Praises:
- We had a great turn-out for our BBQ at The Green (even though it looked like it would rain)!
- BYU had a great opening event/BBQ with over 20 students showing up!
- We have had some amazing volunteers help us out with making care packages for students, roasting hot dogs at the BBQ, and helping get small groups started.
- We met our summer fundraising goals, including fundraising money for recruitment trips to Christian universities.
- Our whole family stayed healthy and slept well during our Regional staff conference - first time since the girls were born!
- We've met some outstanding students so far and we're excited to see how they take risks for Jesus this year.
Prayers:
- Our Tuesday night small group Bible study at The Green begins TONIGHT (8/30). Please pray that lots of residents come and that the group would be able to love and serve students living in The Green. We will be studying the Gospel of Luke and looking at the witnesses in the narrative.
- The Wednesday international student small group begins TOMORROW (8/31). Please pray that they find a location to meet that is good for everyone (unfortunately the multi-cultural office said no to us hosting it there). Pray for Shadrick to be bold as he invites his friends to study the Bible with him.
- We begin our coaching training THIS WEEKEND at a kick-off conference. Please pray for us as we take on the extra hours required to complete this certification and pray for the girls as they stay with my mom over the weekend.
- All of our campuses have officially started school. Please pray for our staff team (Brad, Cece, Justin, Marcus, Julia and Samantha) as we love students, stay up later than usual, share the Gospel many times, invite students to small groups, play volleyball/spike-ball with people half our age and work more hours than we are probably getting paid for. This is the hardest AND most exciting time of year for us.
- Pray for our staff recruitment. Specifically, our areas of greatest need are at SUU (Cedar City) and UVU (Orem).
