It's been a great month! Lots of Focus on Jesus studies finishing up, and that means lots of students making new commitments to the Lord! If fall is planting season, the end of spring can be harvest season. Pray for lots of God deals in the three weeks we have left. :)
A quick update on the lawsuit--it's still making its way (SLOWLY) through the process. The state is appealing the injunction put in place. Our attorneys have received their appeal brief and have until May 20 to respond with their own.
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| Many of you already know about Rez Fair, our big event at UTD to openly celebrate Jesus' resurrection with a bunch of other ministries and local churches. I love this picture. On the right is Paul, who gave his life to Jesus during his sophomore year of college and now serves as a FOCUS pastor. On the left is Aaron, who was a sophomore in FOCUS my first year as a FOCUS pastor (2002!) and attended Rez Fair as the pastor of a church! |
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| One of the most popular things at Rez Fair every year is the competition to see who can hang the longest. Students love it! Who knows why?! |
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| There's always live music, and Felipe (one of the guys I get to meet with every week) was drumming. Love that smile. |
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| Our sweet sisters (and brothers) from the Catholic ministry were teaching people to make crosses out of palm leaves, a cool thing to take home with you. |
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| Lailah and some other girls performed a praise dance. The whole day was a blast! |
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| Here's Felipe again with his girlfriend Mykayla. I wanted to include this because lots of students join us at Northeast Church on Easter. There's always a petting zoo. It's "for the kids" but I think the college students like it more than the little ones! |
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| Baptisms! |
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| Hard to get good pics at night, but Kaylee baptized Faith, and afterward Faith's father prayed one of the boldest, sweetest prayers over her that I've ever heard. Wish you could have experienced that moment! |
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| Kole baptized Chase, and I'm so pumped to take this guy to SICM! |
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| Ditto with Adam! |
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| Last weekend I got to go to San Jose and spend time with 6 dear friends who are UTD FOCUS alumni. Plus 5 little future alumni. This was us doing family devotional before bed with the Smiths. |
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| Debra gets her own picture since she was taking the one above! |
Thank you for making all this possible!
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