Wed 18 Jul 2007
CSU Dorm
When I walked into the dorm building at Colorado State University (CSU) to register for our Campus Crusade staff conference, the smell inside took me back to 1989 when Cathy and I first came to CSU for our new staff member training. The dorm buildings still smell the same as they did back then. They are good memories, and they remind us of what we were thinking back then and why we joined Campus Crusade.
The messages we are hearing now also remind us why we joined Campus Crusade. Dying to ourselves and our desires in life and surrendering to the work of the gospel still speaks to us. We still believe the eternal value of letting God use our work to advance his kingdom is greater than pursuing our own agenda. This commitment might not always have us at Campus Crusade, but for now we think this is where God wants us.
So anyway, living in a dorm again is nice. The cafeteria is downstairs, and the only challenge is getting there when it’s open and not eating too much. Still, I have not managed to reduce my daily number of chocolate ice cream cones to less than two.
July 18th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Marge and Jer~
I don’t miss being on staff, but I do miss the summers at CSU. As I read the blog entry, I clearly remembered the smell of the dorms. Have a great time.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Hey guys — was ’89 the summer I was there, also? What good memories! Have fun !