Week 1

There were so many cool stories that I can't even begin to share them all, but here are just a few. :)

So this week we focused on doing evangelism with our students from 10-3 each day. It was such an amazing experience going out and seeing where students are at and hear about their beliefs.

We ended up having about 4 students interested in wanting to learn more about Jesus, so they are meeting up with us each week reading the Gospel of Mark together. It is amazing seeing open hearts wanting to learn more about Jesus and who He is. We also saw one guy give his life over to Christ and decide to accept a personal relationship with God. It was so exciting seeing him desire God and completely turn his life around.

Besides that there were so many stories of God working in peoples hearts and opportunities to share God's love with people. It is awesome to be a part of what God is doing here on Newcastle University.

Below is a picture of a Sydney team of students that came up and helped us do evangelism all day on Tuesday. There were 12 of them that came up for the day to help out on our campus. This was such an encouraging time for the students of Newcastle and Sydney. It was amazing seeing the campuses of New South Wales working together to share the message of Jesus with university students.

Prayer Night

Last night we had a prayer session with the students and it was so encouraging. We all met up together and chatted about our second semester mission. This year we will be doing a lot of walk up evangelism and talking to people about what they believe and inviting them along to different events that we are putting on as Student Life. We will be having a lunch hour each day to chat, eat, hang out, and play cards. We also will be having a weekly meeting and also a new Chai tent one day a week. We will be handing out free Chai tea and creating a social on campus around this.

I am so excited about this mission and going out doing evangelism each day and just getting to know people and what the believe, but last night was one of the highlights of this year. Listening to the students prayers for this campus and for them to be so excited and passionate about reaching out to students and making evangelism as a way of life was so amazing.

At the end of the night the students put us missionaries in the middle of the circle and surrounded us and prayed for us as well. This was so amazing hearing the prayers of the students surrounding us and hearing how much we have encouraged them and I guess helped them was overwhelming, but so exciting. It is amazing what God has done in just three and a half years of having Student Life on Newcastle campus and how much the students have grown.

I was so encouraged last night and am so excited for second semester mission. Tomorrow is our first day back on campus and I would love to ask for prayer for our first two weeks of outreach. Pray that God would pour His strength into us as we go out and pray for open hearts for those we talk to. Pray that we can really see fruit from these 2 weeks of outreach.

One Day Prep

I am back from our road trip through outback Australia. It was a blast and so many cool experiences. :)

I am back home for one day (today) and preparing for MYC (Mid Year Conference). This starts tomorrow and goes for the week. I am stoked for this and we have 15 Newcastle students going, which is amazing!

Please pray that this next week we all grow closer to Jesus as missionaries and students!

Riding Camels :)

So half way through our road trip we were at Uluru, the big rock in the middle of Australia. We ended up riding camels at sunset. It was awesome.

Hannah and I riding our camel. 

Hannah and I with Apollo, the coolest camel ever! ;)