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[…]meet for Bible study, prayer and community time before mentoring the students, who in turn lead Bible studies or disciple others—and often initiate weekend events for outreach or just plain fun. We love the chance to be a part of those events with our family,” said Rob, who relishes the “forever friendships” that have been forged. Seeing a cadet sharing the Word with his roommate at breakfast, or the “aha moment” look on a cadets’ faces they begin to understand God’s love and grace are among the pinnacle moments of ROTC cadets ministry, said Rob. ROTC Q&A One of […]
[…]a foreign language–French, or maybe even Greek! Study upholstering. Discover photography. Take a Bible course. Go on a trip! One time I packed up the kids, threw in our two cats, and took off. We visited grandparents and friends all over the eastern half of the United States, had a delightful time and put 4,000 miles on the car! Brush up on your sewing skills. Read–or even write–the Great American Novel. In short, do all those things you’ve been saying for years you would do if you only had the time! Above all, don’t stagnate. Remember–don’t just go through this […]
[…]as fraternization. There was never any pressure to participate and Jon’s leading of these Bible study groups was personable yet scholarly and professional…and after duty hours. It would have been hard for anyone to find anything worth criticizing in the arrangement. The group usually met once during the week, in the evening, down in the basement of the cadet barracks where the quiet atmosphere supported a discrete study of the Bible. Participants, including members of the company other than Plebes, had to obviously be willing to sacrifice a portion of their evening that would have otherwise be devoted to studying […]
[…]work well, we can just leave the rest up to the Lord. “This week we have started a new (Bible) study over here in (Companies) F-1 and H-1 where I now live. We have 2 firsties, a yearling and 3 plebes… “This weekend I am CIC (cadet-in-charge) of a Protestant Retreat…up to Deer Hill in Wappinger’s Falls. We have about 60 guys coming, including several on the football team. I think athletes can often have a good ministry here at Woops (slang for West Point) because most guys are so sweaty. However, I am somewhat against the emphasis I see […]
