This Saturday was very special. We had our regular Spring Big Howdy Party. ISI’s Ron, BSM’s Gary, Breakthrough’s Christian, Cornerstone’s Steve (and many others) did a tremendous job this year with quite a few innovations that I thought really worked. Over 350 people, mostly international students came to the Bluebonnett Ball room in the UTA University Center. There was plenty of food. We got the contact information from most of the students. I really believe that these welcome parties are very important in making Christ’s name sweeter. It was truly incredible with people talking afterward till late. You can often judge the relationships built at an event by how many pictures of groups are taken at the end, and at this one there were many! You can see the pictures here and the video below…

Anyway, the best moment for me came with my daughter C-5. One of the things we have done at the Big Howdy over the years is allow the students to dance with music from their countries. Often it eventually becomes a turns to a medly of Ballywood music because Indians constitute our largest group. Anyway, as behind us 100’s of Indian students were dancing in classic Punjabi form to the driving modern indian music beat, I had the special pleasure of dancing with my daughter. I was reminded of Stephen Curtis Chapman’s song, Cinderella (check out the video on Youtube). Time seemed to stop as we spun and swing danced… (or a facsimille of such) It was really special and fun watching her laugh, getting led and falling down… I don’t think I will forget that special time especially some day when she will be dancing with someone else.