The Capital
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Jen and I paid a visit to New England. My best friend from college, Dan Johnson, got married last Saturday. It was great!
Dan is also a Chi Alpha missionary. He is pioneering a new group at the University of Massachusetts.
Instead of coming straight home, we stopped off in Washington, DC for a little Chi Alpha reconnaissance. We hope to bring a team of students up to the Capital to partner with Chi Alpha at American University, as well as Georgetown, and maybe 1 or 2 others. While we were up there we connected with staff from AU and GU, and looked into how a team of New Orleans students might be of service over spring break. Also, American XA is planning to send a team our way on their spring break the week directly preceding ours, so we got to chat about that, too. (This ought to be a great exchange between our campused this March.)
Finally, we were able to pick the brain of Chi Alpha guru, Harv Herman and his wife Sally, regarding campus ministry in general, and the development of a city-wide team.
We had fun, and we learned a lot.
Please pray that our students grasp the vision for this spring break trip.
