Photo: (Top) A group pictures of the 5 BSMs in North Texas that participated in Fall Retreat in Cedar Hill, Texas, (Bottom) Students learning to share the gospel at Engage 24 training
Last weekend, we took a group of 31 students and staff to join a fall treat with 4 other BSMs from UT Tyler, Midwestern State, Tarelton State, and A&M Commerce. We had a great weekend of worshipping together, being equipped in the Word and growing in our love for each other. I'm amazed at what God does when we pull away from our normal schedule for a few days and give Him space to speak to us.
As soon as we got back, we jumped into Engage 24 on our campus this week. Nationally, Baptist college ministries set aside Wednesday as an intentional 24 hour period of sharing the gospel on campus. Our UTD students got so excited about this and they planned gospel sharing activities for the entire week. The lead team paired freshmen with upperclassmen so they could go on Comet Cafe Runs throughout the week (a time where they go engage students in the Student Union Cafe in spiritual conversations). The students also held outreach booths in the Student Union where they engaged students in spiritual conversations via Soularium Cards (check them out at https://www.cru.org/train-and-grow/share-the-gospel/outreach-strategies/soularium.html). Also, two of our leaders planned a Wednesday night focused on training our 5 small groups in sharing the gospel and then spent the rest of the evening hosting outreach projects to meet knew people and engage them with God's story!
It was great to see students share the gospel for the first time or grow in their confidence of the Holy Spirit working as they share the gospel. Please pray that this week becomes the norm for our group.... making gospel sharing a natural part of their lives!
Blessings to you! Thanks for supporting us and making this ministry possible!
- Mark and Kaitlin
Prayer Requests
- We had two students sign up for the state-wide student missions emphasis for Christmas break. Please pray for Mason who will serve in NYC Chinatown and Christine who will serve in Moldova for a portion of the Christmas break. They have much fundraising to do by mid November so please pray for provision for them.
- We are at the midpoint of the semester. This is the time when students become weary and have potential to drop out of disciple and evangelism on campus. Please pray that they will press into their relationships with Christ and find strength and perseverance, reaping a harvest if they do not give up!
- We continue to have lots of work to do on our house, but praise God that 10 students and friends came to help us last weekend. Please pray that we can find a helpful and affordable drywall contractor to help us finish things up! Please pray that we will have a healthy balance of ministry time and time to finish things up on the house so that we can move in.
We are thankful for you and have been praying for you too. Please feel free to send us your prayer requests so that we know how to better pray for you! Blessings!