This tag is for True Stories tag and denotes that the former intern joined the HA in 2009 but did not specify Jan or Aug
Melissa’s harrowing ESOAL story can be read here. At the end of October, while I was working an ATF in Hamilton, Canada, my mom came to visit me. This was the first time we had seen each other since June, when I came back home to walk in my graduation ceremony. After seeing how bad […]
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Between the time that the old August class left and the new ones arrived and were trained, our January class of 50 had the responsibilities of the 400 positions that were unfilled. They promised us that we would get time off for the overtime we worked (and had a fancy formula or adding it up),
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At one point, I went to see Jose Cano, the licensed counselor on staff, because I was having a hard time with the HA. I was incredibly homesick and frustrated that I wasn’t feeling close to God like I had at the beginning of the internship and at home. After giving him an overview of
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Moderator’s Note: “Melissa’s” Story was posted last year but had to be temporarily taken down for personal reasons. It is so eloquently written and so recent – 2009 – that she has given me permission now to repost it. Shortly after starting high school, I attended my very first ATF. Alone, I went to one
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Hi, my name is Danielle (not her real name) and I’ve never been to the Honor Academy, but I went on a GE trip this summer and I think I got a pretty good taste of what Teen Mania is all about. Even in the short time I was affiliated with Teen Mania Ministries, I
