Praises:
- We had around 60 students attend fall retreat and around half of them were international students!
- Fall Retreat went smoothly and many of the non-believers who came had really good experiences that led them to continue asking questions, commit to reading the Bible, and in general made them feel welcome in their InterVarsity communities.
- Our coaching class has been a real blessing to us despite the extra hours. The time spent with other new area directors learning how to have good coaching conversations has been a highlight of our week.
- We feel completely at peace with taking our house of the market and we're thankful for what God has for us in this next season.
- One of our UVU students has expressed interest in helping Shadrick lead a second Bible study!
Prayer Requests:
- Please pray for the 6 non-Christians who attended fall retreat. Most of them are open to what God is doing in their lives.
- Pray for our staff team to experience a time of rest after a busy new student outreach and fall retreat. Many of us have put in more hours than usual and are feeling tired and/or sick.
- We have a staff meeting October 28th where we will debrief fall retreat and begin looking toward the end of the fall semester. Pray for unity among our team.
- Pray for Shadrick and Mirko as they start a second UVU Bible study.
- We had around 20 students express interest in attending a summer global program (Provo, Bosnia or Kenya) while at fall retreat. Please pray that these students remain excited and commit to the application process.
- Continue to pray for more staff for our area - particularly at SUU and UVU.
- Colorado Christian University is partnering with us to send a group of students to Orem over their spring break. Please pray for wisdom for us as we plan this trip and that God would use this trip to call some of the students to apply for our internship or for our longer summer program in Provo.
- We will be attending a coaching training followed by a conference for InterVarsity staff directors Nov. 6-10th in Denver. Please pray for us and for the girls as we are apart for the week (and for our parents who will be graciously caring for them). We tend to get sick around conference times so please pray for good health for us and for safe drives to Denver.
- Due to busyness and unforeseen circumstances, we have not been able to take any days off since before August. We're feeling fairly worn-out but we are optimistic that November and December will have more margin. Please pray for rest for our family and that we would indeed have margin in the next two months.
