October was a fun and very crazy month. For starters I got married, which if you’re reading this you probably already know. That caused me to have a pretty fast and furious October; I felt mentally and physically exhausted a lot of the time. With that said, I am very happy to be married now, and to not be planning a wedding anymore! The wedding was great, I was glad to have it, it was fun and special, but I am ecstatic that it’s over and I get to just enjoy the married life and do ministry again without having a constant haunting feeling that I forgot to get something done and that my wedding will be a disaster. Life is good.
Even though October was full of stress, God is good and God is faithful. He’s been working fervently in our ministry and He has continued to bless me by teaching me new things and reminding me of things I know but seem to forget about.
On our girl’s side of the ministry I estimate that we have over thirty one-on-one bible studies going on. That is awesome! These are with girls that are involved in our ministry as well as those who aren’t. We aren’t a ministry that is focused on getting people to our large group meeting and building up our numbers. We are focused on helping people find Jesus, fall in love with Him, and ultimately give their life to Him. And if that happens through them coming to our ministry, great, but if not than that’s God’s business and we are happy to play whatever part He’s given us. One really cool thing from this month that I would like to share with you is a story of one our student leaders. She works at a bank with I think five or so women who are all quite a bit older than her. She was telling me that she has had some religious conversations with them here and there when it has come up, and has given bibles to two of them on different occasions after they had approached her with various spiritual questions. She then told me that she felt like God was wanting her to ask a particular one of them if they would be interested in studying the bible, and although scared to do so, she did. The lady said yes and was very excited about the opportunity. Running into the girl’s mom later on she said, “You’re daughter’s gonna teach me!” How cool is that? A twenty year old has trusted God, despite fear and intimidation, and is going to teach the gospel to a forty-seven year old! God is good you guys, and He is working! I encourage you to look at your own life. What has God been pushing you to do? If you can’t think of anything, then you’re probably not opening your ears and listening. Paul tells us that “those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” If we are being led by the Spirit then we should have plenty on our minds of what we should be doing for Him, because there is plenty of work to be done. I was encouraged and challenged by this story, and hope you will take it to heart also, being spurred on toward saying “yes” to God in whatever He asks of you, and keeping your eyes and ears open to the Spirit.
We've got about a month and a half left of the semester and then it’s winter break. Which winter break is actually still a great time for ministry in our community college realm because no one really “goes home” since they all live close, so that will be just as exciting as the semester. Please keep praying for us! Pray big prayers, have big faith, and be looking for what God is calling you to do as well. I love you guys and gals. Thank you for your support in letting me get the chance to work for God in a really cool and exciting way, it wouldn't be possible without ya’ll.
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