Happy New Year! I
pray that 2013 is a great year for you.
I know that 2012 was another good year for Andrew and me. God has just given us so many blessings and
is continuing to work in our lives.
December was a great month for our campus ministry. We had a Christmas party for our ministry at
the Northeast Church. Our theme was
“Comet Christmas” since we are the UTD comets.
Our decorations were space themed as was our photo booth. We had some appetizers for them to eat while
they spent some time socializing and then the entertainment was provided by our
cores. Our cores performed a Christmas
song and had some specific rules to go along with our Comet Christmas
theme. Here is the link to the video one
of our students took if you would like to see it.
One of the most exciting things for me of the semester is to
see the impact FOCUS is having on our students and ex-students parents. Jamiann’s dad was baptized last week and is
fired up about Jesus. Jamiann was a
student at Collin and led core there for 2 years before transferring to UNT to
start a campus ministry with a few other students there. Last year she did our FOCUS internship and
had an amazing experience doing that.
Jamiann is now a youth minister a Northeast. Jamiann’s dad has been coming to Northeast
and Ronnie studied the Bible with him for the past few months. FOCUS was able to reach Jamiann and then the
church, her dad. I am so thankful for
the partnership of Northeast and FOCUS!
Also this past week, Griffin, a student at Richland was able
to baptize his mom!! Travis Jones met Griffin at Richland, studied the Bible with him and baptized him over a year
ago. Griffin’s mom came to his baptism
where Brandon invited her to Northeast.
Kristen Chapman and I met Leanne at Northeast and started studying the
Bible with her. She was baptized as an
infant which wasn't her choice so she decided to be baptized and confess Jesus
as her Lord! Leanne already has a vision
for studying with other people. Again, I
love the support Northeast provides.
Leanne has a great church to serve in and grow in.
Lives are changing everyday and entire families are being
impacted for eternity because you have chosen you give and support us. Thank you seems completely inadequate for how
I feel. May God bless you richly!
Love,
Mandy
