Thank You

Those who are generously donating to this mission deserve a gift that God alone can give.  I get frustrated at my inability to communicate how incredible this ministry truly is.  It's hard for me to imagine a greater privilege than to help these midshipmen grow in their faith.

All I can say is thank you: thank you to God, thank you to my family, and to all those people who are proudly supporting our work here.  So many nights I drive home in silence, just thinking about how blessed I am to be doing God's work in such a unique way.  I mean,  I get to talk with these men about things that they've never mentioned to anybody.  Lots of times, they are realizing new things about themselves and I get to be with them in those moments.

Each man's search for God is uniquely his own and, for some reason, God desires me to get a glimpse into that journey.  I love being able to share my common experiences with them.  I think the hardest part is being okay with my best and I need to realize that people's lives are never simply "fixed".  You'd think 22 years of living with myself would have made that clear by now!  In the end, the midshipmen aren't problems to be fixed but people to be loved.  I must never forget that about them or myself!

Thank you for placing me here, in their lives, where I can do God's work.  Oh, how great it is to be an instrument!  Thank you.