Just got home from Briar Cliff University in Sioux City Iowa for Turner's Freshman Orientation.  Briar Cliff is a private Catholic Franciscan University.  Turner graduated from high school in May 2011 and spent the past 9 months taking a gap year to attend ministry school.  It was a great experience for him and now he is ready to begin his college journey. 

Turner played football his freshman year in high school and then decided to hang up his cleats.  He was smaller than many of his peers, and attending a Class A high school made the competition fierce.  While attending ministry school last year he began to have an increased desire to play football in college.  He started working out with purpose and has gotten much bigger and stronger.  He searched for NAIA schools within a few hours of Omaha and discovered Briar Cliff.  He contacted the coach and began dialoguing with him.  Long story short, he was given a scholarship to play football there this fall.

I am so proud of him for following his dream and for taking the initiative to make it happen.  This weekend was so special.  It was so fun to experience his first visit to BCU.  The staff so impressed us.  Each person we met seemed to love what they do and were so engaging and helpful.  BCU is the perfect distance from Omaha, so we will be able to go to his games each Saturday this fall.

It is a new chapter in Turner's life and we could not be more excited for him.  It will ease the pain of  stepping into "the empty nest" the second time around.  GOOOOOO CHARGERS!!!!!!!

Uncle Turner holding Theo