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                                                                           "I grew up in Kissimmee, Florida, but                                                                 "We went to Minnes&tS fora family                                                                     "Over Christmas break I worked for


                                                                           my family recently moved to Tennes­                                                                   reunion. It was cold, but I had fun see                                                               an ambulance billing company and



                                                                           see. Over Christmas break I saw snow                                                                  ing relatives that I haven't seen in a                                                                called three dead people in one day.


                                                                           for the first time in my life!"                                                                       long time."                                                                                           Kind of weird, strange, and unset­



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       tling."

































































                                                 At home  in  his front yard


                                                 in Michigan, Justin  Mayer poses


                                                 beside the eleven foot snow­



                                                 man he built with his dad and


                                                 younger brother.  We built


                                                 it right after a snowstorm.


                                                 There was about two feet of


                                                 snow, and it only took us an


                                                 hour and a half to build it from


                                                 scratch,  he explained.























































                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Instead of taking  it easy during their four weeks of




                                                                                                                                                                                                          Christmas break,students braved snowstorms,traveled the




                                                                                                                                                                                                          world, and offered (and accepted) engagement rings.




                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Those returning to Northern and Midwestern states





                                                                                                                                                                                                          enjoyed  sledding, ice skating, skiing, and  snowboarding,




                                                                                                                                                                                                          while others worked on their tans in Hawaii and  Florida.




                                                                                                                                                                                                          Led  by Dr. Craig  Ralston, a  missions team  ministered  in




                                                                                                                                                                                                          Argentina and held vacation Bible school meetings for a




                                                                                                                                                                                                          local Spanish church.

                                                                                                                               I went sledding


                                                                                                                             with my two sis­                                                                            Sisters  Lucy and  Amanda  Heinz spent a traditional


                                                                                                                              ters and my cousin
                                                                                                                                                                                                          American Christmas with theirfamily in Kazakhstan! "This

                                                                                                                             from Florida in our


                                                                                                                              hometown, Grand                                                             was my second time flying home to Kazakhstan, but I was


                                                                                                                              Blanc,  Ml. Sledding
                                                                                                                                                                                                          still so excited," said Lucy. "It was fun speaking Kazakh again

                                                                                                                             always makes you


                                                                                                                             feel like a kid again.                                                       after so long! And there was snow!"


                                                                                                                              My cousin had
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Several  male  students  stunned  their girlfriends  by


                                                                                                                              never been sledding


                                                 before this," said Abigail Marino. Many northern stu­                                                                                                    giving them diamond rings for Christmas. "On December


                                                 dents eagerly anticipated spending four weeks away
                                                                                                                                                                                                          26, Sam  randomly  showed  up  in  my town,"  said  Hillary

                                                                 orida's tropical climate.  I miss the seasons^'  said


                                                 Maine resident,  Anna Lufkin.  I got to ice skate and                                                                                                    Bess. "Thirty seconds after I saw him, he was down on his


                                                 HfOTIiM         the snow over break. It was great!                                                                                                       knee asking  me to be with him forever as his wife. I was


        Christmas

                                                                                                                                                                                                          totally surprised!"
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