Well this past Wednesday, Nov. 5th, was Day of Remembrance, Campus and Community Day here at Union University. This is an annual thing Union does, ever since 2002. This tradition has been going on for six years since a tornado hit the campus in 2002. I’m sure it was devastating then, but it was nothing compared to what Union went through this past February. Anyway, in fall of 2002, spring of 2003 and most recently, Feb of 2008, tornadoes came through Union and Jackson, TN. God has done mighty things through each of those times. One thing that has happened is that Union sets apart one day in the fall and students and faculty and staff go into the community and serve. We didn’t have any classes on Wednesday, and there were tons of different things you could sign up to do, whether off campus or on campus. It is so awesome to be part of a community that serves and gets involved with the city its in. It’s not required for you to do anything that day, some students just enjoy the day of rest. But about 800 students (we have about 3,400 here) served in the community. And its so awesome that they willingly took the day to serve. All the students have crazy busy schedules and most of them could have been doing so many other things, so to see so many students come together and serve is humbling and awesome. Cory and I went to First Baptist Church of Jackson and helped in the student room. It is a small group of us that went there and we tore up carpets, painted brick walls, sanded down walls, threw trash out, took stuff to the storage unit, and stuff like that. I really enjoy doing stuff like that, so it was lots of fun for me. It was great to be able to help a local church out. We made new connections with people and enjoyed working hard. I’m so glad to be part of this community and so humbled to serve our awesome and powerful and majestic and holy God!
~Sarah
