Oath

Oath

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Orientation in Houston


The weekend of January 23rd through the 25th was a milestone in my life. I attended an orientation for the Mission Continues Fellowship program. Veterans from around the country were flown to Houston for the weekend and left with a strong sense of purpose. The Mission Continues vision is that veterans are ready to become citizen leaders, that is, people willing to actively lead others to contribute to a common good.

During the course of the weekend we attended professional development seminars and attended a service project. The service project was the most powerful portion of the weekend in my opinion. Over 200 veterans loaded into buses from the hotel and arrived at an elementary school in a disadvantaged part of Houston. We were greeted by community members and the school Principal. Within several hours our group of veterans and other groups of volunteers had transformed the campus into a much more inviting learning environment. Along with restoring the library, hundreds of books were donated. Upon completion of our work with we took our fellowship oath:

We are Fellows of the Mission Continues.

As Fellows, our personal service did not end with our military service,

But has only just begun.

We are citizen leaders,

committed to making a positive impact in our community,

by upholding values we learned through our military service.

We pledge to work hard,

both selflessly, and joyously.

Trust will always be our foundation.

As we serve, we will learn, grow

and always respect everybody unconditionally.

We will do all of this because we are Fellows

and our mission continues.

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