So here I sit in the library of Wheaton College where my sister is currently getting the “possible graduate student” treatment (free lunch, tour, meetings with professors, etc.) and I have had the opportunity for my own bit of sight-seeing!
It’s been quite the day already!
Pictures will arrive once we get home, but the most impressive venture today so far has been the Billy Graham Museum! I spent nearly an hour and a half there in the museum reading up on my American evangelists – most notably, Billy Graham.
I was even able to pinpoint the dates of the Billy Graham crusade where yours truly made a commitment to Christ at the age of 9!
It was at Silver Stadium in Rochester, NY during September 11-18, 1988. Attendance: 143,780! On one of those nights, Stevan Sheets responded to a rapidly-beating heart and went forward to make my own decision to follow Christ!
Today was sort of a re-realization to that commitment I made more than 15 years ago! Via video footage and reading the Silver Stadium Crusade detail, as well as viewing photos from the numerous world-wide crusades, I relived the event again and again in my head and my heart.
The museum is a must-visit if you are within driving distance and have any interest in the person of Billy Graham.
After the Billy Graham museum, I found a spot for lunch in the basement of the student center and then walked over to the Marion E. Wade Center where I enjoyed a museum-like display of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien memorabilia. The center is dedicated to these two (and a few others) who interwove their Christian faith into their writings.
Stay tuned for a few photos of the “inspiration” behind C.S. Lewis’ imagery of a wardrobe leading to a magical land! (The wardrobe in the movie and that I “built” in my head reading the books is MUCH more magnificent..)
I will meet Sherilyn back in the Graduate Admissions department in about 30-minutes and we will then meet up with one of her SWU-graduates for a trip to the local IKEA just 20-minutes South of Wheaton! Shopping list: two matching nightstand tables for the master bedroom; one lamp for a certain Mr. Pence’s home-decor; and possibly some sort of CD-archiving storage for our home.
Photos later…
