Haunted?

Clark Hall is gone now.  It was the dorm and cafeteria building for Southern Bible College, a Denominational College for The Pentecostal Church of God.  I arrived in the Fall of 1963.  I was young and excited to move out of my parents home and begin my journey into adulthood.  This would be one of the most influential seasons of my life.

I remember hearing the prayers of students as God would move in their hearts and lives all over the campus.  I loved this place and what I experienced during my time there.  It forged friendships and life lessons that have lasted.  I remember coming downstairs from my room as they were announcing the murder of John F. Kennedy.  The cafeteria was located just below my room.  My window was one of the two by the palm tree on the second floor.

This property is now a Half-way House.  Inmates from Huntsville head to 10950 Beaumont Hwy, Houston, Texas for interim housing until moving back into society.  My daughter began working at this location several years ago.  She tells this story...

Well, the residents of the facility talked about this building before it was torn down.  They said it was "haunted".

I remember the Holy Spirit moving in our lives over the years I was at SBC.  He moved in the Ad Building, the NEW cafeteria and always in the dorms. He moved especially in this dorm, as it housed so many of us as we worked our way through the curriculum that would give us the spiritual grounding to move into the future years of our lives.

Well, it was haunted.  But, it was inhabited by The Holy Spirit as He directed my life challenges, dreams and future plans.  Some things I did right.  Many times I failed.  But, this building stands as a remembrance of  those years God reached into my heart and forged a forever bond.