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    Over the past few months I have been getting to know the boys in my dorm a little better. Since being on duty requires me to be mostly in other buildings I felt like I didn't really know the guys I was living with. So I started a meeting in my room twice a week where we meet, have some tea or hot chocolate and cookies or something else that I was sent from home.  We have talked about a wide spectrum of topics, but mostly just sitting and laughing with and at each other.

A few weeks ago one of the guys from my building decided he was going to leave Vejlefjord and spend the rest of the year at home. So we had a goodbye picture.

    For those of you who were following the Kony campaign or saw any of the videos that came out since the first one, last Friday night was an event called Cover the Night. Basically a publicity campaign to continue to get the name of Kony famous.  I decided after seeing the first video that I wanted to cover the night with the kids here for the the weekend. So last week I was talking to the head pastor at the church here and the principal of the school.  It took little convincing to get the school to pay for posters and get the principal's permission to take the kids who would be at school for the weekend off campus and around town to put up the posters.
    Every Friday the students who stay for the weekend are supposed to go to a vespers-like meeting called Andagt. Usually put on by Lasse, the pastor, or another guest speaker, I talked to the pastor about playing the Kony 2012 video and he said that would be perfect. The one who was supposed to talk had something come up so Lasse had nothing.  I played the video with the hopes that a few of the students would like to come with me.
    Now you should know, it is very hard to get some of these kids passionate about a cause. Here in Denmark, the common mindset is that outside of Denmark doesn't matter, and the country is too small to make a difference.  So many people don't get involved in any kind of cause or activism.  Especially the kids. My hopes were that I would at least get a couple of kids to come and help.
    After the video had finished I asked if anyone would like to go with me to town late that night and put up the 750+ posters I had printed. Everyone raised their hand. EVERYONE. Granted there were only 18, but the fact that all of the kids cared enough was amazing. Some of the girls said they wanted to help but didn't want to go to town. I told them they could stay at the school and put up posters. So at 10 pm we loaded up 3 cars worth of kids and hit the streets with posters and tape.

It was a great night, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.