Happy New Year! We are back! Students are on school and we are preparing for our annual winter retreat. I hope yall had a restful Christmas season. Ours was made sweeter by having little Bonnie around. I found myself looking forward for future Christmases as Bonnie grows and becomes more aware. It is so exciting to think of the ways we will get to point our little girl towards Jesus using the excitement and truth of Christmas. Anyways, our last semester ended with a bang. We threw an awesome formal for our students. It is special getting to plan these events that make college so memorable for them. Below is a photo of our TCC students. I was blown away by how close these students have gotten over the year. It can be hard getting people to buy into being friends. TCC has really grown close and it's always the highlight of my week meeting with them. Pray that we will use our community on TCC's campus to be a light to students who don't know Christ. Pray for new students to g...
Happy Thanksgiving! I thought I would include a glimpse of our Halloween party last month. I love getting to wear goofy outfits for Jesus. Above is a photo from our TCC core. God has been kind to us this semester. We have a really great group of people. This is us playing uno after our lesson was over. Our students hang out each week after our core. The sense of community among these students has been ministering to me. TCC has gone through many changes. This is sort of the typical experience for a community college. Students leave after a semester or a year. This can lead to a culture of students not wanting to invest in organization since they don't plan on being around for long. I have been so encouraged that these students want to spend that extra time together. I am also excited that several of these students want to transfer to UTA next year. I thank God for this. The whole goal of being at TCC is that we can be a bridge for students to have instant community at their ...