faith. Keep believing in yourself, brothers. Trust and believe in everything you do in life.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ronny V. (\u201cRon Cakes\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#ffffff” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” _builder_version=”3.0.90″] Week 22 \u00a0 Week in Review Monday\u00a0May 28, 2018 Today was another wonderful day here in PEP. My fellow classmates and I have been practicing our pitches for our upcoming event next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clsp18-archived-classes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/pamlychner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/pamlychner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/pamlychner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/pamlychner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/pamlychner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/pamlychner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/pamlychner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/pamlychner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/pamlychner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Week in Review<\/h1>\n
Monday\u00a0May 28, 2018<\/h1>\n
Tuesday\u00a0May 29, 2018<\/h1>\n
Wednesday\u00a0May 30, 2018<\/h1>\n
Thursday May 31, 2018<\/h1>\n
Friday\u00a0June 1, 2018<\/h1>\n
Expressions<\/h1>\n