Working with students has some rewards for those that participate in it that are immediate, such as seeing students gain a greater understanding of God and His plan in their life, seeing them laugh, seeing them compete, watching them mature… But there are other rewards as well. For instance, keeping up with those students as they move into adulthood, attending college, choose majors, careers, and enter the working world.
My Memorial Day weekend offered a couple of those fantastic moments. I got to spend part of Saturday working with Michael on the program he and I are collaborating on for our respective summer camps (he is also a youth minister). Monday, I travelled to Alabama with Brooke and Andy to spend the day rock climbing. Good times. These folks were inspiring in their pursuit of God in their lives as students, and they continue to be as they do so on the long road of adulthood.
God is good. All the time.
