CCS Warrior Leadership Academy students traveled to Washington, D.C., for their Student Leadership University (SLU) 201 experience.
The conference featured many great speakers filled with leadership wisdom and insight. The students were treated by hearing from two decorated hero Army Rangers, Edward Graham, grandson of Billy Graham and Jeff Strueker. Strueker, a highly esteemed Ranger, was highlighted in the movie Black Hawk Down and inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame in 2017. The two Rangers shared how God molded their leadership, literally through the fire of war and the fire of life. A good number of speakers were featured throughout the week with compelling messages and great stories full of leadership insights. While the speakers and trainers were obviously accomplished in their own right, each of them gave credit to the Lord’s guiding hand in their respective journeys.
Students not only heard from the personal lives of the speaker but also received leadership lessons from the lives of our country’s great founders through biographical presentations. By the end of the conference, the students’ journals were full of notes they will be able to utilize for years!
CCS students toured the Holocaust Museum, The Museum of the Bible, The Smithsonian Museum of American History, as well as many monuments. While at the hallowed ground of Arlington Cemetery, students witnessed the laying of a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as well as the changing of the Guard.
It was a great week of learning about the God-based vision of our founding fathers, as well as the sacrifices made throughout history to ensure the freedoms and blessings we have experienced as a nation.
