35

On February 1st I turned 35 years old. I have been in student ministry of some form since 1995. That is 12 years of loving on and learning how to love teens.

The times have changed. I am not as thin as I used to be and my hair is thinner than it used to be, but the passion is just as great...if not greater!

I have been at Temple Baptist Church since July 1, 2007. Just getting my feet under me good. God has been blessing our church greatly. Yesterday, as my Pastor gave an invitation I sat quietly on the front pew praying and waiting. . .

There was a young lady that had been quite frequently in the past month to our church with a girl that has been at TBC for quite a while. She has openly discussed that she is not saved, BUT she is tring to work through the issues in her head.

Our guest for the past month indicated by the raising of her hand that she wanted to be saved.

My heart lept! Her still seeking friend came with her to be counseled with, and she witnessed the path that the counselor took through the scriptures to affirm what had happened in the heart of our new sister in Christ.

We have in a sense been "discipling" our seeker girl . . . In all of that effort the Lord caught up another one to Himself that we really had not "planned for"....I am still amazed...and humbled that the Lord allowed us to be a part of it!

So, 35 this weekend wasn't so bad. Dinner out with friends Friday night. Dinner out with the deacons and staff Saturday night. Sitting at the banquet table of life with the Lord on Sunday!

If that is what student ministry has in store, I will take 35 more years of that, please!