Start of the year - Day 3 "...Ripple"

Yesterday I shared all about the first Splash meeting.  Today was much quieter and so I thought I share about some ripples.

Lillian and a few key students have been working on a Student Life UPNG "magazine".  At first (hopefully at Easter) it will be small, like 1 or 2 pages.  The name will be Ripple, and they are collecting stories from students of how God used them or of different changed lives that they see on campus.  It sounds very exciting and several students are writing articles for it!

We have 2 guys who graduated last year and are "looking" for a job, but can not stay off campus.  God has changed their lives and all they want to do is work with students.  Please pray for these men to find where God wants them to be (where they can serve Him the best)

Beautlyn, who I knew from last year, was involved this year with the Australian project in February.  But I don't think I ever heard any words come out of her mouth before this year - now she has such passion that she was moving around last night pulling a chair into the middle of a group of girls to explain to them what Student Life is all about and how God has changed her life.  It was very encouraging to see.

Here is a photo of Beautlyn sharing with the first-year students:  

Lison also was involved this year with the Australian project in February.  And list night, like Beautlyn, I watched him as he sat with groups of men and explained to them why he was involved in Student Life.  Both Linson & Beautlyn took the initiative themselves to do this.

Here is a photo of Linson (in the white) sharing with first-year students:

Please pray:

1. Today we checked out cell phone plans that will allow our 3 PNG missionaries and our 2 girls coming from Australia to talk & text to each other for free.  It's much more complicated than I thought - please pray for wisdom which company to go with.
2. Also Easter is only 2 1/2 weeks away and we still don't have a venue.  This afternoon Greg & I went down to 2 hotels and have a good option for one that we used the past 2 years.  I think next year we may be able to be creative and provide training for the students in a different way, but for now we need a ballroom somewhere - please pray that we find one that we can afford - one hotel quoted K33,000 (over USD 12,000) for 3 days!  We obviously turned it down :-).
3. Tomorrow we all go to the Department of Labour to try to urge them to move faster and approve the Volunteer Work Permits for the 2 girls coming from Australia.  We need them to come as soon as possible!  Please pray that it gets approved tomorrow!!

Thank you so much for praying!!!