Staff Team:

This is a picture of our staff team from the Staff Conference we had last weekend. The top row is Alyssa, Martha, Linda, Me, John, and Dave. Bottom Row: Nikki, Kyle, and Stephanie. Linda, Kyle and Nikki are part time staff. All of them have been a blessing in many different ways. They are great listeners and very fun, loving people. Kyle and John are my roomates!

 

Work Hard, Play Hard...

Every Saturday morning, we go over to our director's house and spend the morning helping him and his family with yard work and stuff like that. Then after we are done, we eat together and get to play with their children (They have 9 children!). I've enjoyed this time, more for the lessons learned than the hard work itself. But it makes me appreciate all the hard work that my parents did for our family. Parents have jobs, children to take care, houses to take care, and many are involved in their church. Thanks to all you parents out there! Below is a picture of David, Benjamin, and Me after our Saturday morning work time.














After a long and busy week, our team (Alyssa, John, Stephanie, and myself) decided to go to the beach after church on Sunday. The beaches are around 1 hour away from where we live. W e had a great time playing in the waves and just swimming. I really enjoy our team and the fellowship that we get to have. It's a great encouragement to me. It was Alyssa's first time going to a beach on the East coast!














Just thought I would throw in a picture of some of our crazy Florida State fans! There was around 8 or so guys that painted up for the game this past Saturday. Which we lost :(

Pre-Game Fun!

This past weeekend we have a pre-game cookout for the 1st Florida State home game! God blessed it with around 50 guys and girls that came out to eat and hang out. There were around 12 people that came from the dorm that a few of us have been ministering in, so that was exciting! Florida State didn't play very well, but we got our 2nd win! Wohoo!

(Below is the group of people that came from Smith Hall, where John (my teamate), myself, and few others have been ministering.)














Below is an example of some girls decked out in Florida State School Spirit!















Chief Oseola (Our mascot) gets the fans pumped up before the game!















Here is a picture of our team that is all here now. Top row (Me, John, Dave). Bottom row: Stephanie, Alyssa, and Martha. Dave and Martha are couple that have been on staff at Florida State for over 20 years and are leading our team. It has been a blessing to get to know them and learn from them. They are full of grace and wisdom! I have enjoyed listening to Dave pray.

FSU Wins!

I'm learning how big football is here at Florida State! We had around 30 or more students over to a friends apartment to watch the FSU vs Miami game. We had a good time, even thought both teams didn't play that great. After FSU beat Miami Monday night, students we jumping and dancing in the streets and people everywhere were blowing their horns and setting off fireworks. People love foootball! I was just imagining what it would be like for students at Florida State to celebrate God like that. To be so excited to be a child of God that they would be dancing in the streets! Pray for that here! Thanks!

Rafting Trip:

Our rafting trip this past weekend went pretty good. We had around 53 students from Florida State go. I was a little dissappointed, because only 1 guy from our dorm came, but it still was a blessing to get to know him bettter and some of the other students. The one guy that did come is named Scott and is interested in reading the Bible with me. Pray that God would open his heart and that the gospel would become real to him. Thanks for your partnership and prayers along this process. I miss you all!

Rafting Trip Picutres!

Rafting Trip 06

Sep 2, 2006 - 18 Photos
Click on the picture above to view some pictures from a hike we took this past weekend!

Meet my Friends!

Last Thursday night, I invited some of the guys from the dorm over for supper. It was definitely a blessing. We cooked some chicken and hamburgers along with watermelon and some other stuff. I really enjoyed it because I felt like God enabled my friendship to grow with a lot of them. I see them in the dorm but having them over to my house deepened the connection. There picture below is 4 friends from Miami and the guy in the green shirt is from Maryland. Please pray that God would deepen our relationship and open opportunity for spiritual conversation.















Shoulder Update:
Most of you know that I had shoulder surgery at the end up July. It's been almost a month since then and I had my first physical therapy visit (in FL) yesterday. It was encouraging as the physical therapist said that my shoulder seems to be doing good and that my rotation was only week in one area. I'm really thankful for that and have been praying for healing. Please continue to pray as I still have two more months of physical rehab! 

Frisbee!!!

Everyday this week, we have invited students to come play ultimate frisbee with us. On Monday, around 60 people showed up to play! We've been having a good time and a lot of students seem to be enjoying it.














Partners in Ministry:
So far this year, I have been spending most of my time in Smith Hall ( one of the dorms). Ross and Mike (pictured below) are guys who are involved in the Navigators and live in this dorm. We have been working together tp meet and minister to students in the dorm. So far God has blessed us with many men who are interested in hanging out. Thursday night I'm inviting some men over for suppoer. Pray that God would begin to open opportunities for spiritual conversation and that some of them would be saved in the next two weeks. Thanks!















Dorm Life:
This is a picture of a hall in the dorm( I know it's nothing exciting) that I walk into often. Please pray that God would grow me in a burden for the men that I meet and interact with daily. Thanks!

Home Sweet Home!

This is a picture of our side of Duplex I will be living in. I will be living there with two other guys; Kyle and John. I really like it! It has two bedrooms, a kitchen, and a living room and is fully furnished! Everything seems so spacious after living in the dorm the last 4.5 years! The girls (Alyssa and Stephanie) live on the other side of the Duplex.

Praying for Revival:














Yesterday (my 2nd day here) we prayed for 3 hours for our campus, teamates, and ourselves as we enter this upcoming year. It was such a blessing! God was just filling our hearts with faith to just imagine God doing a work at FSU so big, that the Campus would never be the same and everyone would recognize that God is a work and that He alone is Lord and King! Please pray that our attitude of prayer and dependence would continue and that our eyes would be focused on God's great power and wisdom!

CampusTour...













Today, some other FSU students involved in the Navigators ministry gave us a tour of the campus. It is HUGE! It is about 3 times the size of the University I went to. There are around 35,000 students that go to Florida State University. The campus was beautiful and and I liked it a lot. May God raise up many to be "laborers in the harvest" from FSU.

Welcome...

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