When Ministry Calls

The Holidays Thank You I'm so incredibly appreciative for you! I can't thank you enough for all of the support, prayer, and mula that you have donated to helping me bring God's light to Brookhaven and Richland college campuses. What a unique blessing it is to have so much care and support from you. I pray for you as much as I can, and that God would bless you even more than you've blessed me! Karaoke Night On November 9th, we had a Karaoke Night! After the spontaneous outbreak of karaoke at the Halloween party, we decided to dedicate a Tuesday hangout completely to karaoke! We had a really fun time singing together and goofing around to some funny songs like "Never Going to Hit Those Notes" ( link ) and all time classics like "Can't Help Falling in Love". This is a picture of Benji lip-syncing to Bryan who was NOT having it (jokingly).  Thanksgiving at Brookhaven The week before Thanksgiving, on Tuesday, we had a Thanksgiving lunch and crafting s

Events, Events, and More Events!! Thank you!! You guys are great! Thank you so much for your support and prayers and donations! Thank you for the encouragements and blessing you've poured out on me! I literally couldn't do any of this without you! Events Org Fair :     At the very beginning of October we had another organization fair! This time around I had some help! Erika (pictured) is a student who volunteered to be our student spokesperson on how great FOCUS is!      At this fair we had a question board where we asked "What does it mean to live life to the full", and has sticky notes for students to answer the question and engage in conversation about how Jesus wants us to live full lives here and now. This fair brought many more students to our weekly meetings which was a huge answer to prayer! Fall Camp :      Fall Camp is a yearly event that FOCUS does in the fall where we go to the campgrounds at Mt. Lebanon Camp and Conference center and spend a full 24 hours

  This month has been such a blessing! Thank you! With how jam-packed this month was with building friendships, administrative successes, and strengthening the biblical scaffolding holding up my faith, I can tell that I am being prayed for! Thank you all so much for your support in prayer and in monetary donations! It has been so freeing to know that I can do what God is calling me to do without worrying about whether or not I'm going to be able to pay the bills. Your contribution has really been put to work this month, and God is doing some great things because of it! Sharing and Shaping! This month I got into the full swing of event planning! One of the things that we have started this year with the Dallas College FOCUS is to have weekly ministry hangout times for students to get to know each other and to have fun together. Our hope is to introduce a context were students can start to build deep, spiritual friendships that will last a life time, and to open up the door for them t

Oh my WOW!! What a month! Thank you!! Thank you all so much for your prayers, they really helped me through these last few weeks. God has been shaping and reshaping and growing and stretching me each day and through so many people. I am so appreciative for your support in praying for God to give me strength, peace, and deep love! Finally On Campus! Last week was the first week of classes at Brookhaven , and the first bit of evangelism and outreach that we did at Brookhaven! It has been a bit slow going due to the shift from Brookhaven College to Dallas College: Brookhaven Campus. Brookhaven has been joining the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD), and is currently in the final stages of changing over all of their policies and structures. This has made becoming a registered organization at Brookhaven a bit confusing, both for us and for the college staff! However, God is in control and went before us to make sure that there was an amazing Christian leader involved in the O

The Fun has Begun!   I wanted to start out with a big ol' THANK YOU ! ! Thank you for reading this blog. Thank you for supporting me. Thank you for your prayers. Thank you for being here with me and being the engine behind this locomotive of ministry! I literally could not do this without you! The Crew This picture is of the Richland/Brookhaven team . From left to right we've got Sandra Salvador, me, Claire Umstead, Sirak Asfaw, and Joey Thurston. Sirak, Sandra, and Joey are staff members, and Claire and I are apprentices. All of us will be bringing God's love to Richland College and I will spend a majority of my time at Brookhaven College. The Fun This last week was our staff retreat. We went out to a camp to spend time together as a staff and get to know each other better while also setting the foundation for what the beginning of our semester would look like. Even though this was the first week of being a licensed minister, we have been doing a lot of learning before no