As each month goes by, there are so many things that I could
share with you. When I sit down and
reflect on the month I can see all of the things that God is doing around
me. If I shared all of them, this would
be a very, very long blog!
At the beginning of the month, Brandon and the campus pastor
from Baptist Student Ministries at UTD, Beth, planned a meeting to get all of
the campus ministers at UTD together.
That meeting was so encouraging to me because there isn’t a spirit of competitiveness
for anyone’s ministry but a spirit of unity.
On a secular campus, unity is so important if we are going to reach this
campus and show them Jesus. There are so
many students who haven’t been reached yet at UTD so I know God is going to do
great things here.
In the middle of October, we got all the women leaders
together for a meeting at La Madeline.
There are almost 30 of us when you get us all together! We had desserts and then we went around and
shared good news of what was going on in our personal life and ministry. Every one of the women shared good news and that
would be too long to write here. But God
is working in so many ways big and small.
We have international students who are asking to study the Bible during
their first meeting with a corefa, non-Christian students getting to experience
Christian community and friendship, women in cores opening up and sharing their
lives with each other, new people wanting to be involved in studying the Bible
with others in their core, and one of my favorites, 2 sophomores who are
planning a mission trip for our ministry this summer because they had it on
their heart to do so. I really could go
on and on!!
Please, Please keep praying for FOCUS. When you think of the almost 20,000 students
at UTD we are only scratching the surface of what is possible. God has answered our prayers this year but I know
he wants to do even greater things. As
the year goes on students get distracted, busy, and stressed. Please pray for protection of those who are
seeking God and wisdom and protection for the corefas. Your prayers are so critical to the work we
do! God is so good and answers our
prayers!
