Its finally over. My student Matt Roth, wen t home to be with the Lord to day at 6:22pm. It has been a long two weeks, but finally the stuggle is over. Matt has taught me how to die, but more importantly he has taught me how to live. We can learn a lot from a 14 year old. Praise God it ended today, and his new life started!
Having the experience of loading your student into a body bag and zipping it shurt is a tough thing to do. Tough, butit brought a great sense of closure to it as well. It is tough to see someone so young, so helpless. As we wheeled him out every nurse we passed stopped and had a tear run down their cheek. Even the funeral director was crying as we walked out. Tough Stuff.
But through the tough stuff also comes the great stuff. I will be speaking to 500-600 young people at his funeral who are ready to hear a message of God's redeeming love. hunderds of people are walking around town with "Son-Shines for Matt" T-shirts on. And when people ask what does that mean, we are able to share about how Matt gave his life to Christ at Sonshine last summer. God is not done with Matt's story. It is just begining.
Thanks for those who said a prayer for Matt and I. It has been a tough time, and it doesn't get any easier. I leave with 12 of Matts friends from youth group on Tuesday morning at 6:04am for Mexico. God truely has great timing. Again, God is so good.
Thank you for listening.
Folkestad
Having the experience of loading your student into a body bag and zipping it shurt is a tough thing to do. Tough, butit brought a great sense of closure to it as well. It is tough to see someone so young, so helpless. As we wheeled him out every nurse we passed stopped and had a tear run down their cheek. Even the funeral director was crying as we walked out. Tough Stuff.
But through the tough stuff also comes the great stuff. I will be speaking to 500-600 young people at his funeral who are ready to hear a message of God's redeeming love. hunderds of people are walking around town with "Son-Shines for Matt" T-shirts on. And when people ask what does that mean, we are able to share about how Matt gave his life to Christ at Sonshine last summer. God is not done with Matt's story. It is just begining.
Thanks for those who said a prayer for Matt and I. It has been a tough time, and it doesn't get any easier. I leave with 12 of Matts friends from youth group on Tuesday morning at 6:04am for Mexico. God truely has great timing. Again, God is so good.
Thank you for listening.
Folkestad
1 Comments:
Chris,
Sorry to hear about your loss. Sometimes it is hard to see how God can use tragic times like this, but I pray that God will move in your youth group, church, in Matt's school, and home through this. I am praying for wisdom and strength for you through this difficult time as you have much interaction with his family and friends through all this.
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Bekah, at 10:29 AM
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