Good morning everyone! (or whatever time of day it happens to be when you read this) Life is going well here at the IMPACT360 campus in small town Pine Mountain. First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who has committed to pray for the upcoming Brazil missions trip and also to the ones who have given financially. Funds are continuing to come in, and I am overwhelmed by the extreme generosity. Thank you to everyone is has given and to those of you who pray for me regularly. I am truly blessed!
Secondly, I want to give you a brief update on the happenings here in the South. Last weekend we took a "field trip" to Charlotte, NC for the National Apologetics Conference (http://www.nationalapologeticsconference.com). Speakers from all over the US included James Dobson, Josh McDowell, Charles Colson, Lee Strobel, Mark Mittelberg, and Del Tackett, who is one of our guest professors here at IMPACT for a week in March. It was such a privilege to be able to sit in a session and hear these "big name" speakers talk about things they are passionate about.
During the afternoon we had different workshops that were available for us to go to. Two of the workshops that I went to were particularly meaningful to me. The topic for both of them was equipping youth to be disciples. For the past few months I have been noticing that God has been increasingly laying on my heart a passion for youth, more specifically high schoolers. A lot of differently instances have come up in the past few weeks that has just confirmed in my heart and mind that God wants me to do something in the future related to working with youth. As I went to these workshops, I got so excited when I would hear different ways to spread and apply the gospel to youth. It's been crazy and thrilling to see God ignite this passion in me, and also to see how my future career could be related to it. I'd ask you to be in prayer for me to know God's will in this area.
Just another quick item to mention before signing off, for those interested, is what books we have finished reading recently...
What the New Testament Authors Really Cared About
The Great Awakening by Jim Wallis
Truefaced by Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol, and John Lynch (we just finished this one)
1 Peter 3:15
"...but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect."
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