How God Used You;
We could not do this ministry without our team:
Read more about most in the sections below
-New name in the Lambs’ Book of Life!!!
- Meeting a very spiritually diverse group of students and having an impact on them.
-Starting a new Christian Challenge Club at an unreached, super liberal Arizona State University Campus
-Our new leadership
-Weekly events and Bible studies.
-Lots of students are being met through ASU events.
-Student leaders are being invested in and trained up.
Made possible by God’s mighty power and your prayers & giving:
thank you!
New Salvation!
This has been one of the most exciting months we’ve had in a long time, and there is no way to put it all in this month. We have some awesome highlights though. I’ve been leading my Man Clan Bible study, in which we have four very different men coming from four very diverse backgrounds. The only thing that they have in common is the fact that they haven’t accepted Christ, until this month. Pat accepted Christ on his first time at a Christian Challenge small group and said afterwards that he knew God brought him to our group.
We have more people hang out with us after as we watch UFC in the main social/common area in Taylor Place, a 14-story, two tower dorm on campus. This activity has helped us meet a lot of new guys and relate to them.
Two of the other guys in the group, the “pothead” and a another student are very close to making decisions. I can feel God moving in the group and pushing them as they interact in discussion and as nothing is being held back. I’m building up some trust with them as well. David, the body builder and guitarist in a metal band is very open to the Gospel as well, and has already attended a service event with me.
HUGE Coed Bible Study
I (Bryan) gave Thursday night to Ryan and Kelsey, two of my most involved leaders and they have run with it as I’ve been training them in action. I have never been so impressed by such instant growth and intentional use of influence.
Kelsey is one of the student leaders on her floor, and her pull to get some of these non-Christian and Christian girls in our group has been amazing. We have had 25 people there after only being on the campus for part of one semester.
Ryan is recruiting guys to the group, including one former Jehovah’s Witness. The spiritual diversity in no way keeps us from teaching what God wants us to, and it’s been awesome.
1 on 1 Discipleship
I (Bryan) have been reconnecting with one student because God is bringing us back together. He started reading Ezekiel, a book I’ve done intense studying of, and he came to me to share what God was showing him. We both wanted to start meeting one on one again, and so every Monday after he gets off work, he comes over and we spend some serious time in the Bible, in each other’s lives and as friends. Something that has been nice after have one of the best friends I’ve ever had moved away recently.
I’ve also started to meet more intentionally with my student-leader Ryan on a one on one basis. He is a student that may someday be leading a campus by himself. I feel so blessed by how God has let me be a part of His purpose and allowed me to grow in Him significantly the last couple of months in my own life.
Cooking Group
One of our awesome leaders, Kelsey asked me (Jamie) to lead a cooking class for the ladies in the dorms. I was so excited as I’ve been focusing on a more supportive role in ministry and can’t be on campus with the newborns. Granny Dee (Bryan’s mom) stayed with the babies and Dallas while I was blessed to teach the girls how to read the ads for sales, use online recipe sites to always get a positively reviewed recipe and then cook Chicken Milano (mmm!) and eat a homemade meal together (a luxury for a student). I was astounded at how many students came! And several of them were unchurched students and/or it was their first event with Christian Challenge- Praise God! It was also an opportunity to share about what a blessing it is to get to cook for our families and how I thank God for the food I have and the people it will feed when I get overwhelmed or tired.
Powers Update
Oink, Oink! The swine flu hit the Powers’! We got Dallas some “oink-ment” and some Tamiflu :). He recovered, and then, most likely due to his asthma, got bronchitis (and an antibiotic), and finally (Lord-willing!) pneumonia and another antibiotic. Dallas also turned FOUR years old, November 5th. Praise the Lord for His amazing gift to us of parenthood: what an amazing blessing!
Colton and Hendrix are doing well! Hendrix is ten pounds and Colton, 9.5. Dallas has done better than we expected with the transition and so have we, thanks to help from our parents!!! We love you!!!
Thank You for Your Prayers!
Please pray…
- PRAISE Colton Isaiah and Hendrix Elijah are doing great!
- PRAISE Pat accepting Christ!
- PRAISE & Prayer: New Phoenix Campus
- Our Aunt Betty and Rio as they deal with a sudden loss of husband/father, Bob.
- Our roles as Jamie focuses more on being a homemaker.
- Healing with losing Madison Grace
- Our support
- Sanctuary Church
- More salvations
- Growth and development of more leadership.
- -1 has accepted Christ on the new campus.
- C., G., S., J. & M. to accept Christ
How can we pray for you?
