My Friend Shane.

I want to brag about my friend Shane Hughes.  Shane was my campus minister all through my time in Arkansas, even the times when I wasn’t attending his school.  He’s one of the people who pushed me to come intern at Impact, and is part of the reason we have so many interns from Arkansas.  He was also one of the people who encouraged me to pursue ministry after I finished school.  Last week, he brought his campus ministry group for the second time to come work with us at Impact.  

            While they were here, I witnessed something cool that was happening while they worked.  They were hard at work painting Claudia Aleman’s house.  I realized quickly that Shane was going to get a lot out of this experience.  You see thirteen years ago or so, Shane came to intern with middle school group at Impact, and in that middle school group was a young girl named Claudia Aleman.  I can’t tell you a lot about what happened that summer.  Today though, I see him scraping and painting her house, and being a servant.  I think it’s awesome that Shane has had such a wonderful commitment to the work that we do here at Impact.  Someday, I hope that almost fifteen years I can still be involved in my kids’ lives, whether I’m here still at Impact or elsewhere.  Whether I’m seeing them and their kids every Sunday morning at church or whether I’m bringing a group once a year, I pray that I am still making a difference in their lives.  

Grace and Peace,

John