The one lesson that BYX has taught me above all others is what the perfect picture of men walking through life with one another looks like, spurring one another on towards the perfector.

I arrived at Vanderbilt in the fall of 2003 with intentions of transferring to the Air Force Academy after completing my freshman year. My time at Vanderbilt would be short and I would take care of business.

God used the men I met through BYX to shape my college experience. More than that, He used those men to encourage and edify me to seek Christ in the face of a thousand temptations to do the opposite.

The fact of the matter is I could spend the rest of my night writing to each of you who touched my life in some way - whether it was through a kind word, your prayers, your availability, or your very residence for me to rest in as I traveled.

I am six years removed from college life and therefore six years removed from being an active in BYX. I am no longer a college student on a college campus. I now work in the "real world"�, I wear the hat as a husband and a father. However, not a day goes by where I do not reap the benefits of that organization.

I have a passion for BYX because I have personally seen it change the lives of so many men. I have heard brothers share testimonies about renewed zeal for the Lord and freedom addictions that they were able to attain through the encouragement and accountability provided by BYX.

When I think about what BYX has meant to me, I have a difficult time quantifying it.