Coffee outreach outcome....

Half way through each college semester at SFA the teachers give out Mid-terms which basically give students get a taste of what the dreaded finals week has in store for them. We decided to take advantage of the increased amount of studiers at the library, so we set up outside of it to give out free coffee in an attempt meet new students that we could then share the Gospel with.

On the Tuesday night of this event we met a guy named Andrew, who did not have a relationship with the Lord. Andrew connected really well with one of our leadership students named John, and John set up a time to meet with Andrew later on the next week. They ended up meeting a few times and talking about the Gospel, and what the Bible says about God. A few weeks later Andrew called up John and insisted they meet immediately to talk about some problems he was having. During the meeting John again shared the Gospel with Andrew, and at the Starbucks on campus Andrew prayed to receive Jesus Christ into his life and began a relationship with the Lord!

Now Andrew can’t get enough of the Bible, and he is constantly asking questions. He is convinced that others should experience God in the same way as he does. In fact, he spent one Friday afternoon on campus meeting new people, and ended up sharing the Gospel with 7 people! We are so excited for what God is doing in and through Andrew.

First Greek Women’s Bible Study Tonight!

Around here, we are pretty excited because tonight at 9 we kick off our vey first all women’s Greek Bible study!

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About two months ago Nicole (on staff with me) and I began to pray for opening to build relationships with girls in the Greek system. A month ago, we went to all the Panhellenic sorority meeting to invite them to an event where the could learn how to leave a legacy as a sister in their sorority, and how they could leave a spiritual legacy as well. The Greek system here is  pretty crazy. Picture college movies, and you can picture what its like. To our surprise, we had 13 girls who were from 3 different sororities who are really interested in following Christ, and helping their sisters to know about God who came to the meeting! During the meeting, we also told them we would love to start an all Greek girls Bible study,  and left a sign up for anyone who was interested. To our shock, all 13 girls signed up! We are excited that for the first time in years we are meeting girls from the Greek world, and praying that God can use us!

So tonight, we are really pumped, and praying that the girls will come, and bring a sister so that they can hear about Christ!

If you are reading this before 9 tonight, please be praying that Nicole and I will be led by the Spirit, and share with the girls who come about the Lord, and the relationship He desires to have with each of them!

Thanks!

Friday Outreach

Every Friday we have what we call "Friday Outreach"...i know...creative name. But, we take this opportunity with some of our students to go out on campus and try to get into spiritual conversations with students hanging out during the afternoon. This has gone very well this year so far, have had the gospel shared a number of times, and have seen our students step out in faith to share what Christ has done for them.
Today I had a great conversation with three students I met sitting next to the Stephen F Austin statue. The goal was to get to know these students and to use some of the tools that we have to help us talk through life and spiritual things with them. 2 of the 3 students claimed to be believers, though they couldn't put a Biblical thought to it, so most of the conversation with them was a little difficult. But the 3rd guy was really open and honest about what he believes and about his life. It was really refreshing. He said he was agnostic and stuck to it. As we talked deeper about who Jesus said He was and about what Jesus was doing on the cross, this guy became more and more intrigued. It was the first time he had ever been told that Jesus was God, the Jesus was perfect, and that Jesus chose to die of the cross, and that He didn't have to. It was his first time to hear that he could know God in a personal way.
It was a great conversation, and I am getting together with him next week again to get to know him a little better, and to sort through what the Bible says. Please pray for him and for our appt next week, that Jesus would use that time to call him into a relationship. That the student would believe what the Bible says is true, and that he's place his faith in Christ.
thank!