This week I spent even more time with the Cambridge students than usual. This week was the All-School Retreat, where all the faculty and students go to a retreat center and enjoy a time of non-academic fun and fellowship. We went to Sky Ranch, a Christian retreat center, where we created skits, played flag football and dodge ball, worshipped, competed in a mega relay, and enjoyed one another's company. On Wednesday night we played a fun game where everyone dresses in camo and black, and the students have to make their way across the campus to the meeting center without getting caught by one of the faculty. The faculty were stationed throughout the woods and around campus, trying to catch the students with their flashlights. It was a blast. The day after the retreat, the students and faculty went to two separate sites for community service. 6th-10th grades did a tremendous amount of work at a large local thrift store, while the juniors and seniors served lunch to soldiers at the DFW USO. I got to participate in the USO project, and it was so touching to see all those soldiers enjoying one last meal with their families before departing for who knows how long. Weeks like this really make me thankful to work with such a great group of students at such a service-oriented school. 
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