Meeting Coop - Nora's Story
I met Coop at Carolina Point when I was on the GoKarts team on summer staff. He was one of the Young Life leaders who brought campers to ride the GoKarts and we were introduced. One day during the week, I was walking alongside him on the sidewalk, and we started talking about the rest of my summer. I told him that I was going to be on summer staff again at S harp Top session 3, and he stopped in his wheelchair and said, “I’m Coop! I am one of your Summer Staff coordinators .” I was surprised because I knew one of my coordinators was some guy named Coop, but I never ever made the connection that it was him. Coop asked for my number so we could talk before our session. Towards the end of the week, Coop came to one of our summer staff meetings and shared his testimony. I’ll never forget how I felt when he told us, “I’m thankful God put me in a wheelchair.” I was shocked. I had just completed a school year that felt like the worst year of my life, full of anxiety, OCD, and depr...