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October Update!

 Hello Fall! 

September has flown by. I have tons of good news. So we’ve had two baptisms this past month. Wow. Wow. Isn’t that the best? Two ladies decided to make Jesus Lord. Pray for these ladies as they continue to seek and make Jesus known. 


(I realized I do not have a photo from the second lady's baptism. 

She is in blue shirt that says "children").


Pray for these ladies. Pray they will be serious about their faith and make a difference where they go. Since I"m asking for prayer requests, continue praying for the students we are interacting with who are not following Jesus. I have been blown away by the number of students attending our small groups who do not call Jesus Lord. I have had two conversations with different leaders who are thinking through how to best love their unbelieving friends. I feel like God is moving and moving people into meaningful friendships. Pray that he will use us to love the people around us. 



This is a picture from our fall camp. Such a special time. I was the lunch lady for the weekend. I made sure everyone had water and lots of it. 



Ministry has been going well for me. I feel like this year I've been processing the fact I am helping a ministry plant at TCC. You might say, "Emily, that was the whole intention of going to TCC, and how could you be surprised that now TCC is a full-blown ministry?" I hear you. I really do, but man, I didn't realize what a need there was these campuses. I had no way of knowing how much I would love these people and how quickly we would meet people who wanted Jesus-community on campus. It has been great leading with Graham. We have four leaders on our campus. I am thankful for their flexibility with the ways our campus is experimental. This photo is from our leader meeting we have once a month. Graham served pancakes and we taught some principles for campus ministry. 



There have been tons of sweet moments this month. Our TCC ministry has been around for a year. That amazes me. Continue praying for our ministry there. Pray that leaders will rise up and that we will meet new students. TCC is a community college, so students typically stay for 2 years. We were so blessed to have many of the students last year be freshmen. Graham and I both have been feeling sad that many of our leaders will be transferring next year. We are optimistic though at what God is doing here. We have a fall festival coming up this month where we hope to meet students. 


We are at two TCC campuses. Graham and I work at the Northeast campus and my friend Bailey works at the Southeast. Southeast is a smaller campus. It looks much different than the campus I’m on. Bailey has been working hard to connect with people, and her hard work is beginning to pay off. Her ministry didn’t have many ladies in it. It was a boy’s club for a long time. I am praising God because now she has several new ladies coming. Our TCC turn out was huge for our annual fall camp. We had over twenty students show up. So yay God, am I right? Be praying for Bailey and she works at Southeast TCC. Pray she will meet the right people.



Thank you so much for your prayers and support. You make this ministry possible. 






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