Welcome back! These two words usually accompany a warm welcome of family and friends after being apart for an extended amount of time. Perhaps you have visualized a long awaited reunion of a military servant, a missionary, parents and children, spouses, or best friends as they offer expressions of affection unique to each ones personality.
Several years ago, I traveled extensively and was away from my family for multiple days at a time. Each reunion was a refreshing reminder that family mattered; everything else seemed secondary to those long awaited reunions.
There are other elements of the relational paradigm aside from family where “welcome back” is applicable. One case in particular is the start of a new semester in school or college. You can visualize it: students are returning from a long awaited break where they enjoyed long hours of whatever it is students do on down days, apart from the pressing deadlines and tedious assignments. Then one morning they wake up away only to return to the rigor of an educational journey full of promise and possibility.
So, to my friends at Lee, the students that give us reason to serve, welcome back! I am glad you are here. I am glad you chose us. I am glad you are returning with vigor and zeal to glean and learn. I am thankful for your inspiration and commitments to excellence. Together we will sharpen each other and together we will invite our new friends to experience this amazing journey.
Remember: you can never go back and make a new beginning but you can begin today to make a great ending.
With purpose,
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