06/03/2024
Columbia Young Life lost a hero over the weekend. David Poole (here in the Clemson sweatshirt throwing up some bunny ears) selflessly served our staff and volunteer leaders for over 40 years. Often he was behind the scenes doing thankless work for the sake of kids (including myself and Crystal when we were in high school). He was the YL board chair when we were kids and I had no idea such a thing even existed haha. But we had a YL leader because of him! Most recently he helped us pioneer a brand new ministry to incarcerated teens (how cool is that). He has now finished the race and it was a race well run! He’s with his precious Lord and Savior, but he is sure gonna be missed here. YL in Columbia just won’t be the same without him. We are praying daily for Leah Poole and the family for sure.