Photo: (Top) The UTD BSM Staff and graduating seniors
(Bottom) We hosted a BSM banquet to celebrate all God has done this semester and to commission the seniors who served on our leadership team as they head out to do ministry through their careers.
I can't believe it's mid May and we now have finished our first school of ministry back at UT Dallas! UTD is now quiet for another week and then it will be buzzing again with summer school and new student orientations.
We won't try to pack in all the great semester news here but we did want to share a few quick moments worth celebration! Also, we are so thankful for your partnership, encouragement and prayers during Spring 2018. Ministry on this campus would not be possible without you!
Highlights:
- Through our weekly Free Lunch, local volunteers, student leaders and BSM staff had more than 700 spiritual conversations and shared the gospel more than 300 times!
- 18 students and staff from UTD serve at Beach Reach in South Padre Island during Spring Break. The UTD team saw 4 students choose to follow Christ.
- 2 students, Jeremiah and Grace, spent the semester preparing to serve for 10 weeks this summer on mission in New York and Alaska! Please pray for them as they leave next week to serve as student missionaries!
- 3 international students and scholars from China chose to follow Christ through BSM connections and local church partnerships.
This is just a little taste of what you'll get to read about in our full semester update that will arrive in your mailbox any day now!
Blessings to you! Thanks for supporting us and making this ministry possible!
- Mark and Kaitlin
Prayer Requests
- We have 10 new students coming on to our leadership team next fall, giving us a team of 25 students leaders ready to reach out to their campus next fall.
- August will come soon than we think and that means thousands of new students (American and international) will be coming to UTD. Pray we will serve them well during their transition and that God will already be preparing their hearts to encounter the gospel while they are on campus.
- In July, we will be coordinating all the airport pick ups for new international students coming to UTD. We are projecting 1,200 pick ups during July and August. Please pray that local churches will partner with us, being the first people to greet international students and serve them while they are in Texas.
- We also are in a season of support raising for our team. Four out of our five BSM team raise support in order to serve on campus. Currently, Kaitlin is 60% funded. Jourdan is 79% funded. Brady is 75% funded and Grace will begin her training and support efforts on June 5. And Mark is diligently working to help everyone make support connections! Please pray that we would clearly share the story of what God is doing at UTD and that God would open hearts of people who would like to be part of the gospel being shared on campus!
- Pray for our staff team to seek the Lord and His vision for the campus. Pray we will boldly proclaim the gospel to students and disciple them well so that they become mature in their faith, able to lead others in the faith as well.
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!