There is no place like home!

It’s good to be gone but it is better to be home. It seems like forever. The ladies in the office at FBC Springfield Emily, Lisa, and Angie acted like I had been gone forever. It really wasn’t that long.

The first week I went as part of a team to paint at Shorter University in Rome, Georgia. Shorter is one of our Georgia Baptist colleges in the state. It was my first time on campus. Our task was to repaint dorm suites in an overall facelift of several 100+ year old building. Our team made up of two adults and 5 students painted 23 rooms. Yes I wrote 23, my son says we painted 29 because the last six needed two coats to cover well. So, I will go with 29 rooms from Monday morning until Friday morning at 11:10am. We prayed for the students who would be living in those rooms as school begins not knowing their names but desiring God’s hand upon them. It was a great experience.

A major component to the great experience was the staff members at the campus. They made sure we had whatever we needed and wanted. As we spoke with them they loved their jobs and the school. They clearly understood the purpose of the school and their role in that. They prayed with us and for us. They prayed for the coming students and to the person spoke with anticipation for the opportunity to interact and share with the students on the campus. They had me there.

The deal was sealed when the AC repair man shared how he looked forward to the third week after the students start class. The first two weeks he said the new students are all “big and bad” with their new found freedom but about the third week they are not feeling so big and bad. With energy in his voice he then said that’s when we come alongside of them and get to share with them building relationships. That is the AC maintenance guy! I am caught hook, line, and sinker. I am proud to support people like that through Cooperative Program giving through the Georgia Baptist Convention.

It’s good to be home!    

In HIS Service and Yours,

Bro G