Junior Class Trip Raises Good Leaders
Joe Rogers
May 28, 2009
Filed under News, News Feature, Top Stories
The triangle is the most stable geometric shape, the Holy Trinity is a three-part Godhead, and Jesus rose on the third day—there is something about the number three that holds such a spectacular quality, and time and time again, where there are three, there is something unbelievable left in wake. It took three others, besides me, to plan a trip that would not only fill the calendar void of the postponed Mexico trip, but would serve as a springboard spiritually and emotionally into the missions field and prepare the individual as an evangelist, and more so, a leader.
April 28th, it was officially announced that the Mexico missions trip had been pushed back to next fall. What wasn’t announced was that Kristi Weise had begun to work an hour before that meeting to plan an alternative, and I was her sidekick. Two hours later, there were four of us: Kristi, Alex Garcia, Carlos Rivera, and me.
Why though? Perhaps it was because our class needed a trip to lead us into summer, or we wanted one more chance to say good-bye to all those leaving next year. Yet undoubtedly, it was more. “Through this trip, we hope to ‘light a fire’ in the hearts of our classmates that will give them a passion and desire to serve and follow our God wholeheartedly,” says Kristi.
As Carlos said, the three day camping trip in Westgate River Ranch “will be a great means for the students to prepare spiritually for missions trips,” and with a Patmos-infused itinerary, the challenge of the woods will break and rebuild each student on a personal level. The trip will take place June 3rd-5th immediately after the first exam block.
Three weeks later, here we are. After fasting and prayer, meetings and revisions, God used three days to raise up four people, three weeks to ready a class, and will use another three days to renew lives.