Principal's Message - Fall 2010

Cadets Arrive at CFOT!

What a year this promises to be here at the College for Officer Training! We have the highest enrollment in many, many years with 92 cadets and 73 children. The chapel is full, the classrooms are full, our Family Care Center is full and our Dining Room is full.

All this is really quite wonderful even though the logistics that are presented by such a crowd will certainly propose some challenges. Why wonderful you may ask? Wonderful because it is evidence that God is still calling men and women to this unique ministry in The Salvation Army. Wonderful because people are still listening and responding to the call of God. And wonderful that there will soon be more trained workers to cultivate the fields of ministry throughout the Western Territory.

Each session is given a special name by the General. This new group of cadets has the name “Friends of Christ”. We welcome the Friends of Christ and wonder just how many more people out there have been called by God to be officers in The Salvation Army. Is it possible that next year at this time I will be writing about 150 cadets? Only God knows and we know that with God “nothing is impossible”.

Blessings!

Stephen Smith, Major
Training Principal