See anyone you recognize in this picture? Catch the previous post for the details, but Cheryl and I spent a fun weekend on the campus of UT Austin. The celebration dinner was really long…and really good! People had written letters of affirmation, remembrance and blessing for each of the 19 InterVarsity staff members celebrating our work anniversaries. President Tom Lin, the Executive Leadership Team and the Board collected notes and letters, compiled them into a booklet and read some of them to the whole group there. I heard from my first staff member in IV (1982), a classmate from our U of I student days who joined us on staff in the early 90s, a current pastor of one of our supporting churches here in Omaha, and two of our former students from Wesleyan days.

InterVarsity, thank you for the thoughtful gift this is for staff. Thank you for the recognition and affirmation. Thank you for blessing Cheryl and I for 25 years of serving staff, faculty and students (spread out over more than 3 decades). PBR readers and ministry partners – thank you for keeping us refreshed and able do this great work for these many years.