“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself
and God our father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement
and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and
word.”
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
A New Season
Thank
you to all who prayed for our trip. We had a WONDERFUL time!! We traveled
through 5 different states, visited 6 different national parks, and enjoyed the
last 13 days of summer vacation.
Many
of you may have had to go buy pencils, notebooks, rulers, and all the other
supplies to get ready for school. Some of you may have had to pack up childhood
rooms in cars and see your kids off to college. While others of you may be
simply enjoying these last days of summer, and looking forward to changes that
fall brings. For us, we have prepared our hearts, minds, and schedules for our
favorite time of the year – the beginning of the academic school year!!
We
returned from our vacation to sprint into ministry. What a blast we have had!
Getting to hear stories from the summer, meeting new students from all over the
place, and being able to share the Gospel with people – we are thoroughly
enjoying being back in the swing of things!!
We’re
only a week in, and so far we have had over 15 people indicate decisions to
follow Christ!! PRAISE GOD!!! Many of those were indicated on cards after our
first Connect meeting. One guy met with a staff member before classes even
began to talk about Jesus, and made a decision at the end of their meeting! God
is doing amazing things before our eyes, and it has only been one week.
Another
great story was at our first Thursday dinner of the year. We had a great open
discussion, with a handful of students being fully honest that they were there
investigating Christianity. After the big discussion, one student said he
didn’t know the Gospel to one of our student leaders. The leader shared the
Gospel, and though the student was very interested he didn’t make a decision yet
as far as we know to follow Christ. Please pray for him to make a decision
soon!!
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| First Thursday Dinner!! |
Prayer Requests
We are so
excited to see all that God is doing! For this reason, we really wanted to
share this with all of you. These praises have come with their fair share of
pressure. As we have faced some obstacles in meeting students. And as a couple,
small things have come up this week to distract us from ministry and getting
time together. But thanks be to God as He continues to give us the strength to
persevere!
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Pray
for opposition to cease so we can continue to meet students to share the Good
News with Fort Lewis College.
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Pray
for our student leaders to have the time and heart to serve this year.
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Pray
that we can be faithful to follow up with the students who we have met so far
this year. We both have packed our schedules with appointments with new
students to learn about and share Jesus with!!
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Pray
that both Malcolm and I can stay refreshed and energized to keep going. We will
be leaving for another wedding (this one in Idaho) for another good friend of
ours this month. Pray for safety for our trip, and for us to return ready to
keep running the race in Durango!!
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Thank
you for your prayers, and for sharing your prayers and praises with us!
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| Swimming in the pond at the Ranch fun day |
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| Paintball fight!! |
