Gellie's Birthday Coffee House

Here at CCSP South Pacific this semester, we have gotten to know someone who, to put it one way, is AWESOME! Her name is Angelica Tambornino, but since this lovely name is a bit long to say in normal conversation, we mostly just call her Gellie.

She says hilarious things on a regular basis, and she can also do magic card tricks. Also, as a side note, I should mention that when her mom came to visit over term break she took Marcel and I (Allie) out for fish and chips, that was fantastic....

Anyway, all that aside, we like Gellie very much and were stoked to celebrate her birthday by throwing her a coffee house! Everyone prepared something, and some people even saved their God & Nature creative presentations to surprise us all with during the coffee house. The whole crew contentedly munched nachos, apple sauce crumble and cake while listening to and watching some of the talented individuals who are part of our community.

Alex and Caleb played “Stars,” a Switchfoot song, with more soul and gusto than Jon Foreman ever could have imagined. Gellie awed us with a card trick, and then Jody tried to upstage her with a different trick. Courtnay and Candice demonstrated their twin mind-reading abilities, however the result was confusing at best.

Marcel, Jess, Abe and Allie all played and sang Marcel’s favorite Great Lake Swimmers song, and Sarah put together a commemorative slide show in Gellie’s honor.

Thanks for being born Gellie, and also for choosing to spend your last semester of college with us at CCSP! We Love You!