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Mar. 17, 2008
DS17 Brings home the Gold...

Posted By 4evrHischild in Family Life



     It was an ordinary Thursday morning. One in which I woke up to a light tap on the shoulder alerting me to the fact that it was time to get up and take DS17 to the Hope Church where he catches the bus to CHRHS and from there a bus to his Vocational Technical School.

     We rode to the bus stop chatting about nothing in particular. When the bus arrived he got out and I told him good luck and have a good day. As he walked away to the bus he turned around and mouthed the words "I Love You."

     Let me back up just a little. March 13th was the day he would board a bus from MCST with 15 other students for a trip to Bangor to compete in SkillsUSA a competition in which over 700 students from 26 schools compete in technical areas such as culinary arts, woodworking, small engines, graphic design etc. Sheldon chose to compete in the Extemperaneous Speech Category.

     I didn't hear from him again until Friday night. He was spending the night at a friends house with whom he rode home from the competition. He started talking about what his plans were for Saturday and asking if it was okay. Then in the background I hear Josh's mother say, "get to the important stuff."

"Oh yeah, I won gold" he said.

"What"

"I won gold"

     To shorten it just little bit, he won the gold medal, meaning he came in first among eight other contestants in his category. He will be getting a scholarship for his accomplishment. We won't know all the details until sometime in April. He also has the opportunity to go to Kansas City in June to compete nationally.

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Mar. 23, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by christlike

Just dropping by to say Hi!! Hope you & family are doing fine.
Blessings & Happy Easter!!!
In Him; Elton

Mar. 25, 2008 - Congratulations

Posted by bubbebobbie

That is so wonderful. So what is his specialty? What did he do to win?

That is terrific, congratulations!

Because of Jesus, Bobbie

Mar. 27, 2008 - wow

Posted by HomeForHim

Congratulations! That's a real accomplishment for him. I really like your month of praise from February. I think I might try that myself. =]

Have a blessed day!
Deborah

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