School is in Session!!!

The next few months we will be updating you on things going on back at SFA, as well as things with us back in Allen during the time we are raising out Ministry Team, and we just wanted to clarify the posts are 2-part, SFA and us!

Classes began at SFA on Monday, and Crusade is back in full swing! The first few weeks of college are such a critical time, especially for incoming freshman, and we try and fill them as full as we can in effort to reach as many students as possible with the gospel. Here is a glimpse at what has been happening back at SFA.

Last Thursday, Crusade staff and students helped move in the incoming freshman and returning students, carrying lots and lots of clothes and TV's up numerous flights of stairs! Over the next few days, they hosted an array of free events and meals to get a chance to meet students, and tell them about Crusade. Over the course of the next few weeks, they will be meeting individually with the students to share the gospel with them, and encourage them to get involved with our ministry. It is such an exciting time, and really high energy!

This week there was so much going on, all with the desire to meet/ reach students. Of the many thing, Crusade handed out free Chick-Fil-A sandwiches, Freshman survival kits, and lots of flyers advertising for our weekly meeting. On Thursday night, they had the first official weekly CRU meeting for the year and had 55 students come! God is good!! Next week, Bible studies will begin, and they will happen all over campus in the dorms throughout the week. Also, there will be a freshman overnight September 5-6 and hopefully lots of freshman will come and begin to build relationships!

As I am sure you can tell, this is a very important time. Statistics show that the first 6 weeks of school, and what a student gets involved with will be what they stay with during their college career. We desire that they are plugged in with a ministry that helps them grow, and have their own ministry on campus.

Please be praying for our staff team back at SFA- that our director would have encouragement, creativity, and passionately present Christ to the students, and for the rest of the staff team to be able to quickly return to campus. Pray for the leadership and servant team students- that God will provide new students for them to meet and share Christ with, and that their Bible studies and discipleship relationships would be strong. Please pray for the students they will encounter, that their hearts will be softened and they would be open to the Lord.
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Vince and I are doing really well back here in Allen. We are feeling very encouraged by the people we are getting together with, and we are just loving reconnecting with people. I am going to start working during the mornings at the Gap in Allen so come and visit! I am so excited that the Lord provided just the right place and the right time for me to work some during this time.

We are sad the Olympics are over, but we enjoyed every glorious moment of Michael Phelps swimming events. Vince is as excited as ever about the start of the college football season, and of course the Cowboys season. If you want to see someone passionately enjoy a game, come on over, it's a fun party at our place every Cowboys game!

We hope and pray this finds you well, and we pray that you will find amazing favor in the eyes of the Lord as you seek and follow Him. Please shoot us an email if we can pray for anything specific in your life! We really want to pray specifically for you!

Well until we meet again, the Lord bless you and keep you!