Celebrating Sammie Payne! Biola Young Alumni of the Year!

Young Alumni of the Year:  Sammie Payne with Logan! 

Today I got to be here to attend a chapel at Biola where there were several awards being given to various Alumni.  Our daughter in law Sammie was the recipient of the Biola, Young Alumni of the Year!  We are so proud of her.  Here's how overcome and excited I was--I have no pictures!  I am hoping that Logan will send me one, and then I will post it.  Sammie is a Mentor Teacher for Teach For America and works with 30 first and second year teachers across the greater LA area in 18 different schools.  Her poise and her hard work just amaze me.  I admire and respect what she is doing.  It was fun to see Logan, her proud proud husband at her side today.
I am thanking God this evening for the eucharisteo of getting to be here for this moment.  These are the things that I treasure in my heart knowing that there have been many of them I missed in the kids college years as we were in Ecuador.  Ofcourse, Austin has had us here for his college years, and that also has been a eucharisteo for me.  We have stood at the sidelines and watched Biola Men's Soccer games in the first two years when Austin was on the team.  We have been able to go to some intramural games even.  He goes to the same church we do.  These are incredible privileges and gifts that I don't take for granted for a minute.
How about you?  Today is there something that you are taking for granted?  Someone?  Why not stop for a moment and savor and thank God for that gift!