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March Update!



Hello again! It's time for a monthly update. Above is a photo from a galentine's we hosted for students. It is a mix of girls from TCC and UTA. Our students had a blast planning our get together. 

This past month we had a guest speaker come and talk with our weekly meeting. They are called the Traveling Team. Their whole mission is connecting students to mission work in the 10/40 window. The 10/40 window is a rectangular area that covers 10 degree north and 40 degrees north latitude. This area is full of countries that have high concentrations of unreached people groups with no access to Christianity. The Travelling Team's whole presentation was to inspire students to consider how they may help this window either by serving a mission or becoming a missionary. I love how we got to highlight another ministry's passion to our weekly service. FOCUS's main vision is making our students missionaries on campus. We don't have natural pathways to point students to the amazing works other ministries do in other countries. I am so glad they were able to come. 

One way we are being missionaries on campus is through our weekly outreach. Several students have been committing weekly time to being present on campus and creating an event. They have held signs asking if people need prayer, they have played games and brought bracelet making materials all to make Jesus known on campus. Pray that we will be a positive impact on campus. Below is a photo of one of the students who have been heading this up.


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