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A Day in the Life of a Contact Card
You probably haven’t thought about the things I have seen. The connections made. The smiles, the surprises, that look someone gets in their eyes when they feel seen and wanted for maybe the very first time.
Oh, dear students, how key I am to the mission you are on! I am a tether, a lifeline between you and a fresh face, a homesick individual awash in a sea of endless possibilities and ever-present absences. I am hope itself.
Meeting God in Grief
“Hey is everything okay at Abundant Life?! My dad just told me there was an active shooter...”
That was the first text I saw when I went on my lunch break on December 16, 2024, and it was followed by many others. People I hadn’t talked to in months, even years, bombarded me with questions. Many of them were the same: Were my siblings okay? The worst part was that I didn’t know.
