Lectureship Week!

Tomorrow I will be going to the annual Freed Hardeman Lectures with David. The first full week in February is a week that I look forward to for several reasons (other than being off work). I love being around so many Christians. I love to hear the lectures. They are almost always enjoyable. I, for some strange reason, love to attend the Mission Forum. I enjoy hearing the missionaries tell about their work. There are so many good men willing to go to places that I can’t and won’t go to- I am thankful for them. I love seeing old friends, some from college days. I enjoy seeing how everyone has aged, and yet I have remained untouched by age (of course I am looking at them through bifocals!). I love being at Freed Hardeman University. A piece of my heart still lives on campus. There is just something about being there that makes me feel like I am in my 20’s all again. I love how familiar it feels, even after these 30 years since I graduated. I love the memories- walking hand in hand with David across the campus. While things have changed to some degree, many things remain the same. I love seeing all the young people that are students. I think of their parents, and the sacrifices many are making to provide them with a Christian education. This year will be a little different for me. For the past 9 years we have had one (or two) of our children at Freed. Lectureship week always meant getting to see them as students, with their friends, going to class, attending chapel with them- all things that I did at the same place. I will miss looking for one of them to come into chapel and to share the snug little seat beside me. I hope that one day I will get to sit with Addi, Levi, and Hannah in chapel at a Christian university. I want to be there to share that moment with them, just as I did with their parents. Hey- I will only be 66 or so when Addi starts college! I think I can make that. Pray for us as we travel.