No disputing today's happy moment. Our son, D, called again this evening and said he had decided to go on Cru's (Campus Crusade for Christ) winter trip to Panama City Beach (PCB) in Florida. It's an annual trip. The kids go down there to share the Gospel on the beach, but also just to have a lot of fun hanging with each other.
Little did T and I know, very few upper class men go on this trip, mostly just sophomores and freshmen. D did go last year, and I remember him saying he was one of the only juniors. This year there are a couple juniors going, no seniors, and he wasn't planning to go either.
Apparently, in general Cru has a "retention" problem, that kids are fading away as they reach their later years in school. Whoa. If their passion for Christ is waning when they're juniors in college, what does that say about their passion for Him when they enter the real world with all its demands and pressures?
So my Happy Moment came when D called to say that he decided to go to PCB for the purpose of turning that ship around, of setting the example for the freshmen and sophomores on the trip that Jesus' place in their hearts doesn't change just because they enter their junior and senior years. That his desire to share the Gospel and build up the fellowship of believers hasn't changed just because he's a senior, and neither should theirs.
In addition, another warm fuzzy moment, he thanked us for being so supportive. He realizes not many kids have parents that would push their college students to do what was right in this situation in spite of the cost, and he feels very blessed to have us.
Yeah, we are pretty hot stuff, aren't we, T and I? Oh yeah.
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