Mid semester in the Fall we as a staff team began to turn our attention toward the summer time. With Campus Crusade for Christ, students have the opportunity to spend thier summer on an evangelical summer missions trip that is lead by staff called, Summer Project. As you probably already know, Autumn and I are leading one to Ethiopia.
As we began to think the summer over we decided to pray for God to raise up 6 students who would committ thier summer to serving the Lord around the globe. We prayed for this because it would be the most we had sent out during a summertime. We are so pumped now that the Lord has exceeded our hopes and prayers, and by the count off the top of my head, we have 8 students going somewhere this summer. So our ministry here at SFA will reach people in Ethiopia, Missouri, Florida, California, Colorado, the Middle East, and various places which other students will live for the summer.
Please be praying for our students as they each are undertaking the task of trusting in the Lord to provide thier money for this summer as they raise support. Many will be raising upwards of $4,000+ dollars. Its so cool to see God provide, and show us how He is in control, and how He own's everything.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Trying something new
This semester we are trying something new. We are planning our a curriculum for our students months ahead of time. During the break our staff team took inventory of our students and we realized that most of them are either new believers or young in thier faith. So we decided to do something new this semester.
A typical week for a Cru students may look like this. Bible study early in the week, Cru on Thurs, Outreach fri, maybe a random social, and none of these are linked by content. We decided to add some structure to that.
For the next 4 weeks we will be doing talks, and having themes at our weekly meeting. These themes are as follows, Eternal Perspective, Evangelism, Discipleship, Community. Typically once Cru is over the content just moves along, but not this semester. What we are doing goes like this. Tonight at Cru we are talking about having Eternal Perpective, as it relates to what we are living for and spiritual muliplication. Then at every Bible study next week they will be going through the same study, taking students deeper in the word and helping the talk through applying this in thier lives. Then, at 5pm before the next weeks Cru, students are inviting to a practical training time, where the students will be further equipped in the topic. That is the way it will go for each one!
We are so excited because we believe that our young in their faith group can grow tremendously by grasping these 4 foundational Biblical principals. Please pray for us throughout this process, and pray that our students get on board and love it as much and we think they will!
A typical week for a Cru students may look like this. Bible study early in the week, Cru on Thurs, Outreach fri, maybe a random social, and none of these are linked by content. We decided to add some structure to that.
For the next 4 weeks we will be doing talks, and having themes at our weekly meeting. These themes are as follows, Eternal Perspective, Evangelism, Discipleship, Community. Typically once Cru is over the content just moves along, but not this semester. What we are doing goes like this. Tonight at Cru we are talking about having Eternal Perpective, as it relates to what we are living for and spiritual muliplication. Then at every Bible study next week they will be going through the same study, taking students deeper in the word and helping the talk through applying this in thier lives. Then, at 5pm before the next weeks Cru, students are inviting to a practical training time, where the students will be further equipped in the topic. That is the way it will go for each one!
We are so excited because we believe that our young in their faith group can grow tremendously by grasping these 4 foundational Biblical principals. Please pray for us throughout this process, and pray that our students get on board and love it as much and we think they will!
Preparing for Ethiopia
As many of you already know, this summer Autumn and I are leading a team of 15 students to Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. We will be partnering with the Campus Crusade Ethiopian naitonals over there to share the Gospel with the students at the University in Bahir Dar.
Also, there are a number of new believers in Ethiopia who are willing to be leaders for Christ, but who have no training. It's my understanding that if you have gone to church for more that 6 months in you life, then you are qualified to pastor in Ethiopia. In light of this, we will also be training Ethiopians how to share thier faith, how to walk in the Spirit, and how to teach these things and other foundational principles to thier fellow Ethiopians.
We are at the point in out process where we are accepting applications from students from around the US, and evaluating and building our team.
We ask that you would pray that the Lord would give us wisdom in these decisions, and that we would take a team of mature believer who are willing to take bold steps to share thier faith in Africa. Thanks!
Also, there are a number of new believers in Ethiopia who are willing to be leaders for Christ, but who have no training. It's my understanding that if you have gone to church for more that 6 months in you life, then you are qualified to pastor in Ethiopia. In light of this, we will also be training Ethiopians how to share thier faith, how to walk in the Spirit, and how to teach these things and other foundational principles to thier fellow Ethiopians.
We are at the point in out process where we are accepting applications from students from around the US, and evaluating and building our team.
