October Prayer Requests and Praises

Praises:

• Praise God for one student committing his life to Christ!
• Praise for our student (we'll call her Sarah) who believes in Navajo tradition but who is coming to realize that, "Jesus is a pretty rad dude."
• Praise God for the 100 people who attended the worship night!
• Praise God for sending April to work with international students and for Lam, Jacob, and Chuks who are some of her core students.
• Praise God for an improvement in Small Group attendance this month!

Prayer Requests:

• Please pray that each of the 13 students we are taking to fall conference would grow in their faith. Pray specifically that the non-Christian student we are bringing would dedicate his life to Christ.
• Pray for the student that decided to follow Jesus that he would have a firm foundation and good soil. Pray that he would continue to invest in his discipleship.
• Pray for "Sarah" to see that she can be both fully Navajo and fully Christian. Pray that she would decide to follow Jesus.
• Pray for more of the international students April has met to attend events and become core students.
• Pray for continued growth for our small groups and for perseverance and enthusiasm for our small group leaders who have experienced disappointment with how the semester began. 
• Pray for Justin and Samantha as they navigate leading a staff team and student leaders through a challenging season of ministry. 
• Pray that we would meet more freshman and sophomore students who have leadership potential. 

September Praises and Requests

Praises:

• Baby Autumn arrived, and is a healthy one!
• New small groups have all had new students attend, and are becoming thriving communities.
• God has answered our prayers to start an International student outreach (to love the foreigners among us), and we have met over 20 INTL students interested in a Bible study!
• Our first Faculty Small Group was a wonderful time of encouragement, meaningful conversation, prayer and study of God's Word.

Prayers:

• Pray for students who are curious about Jesus and are considering become disciples of His. Pray for them to say YES to Jesus, and enter his Kingdom this fall.
• Please pray for Samantha's health in caring for Baby Autumn...its harder than we thought!
• Pray for the many new students we've met, that they would follow through on their initial interest in coming to a small group Bible study.
• Pray for our staff and student leaders as they plant new Bible study small groups in these areas:
• Arts Department
• International Students
• Dance Department
• Fitness and Health Center
• Freshman and Transfers
• Faculty and Staff (YES! We finally know enough Christian faculty and staff at UVU to start a small group on campus!)
• Pray for us as we recruit students to attend our annual Fall Conference at the end of October. We have 25 students we would specifically like to have attend the conference with us. Pray they would make themselves available to encounter God that weekend.
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