Yesterday I had lunch with one of the most influential people in my life. Coach Leary introduced me to "The Lord" when I was a freshman in high school. I say this with all seriousness, I am where I am today because of Stephon Leary. He would pick me up for church every Sunday, even when I didn't care anything about Christ. He was the first christian I had ever met and he invested in not only me but in my family. He was my coach for 4 years but he has been my friend for 16. Stephon played college basketball at Liberty University and was Drafted by the Dallas Mavericks then suffered a career ending knee injury. God had bigger plans for him. After coaching at Faith West Academy then he went back to be an Assistant Coach for Liberty University, then a head coach at Palm Beach Atlantic and Texas A&M International. He is now a professional basketball agent and God is blessing him so much. I was so excited because our entire lunch conversation was about the lord and student ministry. He understood that student ministry is not pointing students in the right direction its walking with them and no one did that better than him. He was always playing basketball with us, in our homes, and spending time with us outside of school and church. He truly showed me what it was to invest in people eternally!!! He has been coming to Second Baptist and I am VERY excited to see what God is going to do next in Stephon's life.
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