When it Rains, it Pours

Here I sit, typing a blog to you all, as Katie sleeps.



Katie is my boss's 2 year old beautiful girl... here is a photo of Katie and me earlier today when we were outside...she is sleeping right now so I am wanting to update you all!



This past 3 weeks have been incredible. I have seen God blow open the doors and wind come rushing through - the girls I have been meeting with all year are changing and growing in Christ! I have been praying that God would give them desires for his Word and for HIM and it has been happening! And I have seen how certain horrible events have brought some girls to that place, and certain great events have brought other girls to that place. 3 girls in the past week have asked if they can start meeting with me to read the Bible - excuse me?! Girls actually pursuing ME to read THE BIBLE with them?! That's crazy talk. I have been pursuing these girls hard core all year, and now they turn to me and pursue me! God is answering months and months of prayers in our last 2 weeks of being together in State College.

Please continue to pray for all these girls throughout the summer as they all take off and return home or head off to different summer plans or internships. I know that this summer will be hard and most likely many of them will slip back into old patterns - but pray with me that they would return in August HUNGRY again for more.

Here's a couple photos for you.

Last Friday night after Nav Night we went and played broomball! It was a lot of fun. Here are some of the girls in my study...I love them so! I feel like I look pretty tough holding a stick...



Here is a photo of Nate and I...I maybe accidently hit him in the calf with my stick - a joke gone bad...the welt was kind of big...thankfully we're still dating. ha!



On Tuesday night of this week we had a Bible study hangout and our theme was "Black and White Affair" so all the girls wore black and white and we had a nice italian dinner and good discussion.





Last Saturday I drove to Philly with Meghan my roommate to visit some friends we have in West Chester. It was a fun drive there and back, and a great day visiting with friends and talking with them about our ministries here. I'm going to miss being roommates with Meghan next year - she's moving into a different house closer to campus...I'll get a new roommate, Lauren. I'll show you photos next semester of her.



And lastly, on Mondays we are now doing "Freshmen Training" - we have about 25 or so freshmen coming to learn how to share the Gospel, their testimonies, and engage with other students about their faith. 6 of my Bible study girls have been coming to this! Its kind of the precursor to students joining our leadership team in the coming years. It has been a lot of fun - I feel like lately I have hung out with students so much - and it is AMAZING. The conversations we have been having are so brought about by God...they want to ask tough questions and they are coming to places where they are questioning what it looks like to leave their pasts behind and follow Christ...I love it! Here's a photo of the freshmen training as well as dinner afterward in the dorms with my girls.





Oh! And last night we had an event for freshmen girls called "Boys and Chocolate" where we had 29 girls show up - we had candles, chocolate, and nice music. We talked with the girls about what it looks like to relate in Godly healthy ways with guys - it was such a great time, that afterward when I dropped 3 girls off at the dorms they had so many questions for me about the issues we brought up, that we talked for another TWO HOURS till 11pm and I dropped them off. 2 of those girls wanted to start reading the Bible - one of them said "I want Jesus to change me! I want to be different! How does that happen??" PRAISE GOD FOR HUNGRY HEARTS! May God continue to change this upcoming generation to be an army for Him.

Thank you for your prayers - I am up-close and personal here, and I see how they are being answered!