It's been an AMAZING September & October - God has been truly building momentum among our students & student leaders. I can confidently say that it feels like we are at 100% full capacity from COVID!
This year I am studying the Bible 1-on-1 with a student named Nick. He is 22 years old and has been consistently attending Richland Campus FOCUS Thursday Night Fellowship and Core. He has been a huge blessing to my life through his consistency and eagerness to learn & engage with Gods' word (see photo below).
Typically at a community college, we have 2 years or less to get students plugged into our community in order for them to build spiritual friendships and cultivate a space for them to grow in their relationship with Jesus. Over the last few years we have sensed a type of trepidation and angst among incoming students to be bold and let themselves be known by other students around them. This year we have probably seen the most open & warm-hearted group of students enter our ministry.
I hope the photos below encourage you and show what your support has been going towards! There are a lot of cool things going on and I want y'all to know all about it! Even this last Thursday night we had an after-event where we encouraged our students to go out, grab some food, and come back so we can all watch "Coco" the film together. The majority of them came back and we had a great time!
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| This year our worship team has consisted of me & Kris (right). She has been doing an amazing job playing Cajon and making our Thursday night fellowship times encouraging. |
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| Our 2022 Richland Fall Camp group! We had such an amazing group of students this year come & join us! |
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| Our Wednesday Noon Men's Core - they have all been so consistent and engaged with one another every week! |
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| Joey giving instructions to our students for a cool worship activity :) |
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| This year I get to lead core w/ Yoni (above). Here he is sharing his student-testimony at Fall Camp! He did a great job being vulnerable and sharing how God has impacted & shaped his life. |
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| Our Thursday Night FOCUS gatherings have been a great time of sharing in one another's lives. These students are definitely busy and it means so much to our staff that they would make it a priority every week to show up! |
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| Here's a pic I took at our annual FOCUS Worship Class! We all get together to have a fun class on talking about the "Why & the What" of Worship with one another. What a great gift to get to lead this class! |
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| Last night Joey did a great job preaching on "Come & See: God's Heart for Growth" :) Grateful to have him on our team! |
Thank you all so much for your support & for believing in our mission! October was a powerful month of seeing God's faithfulness in action and beyond that, I get to see God's faithfulness through YOU all.
THANK YOU - for your encouragements & love! I'm honored to get to walk alongside you on campus as we get to be vessels for God's love!
Your brother & campus missionary,
Sirak
