We will be celebrating our 19th anniversary this September. Nora continues to work a few days a week as a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines. Our two daughters are Kelly, a sophomore at Santa Barbara High School, and Kirstie, a seventh-grader at Santa Barbara Junior High School. Both play club soccer and keep us busy carpooling. I really enjoy working with first-year students because I get to lay the foundation for relationships that can last for four years and even longer.
Every year is fresh and new through their eyes.
A large part and privilege of my job is to train, disciple, and mentor the 10 R.A.s that work with me in the hall. Together we try to make Clark a place that becomes home to its residents so you may be freed to learn both from your classes and the experiences that take place while living in a community. Not all these experiences are ones you would seek out, and yet through the tensions and adjustments that take place, God molds all of us into the people he wants us to be. In some way, that is the joy and thrill of each new year, and I thank our Lord for each of the approximately 250 residents that I am on the journey with each year.