YEC

On Friday our church hosted a Youth Evangelism Conference at Christiansburg High School. This event was many months in the making and God did some neat things through it. We had a good crowd there to worship in song and hear Ben Glenn, the "chalk guy," deliver a great Gospel message. I know that lives were impacted for eternity through the efforts of those who organized the event. God truly blew me away when I saw one of my former students from Pulaski there! I was walking around and heard someone say, "Hi Mr. Dunham." I recognized her face right away but the name escaped me. I eventually remembered and we had a nice conversation. She told me an awesome story of how one of my other students, and her best friend, accepted Christ recently! This was such a blessing for me because I have been thinking of my students for so long, wondering how the class finished up when I left. I never really got to know them like I wanted to because I was always so anxious and wound up. Sometimes God touches your life in ways you would never imagine. This was one of those ways and a special moment for me. The rest of the weekend was awesome and I will continue this update later. For now, it's off to work!

Surprise!

Val and I decided to drive up to New York for the weekend to surprise mom and watch some lacrosse games today. We left Lynchburg at 3:30 and pulled in to Pleasantville around 11:30. Mom was very surprised to see me at first and then Val came in and she couldn't have been happier. It is great to be home. God has blessed me so much with a great family and a wonderful girlfriend who is willing to drive a total of 16 hours in the span of 4 days. What a year it has been so far!