It's September!!

 Wow, I cannot believe that I am already almost two months into the apprenticeship! It has been such a busy past month but filled with sweet blessings! However, first I wanna say thank you so much to everyone who is supporting me throughout the apprenticeship! I keep learning over and over what a sweet gift it is to work in ministering to students! You guys make it possible for us to be on campus. I love that this is my full-time job! :)

We hit the ground running with Welcome week! This week was filled with such neat things! If you don't know what welcome week it is we have intentional events to meet people in order to build our cores (small groups). It's always important to do welcome week because that is when students are most willing to try new things and join organizations! 

  This is me and some of the corefas during one of our welcome week events!

We had our kickoff TNF this past month which was so sweet and encouraging! TNF stands for Thursday night fellowship, it's our worship service! During our service we always start off with worship music and then have a message, afterwards, people will go and hang out! It is always one of my favorite nights of the week because you get to see how God is working throughout the whole community. We had around 120 people show up which was so great! Not because of the number of people but because it showed how hard everyone had been working during welcome week in inviting people to the community! 

This is a picture from our first TNF! :)

This is me and my core (our small groups) ! I have really loved getting to know each of these girls and building a relationship with them. It is so encouraging and sweet to see how God has been working in their lives since before I met them. It is also so encouraging to see how passionate they are about following and learning about Jesus! A lot of them have mentioned that they came across F.O.C.U.S. at a perfect time and it's like God knew they needed community. That has been really encouraging to hear because it shows how God is working! I am really excited to get to pour into them and learn from them as the year goes on. They already have such a big space in my heart!

This is my core! I love them so much already!

Here is me and the apprentices at our monthly sabbath dinner! We decided to have monthly sabbath dinners where one apprentice at their home and we each bring a dish to share! This past month's theme was breakfast foods so everyone brought breakfast foods! It was a  sweet time to get to see the other apprentices outside of class and just hang out. We only get to see the apprentices who are not on our campus during class! I love them dearly!

Me and some of the apprentices at our monthly sabbath dinner!

Thank you so much again for partnering with me in ministry! You guys are such a big part of why we get to do what we do! I would love to hear from you guys and how I can be praying for you!

Prayer requests

• Please pray for my CORE and that they would let God continue to work in their hearts! And that they would draw nearer to him!
• Please pray also for our upcoming fall retreat in October! This is a 24-hour retreat where we get to worship together, listen to messages, and also just build community! Please pray that we will learn more about God and also grow closer as a whole community and CORE.

In Christ,

Carolina