Congratulations, Graduate!

My older son is graduating from high school! If you're at CBC, take a look at his pics in the lobby. I had a few walks down Memory Lane putting those together! It seems like just yesterday I was struggling to get him to read! Math, however, has always been intuitive to him.

It's thrilling (in both senses of the word) to watch your children mature into adults. It's like teaching them to ride a bike -- they will never get the hang of it until you let go and send them sailing out on their own! And sometimes the only thing we can do is be available to help with the "skinned knees" of life.

I'm proud of my son for making some very wise choices in life.

• He has thoroughly enjoyed four mission trips to Mexico to build houses with the high school group and two trips to Haiti to visit our sister church in the village of Chambellan. As a matter of fact, he is going back with the highschoolers to Mexico in two weeks to serve as an adult on the team!
  
• He has served four years on the Midschool Servant Team -- our highschoolers lead the midschool discipleship program on Tuesday nights. His favorite jobs are manning the kitchen (set-up and clean-up) and guarding the halls & stairs.
  
• He has voluntarily served our Worship Pastor as "roadie", helping him carry his guitars and music out after the services.
  
• Whenever he finds himself at church on Sundays with nothing to do, he seeks out our Children's Ministry Director to request a job.
  
• He has served several years running in the VBS and Music Camp programs at our church. The last few years he has helped with the sound system, and he would like to be trained to be a regular member of the Sound Team.

He is planning to enlist in the Air Force in order to serve his country and to fund his education. However, he is going to delay his enlistment in order to take advantages of some opportunities here while he can, such as taking a discipleship course offered by our church and working for a bit. He can also use the time to meet with a recruiter to prepare for enlistment.

I want to thank all the people at our church (past and present) who have loved my son in spite of his antics, giving him a chance to serve and learn and grow -- Miss Nesha, Miss Edna, Miss Anne, Pastor Dave, Mr. Davis, Mr. Bogie, Mr. Ramsey, Bryce, Brent, Melissa, Bob, and many more!

Congratulations, son!