I just got back from my classes 25th year college reunion. The Friday night dinner for our class was really nice. Having the hesitations that I had at first made me a bit weary but right when I walked in, my roommate, Pete, walked up and gave me a nice greeting. I never thought I would see him again and there he was. I only went to Bryan for 2 years (4 semesters) and Pete and I roomed for 3 of those semesters. I could not have had a better roommate so it was awesome to see him again.
The next day started out slow as we were a bit late getting there but arrived an hour before the soccer game. During that time I saw a very special man that influenced my life at a young age and was the reason I attended Bryan. His name is Dale Linebaugh, and he had a church camp in north eastern Pennsylvania called Miracle Mountain Ranch. I attended that camp from the time I was 8 till 16 years of age and my family became very close to and involved in the camp as I grew. There were summers my mother would go work at the ranch, doing whatever was needed, to even being a cook for several weeks. Dale, after turning the camp over to his son-in-law and daughter, moved to Dayton and was a counselor at Bryan as well as pastor of one of the local churches. My senior year in high school he encouraged me to look into attending Bryan.
All through the day time was spent walking around and seeing different people and renewing old friendships as well as starting some new ones. The evening was capped off with a dinner where we heard from the President of the school, Dr Livesay, seeing the direction the college is moving and where they are wanting it to go. It was a very good weekend and I am very glad to have been able to make it.
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