Today a special day of remembering…college days at Northwestern. I left the farm in Albert City at 6:45am to drive to Orange City and attend First Reformed Church of OC 8:30 service. Blessed by the music and the elder preaching, as they currently are searching for a new pastor. Surprise blessing was seeing, introducing myself and being remembered by Ron DeJong who recruited me to Northwestern 50 years ago! I thought I recognized him after the service as I was leaving the sanctuary, but wasn’t sure…so said a little loudly”Ron, Ron DeJong” and… he turned around! Had a nice conversation with Ron and his wife Bonnie.
Then I walked the Northwestern Campus (oh how the campus has grown!) AND Orange City has grown. I think it has probably been 35 years since I was last there! It warms my heart how NW has remained faithful in their Christian walk, continues to widen their offerings of studies and is thriving when many other colleges and universities are struggling.
Short story and description of picture and a specific memory that remains vivid: The picture with the road with two cars…48 years ago on a cold wintery afternoon with several inches of snow on the ground and on the road, I was driving a carload of girls in my Chevy Vega hatchback and someone in the back seat yelled “how are we going to get up that hill??!!” I said “what hill??” “That one!”…as they pointed to where the cars are driving in the picture. My response: “ that’s not a hill! That’s hardly an incline!” I then had to explain that Seattle is made up of 7 HILLS, real HILLS! And that is why if Seattle gets even 1” of snow the whole city comes to a stop! We all got a good laugh that day…and yes, we made it up the incline without a problem.
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