We ask that you would pray that the Lord would give us wisdom in these decisions, and that we would take a team of mature believer who are willing to take bold steps to share thier faith in Africa. Thanks!
Back into the action!
Well the spring semester has started and we are 2 and a half weeks in. We are so encouraged by what God is doing in the lives of students. It is always interesting to see how students who attended the Winter Conference respond to the life changing week, and how they choose to live differently back at school. The biggest result of this that we have seen so far is at our outreaches.
On Monday and Friday afternoon we invite our students to meet us in the Students Center so that we can spend some time sharing our faith. We look to use some of the great tools that Crusade has for us, that help us begin a conversation with a random person, and turn that conversation into a spiritual one where, when to Spirit leads, we give them the opportunity to place thier faith in Christ.
Last semester's outreachs were great, we sometimes had even around 10 students show up. However this semester, almost everyone from Winter Conference is showing up. we are having upwards of 18-20 people show up to share with others about who Jesus is and how they can have a relationship with God!!
We are so excited and encouraged by this. After 4 days of outreach Autumn and I have probably shared the Gospel with 9-10 people and I was venture a guess that altogether our students have shared the Gospel or initiated a spiritual conversation with well over 30 people.
We rejoice in those numbers, but we measure our success by how often we step out in faith to begin a conversation with the purpose of sharing the Gospel, while leaving the results up to God.
On Monday and Friday afternoon we invite our students to meet us in the Students Center so that we can spend some time sharing our faith. We look to use some of the great tools that Crusade has for us, that help us begin a conversation with a random person, and turn that conversation into a spiritual one where, when to Spirit leads, we give them the opportunity to place thier faith in Christ.
Last semester's outreachs were great, we sometimes had even around 10 students show up. However this semester, almost everyone from Winter Conference is showing up. we are having upwards of 18-20 people show up to share with others about who Jesus is and how they can have a relationship with God!!
We are so excited and encouraged by this. After 4 days of outreach Autumn and I have probably shared the Gospel with 9-10 people and I was venture a guess that altogether our students have shared the Gospel or initiated a spiritual conversation with well over 30 people.
We rejoice in those numbers, but we measure our success by how often we step out in faith to begin a conversation with the purpose of sharing the Gospel, while leaving the results up to God.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Ready for Winter Conference
Autumn and I are all checked in and ready for the students to arrive at the hotel for Winter Conference this year! We arrived last night and worked til around 11 setting up.
We are expecting 30 students from SFA and 750 students from our region! The arrive today at 3pm and the conference goes thru the 5th. Please pray that the Lord would lead and guide this conference, and that we would move in the hearts of the students in mighty and life changing ways. We look forward to getting you more details later on!
We are expecting 30 students from SFA and 750 students from our region! The arrive today at 3pm and the conference goes thru the 5th. Please pray that the Lord would lead and guide this conference, and that we would move in the hearts of the students in mighty and life changing ways. We look forward to getting you more details later on!
Friday, December 3, 2010
24 Hour Prayer
Hey friends!
Well every week we have a group of students who meet at 7am to pray for SFA on Thursday mornings. Yes, college students, at 7 am! I know, crazy! Well that awesome group organized a 24 hour prayer event this week.
Students met at 7pm Wednesday night, and kicked it off by praying together, and then prayer walking around the campus. They also were given suggestions of things to be praying for SFA during the next 24 hours. Then at 7am they met again to pray together for SFA. Finally, they group met all again at 7pm at our CRU weekly meeting, and closed the time by writing out prayers to the Lord and thanking Him for what He has been doing in their life. Then during our praise time, the students taped their prayer on a large poster. It was really cool to read some of the things the student voiced in the cards they posted.
One cool story that I got a chance to hear: One of our students who trusted Christ this semester came to the 24Hour Prayer Meetings. She had never been to anything like it before. She was in a small group with her Bible study leader, and as they walked around praying, she was quiet and just listened to the prayers. At the last location on the prayer walk, her Bible study leader gently asked her to pray, and explained that praying out loud was not any different than praying silently, just other people get to join in with your prayer to the Lord. The girl agreed, and for the first time prayed out loud in a group. Later, she went to her Bible study leader and thanked her for encouraging her to take the step and pray out loud. She said it was something that she had been wanting to do, but she was too scared and nervous to do it. But she was really excited and thankful for taking the step in her faith!
Thank you for your prayers for our students, we know that God is at work and changing their lives!
Monday, November 22, 2010
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.
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