Just had to share this with you. We left Tulsa when Heath was 10. He had a lot of neighborhood buddies. They would ride Big Wheel bikes and hunt frogs from daylight till dark. On of his buddies was a kid named Brad. Heath had made an effort through Facebook to contact him and sent me a note that I may want to become friends with Brad. My heart leaped. Of course I want to Facebook Brad and invited him to become my friend. Here is the rest of the story.
Brad sent me a great note back saying that he moved to PA when he was in highschool. He went on to college at Pitt, did medical research and ended up a Christian Lawyer. He is now married and has two boys Joshua and Caleb. Wow, was I excited to reconnect with that little boy who was impacting his area For Christ.
This is not the greatest high point for me. Here is a qoute from his Facebook response, “I thank God every day that my family had your family during a difficult time in our lives. Even though things did not go well in the end my Mom fondly remembers your family and was thrilled to hear that I was able to talk to Heath again. Like I said to him, it is truly amazing what we can do today with communications. Just to think that not so long ago people like us would probably never have the chance to meet again on this Earth…..what a blessing.”
The exciting thing for Sandy and I was an update on some counseling and encouragement we gave to a hurting mother over twenty years ago. Even though the marriage didn’t survive, Bradly did and has a great future.
Here is the take away. Leaders and Christians don’t feel like you efforts are lost when you help or reach out and the results don’t look so victorious. We found out 25 years later that we had a very small part, maybe significant part, in shaping the future of a great young family. If not for Facebook we would have never known the end of the story. Be encourage, what you do for Christ is eternal and never wasted.
