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Where's Wisdom?

Every month, I find myself in disbelief at how fast time has passed. March indeed flew by. Spring break can do that for you. Your prayers for me have been answered. I am refreshed and feeling freer. I am beginning to see the fruit of trusting God and living with an open hand. Thank you for coming alongside me in that. I hope you too can find the peace that goes along with reliance on God. I will continue to confess the battle trusting God can be, especially when it's about those you love. 

This month has been a special one. We have had many opportunities for our students to be in the scriptures. It's not that we don't read the Bible typically. It's just that we have been facilitating public readings of scripture to prepare for our Pizza Theology event. This is an event we do every semester across our campuses. All of our campuses meet together in Richardson, we teach for four hours, and for intermission, we eat pizza. It's a beautiful event. We are teaching the wisdom literature: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes. Personally, I have seen God use these scriptures to minister to how I view the difficulties of ministry. Each book sheds light on my current circumstances. I am using this experience to show my ladies how important and relevant scriptures are. 

I also had the opportunity to host an opportunity for silence and solitude for our leaders. The practices of silence and solitude have been incredibly meaningful to me. You all know I am a talker. This is a beautiful thing, but I have found this desire to fill space with noise sometimes challenging in my quiet times with God. In 2020, I read an article about different spiritual practices and this duo stood out. You may be thinking, "That is the easiest event to host. You just need space, and poof, be quiet". And, it was. I live by a park. I had two students come with me. We went our separate ways and I took them when and where to meet me. I gave the advice of don't be so hard on yourself if it's hard to keep your brain quiet. The students found it to be easier than they thought. I definitely want to think through more ways to incorporate this practice into my ministry. 

Continue praying for my students. Pray over TCC and our ministry there. We are about to finish our second year there. We are sending seven people on our leadership trip to Washington. This is incredibly exciting. Pray over their fundraising for the trip. Pray that they will have boldness and trust God with his provision. Pray we will steward well what he has given us on that campus. 

Thank you so much for your support of this ministry. You make this life possible. God is good.

Here's a photo from a worship night at TCC! We got to sit on exercise balls. What a joy! 

Here is a glimpse of the game everyone is obsessed with. Our students love NERTZ. I personally am nervous about fast pace, competitive games. 

Here's a picture of me and a sweet friend Morgan. She was in my peer team a year ago. She is working on her master's. I get bi-weekly time with her. Such a treat to continue to see her grow and be a part of that journey. 


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