Stephen Leopard, a college grad

Seems totally unbelievable but Stephen has graduated college. And in 4 years!!! It's not unbelievable that you graduated because you're one of the hardest workers I've ever known. Whatever you set your mind to, you get it done. But how is it possibly time for this?! It's as if I blinked and you're grown. 

You've made us so proud in every way. For someone who never liked school and the motivation of college was always just to be able to play baseball there, you have finished well, extremely well!! You've taken full advantage of all that God placed in front of you. You studied hard and finished with a great gpa on the presidential honor roll. You made some incredible contacts from your junior college coach to Deans to Vice Presidents all the way to the college President himself. You've made lifelong friends with hearts for Jesus and ministry. You've impacted lives of those still searching. You've served students well and learned much from the college pastor. You've had fun with teammates and enjoyed and learned to appreciate All the different personalities. You've learned much in the classroom and you've learned much about team work on the field. You've learned from experiencing many victories and then the losses. You've enjoyed playing at the top of a junior college level at the World Series. From high school on you had so many baseball wins and developed that love for a winning mindset and being a part of a winning

culture that many don't get to experience. It's given you that spirit of team and competitiveness you will need in the next season of life. And experiencing the losses will prepare you for the losses we go through as well. They're no fun now, they won't be fun later, but we all have them. You've learned so much from watching strong leaders with winning attitudes just as you've learned from those who show forth poor and weak leadership. God wastes nothing!!! He uses it all to make us more like Him and give us that desire to be more like Him. Remember, just one tip, good leaders return calls within 24 hours! And when you question why God is telling you to do something a certain way, remember 2Kings 5 and just do what He says. 😊 

God promises in Ps 14 that those things He has purposed will stand and He has great purpose for your life as He's already proven. And He promises that our heritage is that He will refute every tongue and every weapon forged against us. Rest in that. Go and live believing that the Lord's favor is on you! He delights in you! Continue to live for Him and out of His mighty power. Armor up and never turn back!! We love you!! Exciting things are ahead, it only gets better!!!  From here...

To here...

Baseball pics to come, that season coming to a close but not done yet!