Kickoff to the school year!

I can't believe the apprenticeship is finally here! I am so pumped about it! Thank you so much to everyone who is supporting me financially and through prayer. It is so encouraging to know that all of y'all are excited and want to invest in campus ministry. You guys make it possible for us to be on campus! On this blog, I'll be posting monthly updates about how God is working throughout the apprenticeship!

Our first day was August 1st where we started the apprenticeship with orientation and old testament class. I am so excited to be reading through the old testament, the first we week read through the first five books of the old testament! I am already learning so much from just these past couple of weeks and can't wait to use what I have learned in ministry! One thing that has really stuck out to me is God's faithfulness to his people in the Old Testament, it blows my mind to see how faithful and merciful he was to them!

Here is a picture of all the apprentices during OT class! 

This is all the apprentices at FOCUS licensing ceremony which was so sweet and encouraging! During this ceremony, the apprentices and re-committing staff make commitments to set Christ-like examples and serve their campuses faithfully throughout the school year. During the ceremony, I realized what an awesome opportunity that I get to serve God in this way! This ceremony made me more excited for what I'll be doing this coming school year!

Here are the apprentices before the licensing ceremony! We thought it would be funny to carry David since he's the only guy apprentice!

The staff goes on a four-day retreat at the beginning of every semester. This retreat that happens at the beginning helps the staff prepare for the upcoming school year. It was so encouraging getting to go to this because I came out of it feeling prepared for the school year and so encouraged that I get to be part of this team! I felt like I learned a lot from the short time at retreat! Our time at staff retreat was filled with fellowship and also sermons that helped us think about ministry for this coming school year. One thing I walked away from staff retreat is that we need to be rooted in him while doing ministry because he is the one who works through us and get our strength from him.

 Here is a picture of all the apprentices at staff retreat!

Here is the staff from all the F.O.C.U.S. campuses during staff retreat! :)

Thank you so much again to everyone who is supproting me through prayer or on my support team financially. It is so encouraging to know you guys want to invest in what God is doing on DFW campuses! I'm so excited to see what God will do this year and can't wait to tell y'all!

Prayer Requests

• Pray that as we are on campus this week that the student's would be open to what God wants to do in their life and also to community!
  
• Pray that as we try to reach these students we would be bold and not listen to fear! That we would listen to the spirit in who he wants us to reach out to. 
• Pray for the staff, professors, and other employees that they would be able to love these students well!

In Christ,

Carolina :)