April 23, 2009
Like most of the staff, Andrew wears many hats at Salem. He also brings many skills. Andrew works as part of our maintenance staff, is the vocational director of our school, and pulls shifts in the cottages. So in any one week, you might find Andrew cutting grass, teaching the kids how to work on a car, and/or playing basketball with the boys. He truly is a jack-of-all-trades.
But not only does Andrew bring good labor and physical skills to Salem, he also works hard to develop himself on a personal level. Andrew is an avid and skilled violin player as well as an aspiring and incredibly talented artist. If you came to our auction, you saw some of his work on display there. He also takes his walk with the Lord seriously, studying the Word to show himself ‘a workman who is not ashamed’ (2 Tim. 2.15). Andrew is well on his way to becoming a true renaissance man.
All of this would be worthless at Salem if it were not for one thing: in addition to all of this, Andrew loves the kids he works with here. They may not always believe it, because Andrew expects much from the boys. But it is out of his concern that they become men who are ready to lead families and communities that he pushes them hard. And Andrew does not just give orders to the boys and sit idly by. He is right there with them, doing everything himself that he requires of them. He has a tremendous work ethic. Andrew does not just do a job to get it done. Everything he does, he does to the glory of God. That is true leadership.
Thanks for your ministry at Salem Andrew. Your work is helping our boys become men.
Brent
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