Officer Dan Llorens: The Man, The Myth The Legend

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Daniel-Llorens-color-400x500.jpg A portrait of Officer Dan Llorens with his badge. Brian L. Morgan.
dan-color-750x500.jpg Officer Dan Llorens enjoying his time at a varsity boy baseball game. Brian L. Morgan.

Officer Dan Llorens, some may know him as the officer who never misses a waving opportunity when he sees you, or the one who brightens your day in the morning with his music peacefully playing and echoing throughout campus. Although those attributes are very valuable, it is crucial to look behind the scenes and under the surface in order to identify additional qualities of someone that aren’t as visible as others. Not only does Officer Llorens exhibit great enthusiasm for life day to day, he is also a man of his word, who is devoted to his family, to God and to his job.

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The Great American-Journalism Baking Contest

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product-667x500.jpg (From left to right:) Brooks’ Tin Cookies, Sydney’s Half-Eaten Peach Cobbler, Kelly’s Key Lime Pie, Alayna’s Nasty Pumpkin Pie, Hampton’s Unicorn Cupcakes, Sophie’s “Homemade” Happy Birthday (to whom?) Cookie Cake, Quinn and Payton’s Kaloper Cookies and Bone’s Brownies. Sydney Anderson.
journal-squad-755x500.jpg Senior Sydney Anderson made the questionable decision to use word to photoshop every journalist’s head onto a contestant from the Great British Baking Show. Sydney Anderson.
group-1-667x500.jpg The journalists pose with their creations. Sydney Anderson.
payton-blessing-the-food-e1525195034297-375x500.jpg Senior and Media Editor Payton Kaloper graciously offers to bless the food. Sydney Anderson.
hm-667x500.jpg The journalists, especially senior Brooks Lalley, were excited to try the desserts. Sydney Anderson.
results-e1525195462497-375x500.jpg Senior and Copy Editor Kelly Roth's Key Lime Pie wins by a long shot. Sydney Anderson.

At the culmination of a long and successful year in journalism, the journalists wanted to celebrate the end of the year. And the best way they knew how came in the form of a bake-off. As the bake-off used to be an annual event, this year’s journalism class hoped to continue the tradition.

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The Miracle of Missions

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Nicaragua-750x500.jpg Nicaragua team members pose by Rosibel’s house. Rodrigo Gonzalez.
Atlanta-667x500.jpg The Atlanta mission trip engages their mission work for Atlanta Refuge. Susan McDaniel.
Bulgaria-889x500.jpg The Bulgaria mission trip takes a group picture in the town of Pernik. Mitko.
Costa-Rica-684x500.png The Costa Rica mission trip poses in front of the mural they painted
DR-Makarios-752x500.jpg The DR Makarios team enjoys a day at the beach after working with Makarios school and mission all week. Kevin Lehr.
DR-Score-750x500.jpg The DR Score team finishes up the playground before its dedication. Craig McClure.
Nooga-666x500.jpg The Chattanooga team gathers for a picture before embarking on their mission trip. Meg Brooks.
Guatemala-666x500.jpg The Guatemala mission trip group takes their final group picture. Unkown.
Ecuador.jpg-375x500.png The Ecuador mission trip takes a group photo in front of a beautiful stained glass window. Alex Bufton.

Former Headmaster Zach Young once said, “Missions is one of the best things we do.” As a community Wesleyan strives to go out into the world and serve people from all walks of life, thus the missions program was founded to fulfill that great ambition. Today, the Wesleyan missions program has sent students and faculty to over 35 locations worldwide, with over 900 students and 190 faculty members participating on these life changing trips.

Wesleyan has not only exceeded the standard of excellence in our goal to serve but has also spread the word of Christ to thousands of people around the world. Every year students and faculty are commissioned by the greater Wesleyan community to do great work for the kingdom and as a result the community and the world are profoundly impacted. Christian Life Director Greg Lisson said, “We hope that the Wesleyan missions program will help members of our community to see the world around them with more clarity, wisdom, compassion, and truth. In particular, we hope that these experiences will help us to see other people the way that God sees them, and that our relationships with our neighbors would grow deeper as a result. As we’ve talked about with our Christian Life theme this year, the summation of the commandments of scripture is that we would love God and love our neighbor, and we hope these trips would help us to live out those commands more fully.”

This year 9 mission teams consisting of 214 students and 38 faculty members were commissioned to go to Atlanta, Chattanooga, Guatemala, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Bulgaria, The Dominican Republic and Nicaragua, each trip having their own objectives. However, all nine teams shared the same spiritual goal: to spread the gospel to communities around the world and to serve those who have not been afforded the same privileged lifestyle that we have benefited from.

Whether it was difficult manual labor or playing with children every student and teacher did their part and dedicated their time and effort toward bettering the world through missions.

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Wolf Strengthens the Wolves

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Pic-1-Color-281x500.jpg Sophomores Evan Berry, Parker Bowen, Chris O’Sullivan, seniors Sam Dudley and seniors Daniel O’Sullivan work out in the weight room. Wesleyan Football Twitter.
Pic-2-Color-281x500.jpg Wesleyan athletes work hard in the morning to improve their strength numbers. Wesleyan Football Twitter.
Pic-3-Its-a-bw-picture-889x500.jpg Coach Dustin Wolf looks on at the athletes to make sure they are using correct technique. Wesleyan Football Twitter.
Pic-4-Color-281x500.jpg Wesleyan class of 2016 alumnus Jordan Weaver has his technique analyzed as fellow ’16 graduate Kevin Stipe looks on. Dustin Wolf.

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A Day in the Life of Lisson

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jeremiah-750x500.jpg Lisson loves spending time and blowing bubbles with his best friend/nephew, Jeremiah. Greg Lisson.
mr-lisson-and-sam-667x500.jpg Lisson and Sam enjoy hiking together in their free time. Greg Lisson.
sam-and-ana-and-ms-trotter-375x500.jpg Senior Ana Hanger and Megan Trotter spend time walking and hanging out with Sam whenever they can. Ana Hanger.

Every day, students see Mr. Lisson, Director of Christian Life running around Wesleyan. He always seems to be in a hurry, busy with different tasks every day. But a common question among many students is “what is this man always doing?” The Green and Gold decided to get to the bottom of it.

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