The new year has brought new life and new ministries in Mike’s work on campus. Mike has been meeting with Thalia, a freshman girl, this semester that has been coming around IV since the beginning of the year. Mike wanted to teach her a gospel outline, and was hoping to gain some clarity on where she was at with Jesus. As they were talking Thalia articulated how much she had grown in the last 6 months, and decided that she hadn't been a Christian ["agnostic at best"] at the beginning of the year. In light of where she was now, Mike invited her to make a commitment to follow Jesus. She wanted to do it on her own before God and later that night Mike got a text from her that said, “I did the thing! I prayed out loud [asking Jesus to be her savior]…I ended up taking a while, but I feel a lot calmer now.” Mike and Thalia are celebrating with some ice cream when they meet later this week! Praise God for new life and divine, unexpected appointments!
At Urbana [read more here] Mike felt moved to help create a safe space for black students to explore their faith at Purdue. There hasn’t been anything like this on campus, and so it felt like InterVarsity could meet a need at Purdue. Luckily, Latasha and James, two IV volunteers at Purdue, felt a similar nudge from God at Urbana. This semester, with the help of a student leader Waverly, they have launched Collegiate, Black, & Christian [CBC] a weekly gathering where black
students can study scripture and talk about faith. They had 8 people at their first meeting, and were already featured on the front page of the student newspaper. The best thing about this new ministry for Mike has been watching them take ownership of CBC and really dive into the risks that God has laid before them. It has been a fun semester for Mike as he has been reminded of what he loves to do: help people know God and be sent to share their faith within their networks.
At Urbana [read more here] Mike felt moved to help create a safe space for black students to explore their faith at Purdue. There hasn’t been anything like this on campus, and so it felt like InterVarsity could meet a need at Purdue. Luckily, Latasha and James, two IV volunteers at Purdue, felt a similar nudge from God at Urbana. This semester, with the help of a student leader Waverly, they have launched Collegiate, Black, & Christian [CBC] a weekly gathering where black
students can study scripture and talk about faith. They had 8 people at their first meeting, and were already featured on the front page of the student newspaper. The best thing about this new ministry for Mike has been watching them take ownership of CBC and really dive into the risks that God has laid before them. It has been a fun semester for Mike as he has been reminded of what he loves to do: help people know God and be sent to share their faith within their networks.