My Guy Chris

I receive a phone call from Chris about every other day. As you know, he has moved to Draper,Ut and is going to school in Salt Lake City. He is living with his friend Jeremy and his 71 year old Grandma.
The stories that Chris tells are unbelievable! ! !!
Salt Lake is about a 45  minute train ride from Draper, and about a 15-20 minute walk. It took him a while to figure this out though. The first day he went to Salt Lake it took him about 4 hours. He walked an hour or more of it, until he happened upon a train station. Who knows where this boy has gone.

Orientation for school is Monday and Tuesday. As part of a project on Monday, he was selected to speak to over 400 students that were at orientation, was asked to join their Debate team, and was told by an instructor how cute he was and was invited to take her class on "Relationships". Once she told him he had to pay $20.00 for the class, but she would teach him how to pick out the "perfect" wife, he was quick to respond that he wasn't looking for a wife.

This morning he will have to leave home by 6:30 to walk 15-20 minutes to the train station, wait for the train, then ride the 45 minutes to downtown SLC, then still have a few blocks to walk to the school. Yesterday afternoon he called me while running home in the rain!

And then there was the night before last.......Jeremy's cousin had come over, and the guys had decided to go to the hot tub, late at night, in the cold and ice. They ran out in their speedos, barefooted to the hot tubs, only to find they were locked up. They tried to pick the locks to no avail, then back to Grandma's. When they arrived, their feet were frozen, so they all three went and jumped in the bathtub together to warm up. Chris's comment about this "College is so COOL"!!

I don't know how my baby boy is going to make it. He did discover they have free tutoring. He told me he would add me to his "find my friend" so I can keep track of him.

Now, Utah has very few African Americans living there. But, he did find one his second day there. They walked to the mall together looking for food. I think this is when he learned he could sell his blood for $50.00, and his plasma for $100.00. Now he thinks he doesn't have to get a job....he can just sell his blood! Poor child!

When you say your prayers, please remember Chris. He's out in the Wild Blue Yonder.