According to the American Heart Association website, “approximately 95% of sudden cardiac arrest victims die before reaching the hospital.”
Sometime between 12:10pm and 12:20 pm on April 14th my world was turned upside down. During a run over my lunch hour, I went into full cardiac arrest and collapsed. At 32 years of age I had a heart attack…at 32! This was completely unexpected and the circumstances surrounding my survival are nothing short of miraculous.
There’s so much that makes up the college experience… so many opportunities, so many potential pitfalls.
How well do we assist students in navigating the waters of the college years?
Maybe before we can accurately answer this question we must first ask:
“What are the big issues that our students are dealing with?”
If we’ve not taken the time to answer this question than we must ask ourselves, “how relevant is our ministry?”
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