FCA Cleveland

That motivation turned into action after the retreat. Many contacts were formed during that weekend and the idea of combining HSU’s FCA, which had already been started; with OBU, which was in the process of developing, a huddle was proposed by many.

That next week Rhonda Thigpen made the connection with OBU’s FCA president John Johnson and invited OBU to come to a FCA meeting and Henderson’s campus.

In general, going from campus to campus is not something that many students do because of the rivalry in Arkadelphia. The two schools are literally across the street, but location usually doesn’t bring the students together in any way, but God can.

And God did, as OBU brought about 40 students to the HSU basketball gym where the FCA meeting was being held. It was a shock but not a surprise for many too see such large numbers of about 60 total students.

The FCA meeting picked up where the retreat left off, as it was a great time of fellowship between the students from different schools.