Thanks so much for praying for the first events we hosted to
meet students. We were able to meet so many students, and have been following
up with them over the past few weeks. Autumn met with one girl, who had many
questions spiritually. She grew up attending church sometimes, but really had
never read the Bible and was unsure where to even start. As Autumn talked with
her, she got to share the overarching message of the Bible is the gospel, and
how through faith we can experience a relationship with Christ. The girl’s
heart is stirred, and she asked about reading the Bible, and wanting to learn
more about the idea of a relationship with Christ. Autumn brought her a Bible,
and explained where to start. Since then, she has been coming to Bible study,
building relationships, and aksing questions. Please pray with us that the Lord
helps her to fully understand the gospel, and that she will place her faith in
Him!
Girl reading Bible
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In our Large Group one week we studied the story
of Mary and Martha, teaching about the
importance of spending time with Jesus in prayer and in the Bible. The
following week we had a girl share with the group that she had decided to read
the Bible for the first time ever! She said she started in Proverbs and read about
the importance of reading God’s word. She went on to say she read 4 days that
week! As she shared about her first experience in scripture we were reminded
that significant moments like this is why we love staff with Cru.
Convo with Muslim
Every Friday we go out on campus and initiate spiritual
conversations with random people with the purpose of sharing the Gospel. Vince
had the opportunity to share with a guy this past month. He is a Muslim student
with family roots from Pakistan, and he is involved with a Muslim organization
on campus. Throughout a 2 hour conversation Vince was able to share with the
guy about who Jesus is, and why He is the only way to a relationship with God.
This was clearly the first time Jason has heard about the concept of God’s
grace. He couldn’t understand why God would love us so much that He would die
for us. It was a great opportunity to agree and to show him that this was how
much God loved him. He did not place his faith in Christ but we pray that he
pursue the Truth.
Large Group
Our Bible studies this year are called Large groups. They
are co-ed Bible studies where college students can come and learn about who
Jesus is, and how they can know Him more and more. The first half of Large
Group we spend time studying scripture, and what it is teaching. Then we split
up the guys and girls to have a time focused on how we can live our lives
differently in light of the Bible study. Our first Large Group saw 28 students
show up! It has settled now with a few less than that, but we are so excited
about this group. As we’ve had the opportunity to sit down one on one with each
of these students, we’ve discovered that they are anywhere from Christian
walking with God, Christians struggling in their walk with God, and quite a few
of them are just checking things out and are unsure about what they believe. We
are so excited for this group, and look forward to seeing what the Lord will do
in their lives this semester.
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