During the first Year at WTS, I worked full-time in the Development Office for David McW, and Dr. Logan's and Dr. Stookey's offices were nearby and they often stopped in to chat, or I visited them. Was able to take two classes per semester for free because I worked there full-time. I took three different courses with Dr. Stookey and got my MDiv in Urban Ministry which meant there was special recognition for the places where we were interns for the Urban Ministry Track, and then I had to go up in the two different groups from the opposite sides of the Nave at National Presbyterian Church. I got an MTS in Ethics and Public Policy, too . . . and I was in the choir.
So when Dr Stookey was setting up the flow of how everyone came up to receive our diplomas, or standing with Charlie Parker and others from Bread for the City/Zachary's Free Clinic where I interned in Urban Ministry, or moved over to where the choir sang, he had to keep track of where I needed to be sitting or standing or moving and how to get me to do that without too much fuss and mess.
Dr Stookey was so funny when he was explaining how it was going to work, and he was teasing me about it. Also loved the photos he took of New Zealand that are in the hallway near the entrance to the Chapel Balcony. We have all been blessed by our professors and the staff at WTS.
After working there full-time for a year while living in Falls Church, my son and I moved into an apartment on campus where I lived for four years when he was finishing high school and where my daughter came home when she was in college.
During the summer of '93, I spent the summer participating in A Christian Ministry in the National Parks at Mt Rainier National Park. And Krista and Tom lived by themselves in our apartment on campus. Tom worked in the buildings and on the grounds and Krista worked as a placement officer in a temp agency in downtown DC, and as a waitress in a restaurant in Georgetown.
So that was very special that the professors and staff members got to know my kids, too. Because they lived with their dad and stepmother for several years when I was first in DC/noVA/MD, not that many of my adult friends knew my kids. And since leaving for college when I was 17 1/2, the four years I lived on the WTS campus was the longest period of time I lived in any one house or apartment or dormitory. God is so good and so faithful! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
So when Dr Stookey was setting up the flow of how everyone came up to receive our diplomas, or standing with Charlie Parker and others from Bread for the City/Zachary's Free Clinic where I interned in Urban Ministry, or moved over to where the choir sang, he had to keep track of where I needed to be sitting or standing or moving and how to get me to do that without too much fuss and mess.
Dr Stookey was so funny when he was explaining how it was going to work, and he was teasing me about it. Also loved the photos he took of New Zealand that are in the hallway near the entrance to the Chapel Balcony. We have all been blessed by our professors and the staff at WTS.
After working there full-time for a year while living in Falls Church, my son and I moved into an apartment on campus where I lived for four years when he was finishing high school and where my daughter came home when she was in college.
During the summer of '93, I spent the summer participating in A Christian Ministry in the National Parks at Mt Rainier National Park. And Krista and Tom lived by themselves in our apartment on campus. Tom worked in the buildings and on the grounds and Krista worked as a placement officer in a temp agency in downtown DC, and as a waitress in a restaurant in Georgetown.
So that was very special that the professors and staff members got to know my kids, too. Because they lived with their dad and stepmother for several years when I was first in DC/noVA/MD, not that many of my adult friends knew my kids. And since leaving for college when I was 17 1/2, the four years I lived on the WTS campus was the longest period of time I lived in any one house or apartment or dormitory. God is so good and so faithful! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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