REsource: Darryl Hauser
I became a Christian when I was eighteen, and then went to college. A couple of months before graduation, I was excited about charging into the future I thought laid ahead. But before that could happen, my mother became critically ill. She passed away nine days after graduation. After working odd jobs and going back to school post-baccalaurette to learn some additional skills, I got a job in Miami. I had to leave a few weeks later after my father died. This was only a year and a half after my mother’s passing. It took a whole summer to take care of his property, with little help from my mentally ill brother, my lone sibling. My brother then passed away, only nine months after my father. Of course, my future turned out to be 180 degrees different than what I expected. Although I was a Christian, I struggled with making sense of my tragedies, and trying to find the good that God promises in His word. When I came to UBC, I came to a place where it was okay to feel disillusioned with God, so to speak. I met others who struggled with similar tragedies and found a godly purpose for it all. In short, what I thought was meaningless baggage holding my life back, became a resource to help me live my purpose for God’s Kingdom. I can now minister to others and reach out to them in understanding. I recently became a deacon, and can now help even more, especially when it comes to counseling about tragedies like the ones I endured. At UBC, my life’s debris became a RESOURCE for life.
