this is my passion...this is where i have been called to go and serve...above everything else, above anyone else, i do this because of the One who created and designed me to do it...a lot of people have questioned why i chose to be in this kind of work...working with students...being & living with them...journeying with them...what do i answer?i believe this is the best place my Caller & Master has brought me to...i seek not to do these things for the people who are expecting me to do them...i seek a higher cause...a greater reward...a better motivation than just the applause of men...they, who in another place & time may question who & what i am...i seek to give this to the Author & Perfecter of my faith...my life...my all...
as Eugene Peterson has stated in "a long obedience in the same direction", 'This world is no friend to grace. A person who makes a commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior does not find a crowd immediately forming to applaud the decision nor old friends gathering spontaneouly to offer congratulations and counsel. Ordinarily, there is nothing directly hostile, but an accumulation of puzzled disapproval and agnostic indifference constitutes, nevertheless, surprisingly formidable opposition.' when i cam in to this kind of work, i thought people would be happy...i was wrong...many others have questioned me...my calling...my motive...how do i answer them? i have none to offer but this life lent to me...what more can i say?
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