We've been home a week now without reporting on the outcome of our big event. (To tell the truth, we were so exhausted by the end of our trip that we flew home and have been fighting viruses all week.) BUT, that's not to say that there's nothing to report!
Sure, it was a bit of a challenge. When the decorating committee went to our venue the day of our party, they discovered the room was unusable because the ceiling had collapsed from all the rain that had bucketed down the last couple of days. (We're talking about ceiling tiles on the floor and wires dangling down! We had to quickly find another room.) And sure, the barbecue that we hauled out of an upstairs apartment, into the van, and then onto the campus turned out to be missing the hose connecting the grill to the propane gas. (Luckily the girls had precooked the sausages!) And sure, the pastor who was to give a dedication didn't show...
...BUT...many new students DID show up, along with returning students, alumni, and our staff. We were able to explain our ministry and invite everyone to be a part of our student movement of winning students to Christ, building them in their faith, training them in ministry skills, and then sending them out to win-build-train-and send others. A testimony was given, food was eaten, and questions were answered.
This week, all those who signed up to be in small discipleship groups are being sorted out according to schedules and group leaders. YAHOO! Please pray with us that this year will have a profound effect on the students in their faith walk with God!
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