1. Partnering for Eternity (PFE)
Make sure to add in your/your school’s contact information on the last slide.
STUDENT AND PARENT ORIENTATION for Returning Participants

2. Thank you!
Thank you for participating in your school’s PFE program for ANOTHER year!
Lives are being changed because of YOU. We pray that your life is being changed, also.
This presentation is meant to refresh you and your parent on the guidelines of the PFE program and give updates.

3. Who do we need? We need YOU:
A student who is committed to visiting a mentor and impact their life
A student who wants to serve, grow, and build a relationship with this mentor
A student who wants to make a difference
A student who wants to learn all they can from a mentorship
A student who is open to having their own life changed in a positive way

4. How does it work?
You, and a parent or guardian, will visit your Mentor:
For one hour
Once per week
Every single week of the school year
Submit a reflection form online for every visit you make according to your school’s weekly deadline
And you will get:
$25 per visit, per week in scholarship towards the tuition at the school you are attending
Joy in knowing you are making a difference in your Mentor’s life!

5. Steps to a Successful PFE Year
Step 1: Choose Your Mentor
Step 2: Apply Online
Step 3: Set Up Your Visits
Step 4: Visit!
Step 5: Reflect on Your Visit

6. Step 1: Choose Your Mentor
If you are not continuing with the Mentor you had last year, remember these guidelines while searching for someone to visit. Ask your Coordinator about any more specific rules your school may have.
Find a Mentor:
With whom you can form a relationship
Who might be lonely and is needing some company
Who might have similar interests or hobbies
Who you might be acquainted with at church or as a neighbor
Your Mentor:
Must not suffer from Alzheimer’s or severe dementia
Cannot be related to you by any degree
Must commit to visiting for one hour, once per week for the entire school year (you may work around vacation and sickness)

7. Step 2: Apply Online Go to www.southern.edu/pfe
Click on the iConnect website link
Hover over “Students” in the top right corner, and click “Create Account”
Video Tutorial for Students:
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Parents are NOT required to create an account for the school year. You may use your child’s account to check reflections.

8. Step 3: Set Up Your Visits
Once your application is approved by your Coordinator:
Contact your Mentor to set up weekly visits
Setting up visits for the same day, same time every week will make your commitments easier to remember
Make sure that you schedule your visits around vacation time
If you or your Mentor becomes sick and cannot make the visit, reschedule another time when you can make up your missed visit
Only one visit, once per week, unless you are doing a make-up
You and your parent must commit to this, not to other variations such as two visits twice per month
Only one extra total visit allowed per month (5 visits in a 4-week month is OK if the extra visit is a make-up)

9. Step 4: Visit!
Make sure you talk with your Mentor to see what they would like to do during your hour together. Your parent or guardian must be present during the full hour.
Be on time, and let your Mentor know ahead of time if you need to reschedule.
Activity Ideas:
Create with your mentor a calendar of visits, events, birthdays, graduation, vacation, and much more; a printable calendar is on our website, under “Resources for Participating Students”
Ask your mentor to teach you how to bake something
Share with your mentor a cool book you have been reading at school
Each share a hobby with the other and learn something new
Do some chores together that your mentor has been wanting to get done
Ask your mentor to help you with some difficult homework
? What are some things you and your mentor have done together?

10. Step 4: Visit! (continued)
Unacceptable PFE Activities—these will not be awarded with scholarship:
Watching TV all the time—if there is a special show you would like to share together once in a while, that is fine
Being on your phone or ignoring your Mentor—this is a time to share together
Visiting your Mentor alone—your parent or guardian must be with you the whole time
Visiting your Mentor’s home while he/she is away
Sharing Mentors—siblings may be paired with a married couple or two individuals in a nursing home and may visit for one hour total—but visits should be conducted one on one in order to form a personal relationship
Each Mentor should only be paired with one child
No bouncing between Mentors—you should have only one Mentor per year, unless something happens where you need to switch mentors
Scholarship will not be awarded for visits happening at a school event or during Sabbath hours
If you miss too many visits, as per your school’s rules, you may be dropped from the program

11. Step 5: Reflect on Your Visit
Head to iConnect using the same steps as you did to apply to PFE:
Go to
Click the link for iConnect
Bookmark the iConnect website for ease of access
Hover over “Students” and click “Login”
Use the and password you applied with to log in
Once logged in you will see your “Dashboard”; click “Submit New” in the red box

12. Step 5: Reflect on Your Visit (continued)
If you did a make-up (extra) visit in one week, you will need to submit two reflections for each hour done. Indicate on one of your reflections that it is a make-up by clicking the box at the top and explain the reason for your extra visit.
Use this list also for ideas of what you can do in a visit with you Mentor.
Every time you engage in activities with your Mentor:
You will have a positive impact in someone’s life
Your Mentor can become your friend, mentor, confidant, and guide
You can minimize the isolation and loneliness experienced by your Mentor

13. Step 5: Reflect on Your Visit (continued)

14. Step 5: Reflect on Your Visit (continued)
What we are looking for is evidence that you (the student) and your Mentor are developing a relationship.
Include your Mentor’s name or a fake one if they do not feel comfortable with you sharing. Use the same name for your Mentor for the whole year—but change it if you need to switch mentors.
Some things to think about while writing your reflection:
What you learned about your Mentor
How you helped your Mentor
What you did with your Mentor
What you liked about what you did with your Mentor
What you think your Mentor liked about the visit
Write one sentence for each grade level (4th graders will write 4 sentences). Include a picture or story that you would like Southern Adventist University’s PFE office or the PFE donors to have.

15. Step 5: Reflect on Your Visit (continued)
Visit reflection rules:
Your Visit Reflection must be submitted by the weekly deadline your school has set.
Submitting right after your visit is easiest!
Your Visit Reflection must be truthful, accurate, and complete. No scholarship will be awarded for visits not submitted online.
If your child is too young to type on their own, have him/her dictate what is to be written. Read the prompts if they do not know what to say.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 every week!

16. Yearly Survey
Each year, you will be asked to complete a survey. This 10-question or less survey will ask about your relationship with your mentor and your experience so far with PFE.
Please note that this survey is required and part of participating in the program.
The PFE office at Southern Adventist University and your Coordinator thank you for providing information that can help to make the program better for you and students across the country.

17. You’re Ready!
You are now prepared to embark on this journey with your Mentor! If you have any questions now or throughout the year, contact your school’s Coordinator. They will be your first line of contact.
If you have any questions that your Coordinator cannot answer, have them contact us.
THANK YOU for using your time in such a way to make a Mentor’s day! We need more people like YOU in the world!

18. “Honor your mother & father…and love your neighbor as yourself
“Honor your mother & father…and love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 19:19
…remember that God will use you at any age and in any stage. There is no minimum or limit to the way He works, and His is a love that never grows old.

19. Contact Information
Your Coordinator at [School Name]:
[Coordinator’s Name]
[Coordinator’s ]
[Coordinator’s Phone #]
Southern Adventist University’s PFE Office:
Add in your/your school’s contact information on this slide.