Red, white, and blue...Aubrey W., Cajai F., and Rylee B. spread the peace on Memorial Day.
By Nicole K.
As graduation creeps up around the corner Lake House family leaders Pete and Roxi have been encouraging students more than ever to start stepping it up. In the midst of it all student Johnny C. has taken advantage of his opportunity to step up and help out.
Johnny C. arrived at The Family School over nine months ago from Rocky Mount, N.C. as a violent 17-year old. He never felt like he fit in and isolated a lot while he was home. His isolation spilled over into his stay here and he found himself falling into negative mind frames. Johnny’s sponsor Pete Jacques encouraged him to explore a prayer life and start volunteering for crews to start the process of changing his ways.
Lake House has seen a whole new Johnny nowadays: “I owe much of my improvement to working the steps with my sponsor and helping out the newcomer in my family,” said Johnny about his recent success. Other students have seen a much happier student and collectively decided he should earn shadowing. There are no doubts in students’ minds that after June graduation Johnny will step it up even more and earn more responsibilities.
Other students in Lake House have seen positive rewards come their way in the month of May.
Student Nelsan B. received his second buddy and first sponsee, Dan M., while Lily G. also received her second sponsee, Lindsay N.
As the family starts to gain new members, the older students see it as a great opportunity to help out and more is yet to come in the future of Lake House.
