Georgia Tech students are busy. I usually chuckle to myself when a college student complains about being busy. "Just wait until you get a real job or a family, then tell me how busy you were in college!"
But Tech students might have a real case for their busyness. As a result, time is one of the greatest challenges we face in helping students come to know Christ and grow in their faith. Since God normally works through exposure to His word and Spirit-filled believers to draw people to himself, we try to create a few getaways and conferences each year to get a concentrated block of time in which we can expose students to effective teaching and lifechanging fellowship.
Emily set me up for this post with post on our family ministry blog - but here are the facts behind the photos, each one a result of God's grace at work at Georgia Tech!
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| Justin Craig, our guest speaker. One of the main appeals of campus ministry is the idea that the people you reach today will be influential tomorrow. This weekend we witnessed this idea in fruition. Justin, a student who came to know the Lord through our ministry as a student back in 1997 today is planting a dynamic church in Atlanta. At our getaway Justin gave 4 excellent Biblical messages that impacted everyone at the retreat. So, today when I walk on campus I pray, "Lord, lead me to the guy who will become the next Justin!" |
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| Anna "I love Bosnia" Oneal in concert. Anna is an influential GT senior. Her involvment in the movement led her to spend two summers at our partnership campus in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Her heart for Bosnia is famous, atleast among her peers. She is planning to to to Bosnia as a missionary with our minsitry when she graduates. |
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| Not your avg Christian students - two of these smiling students spoke with me about how the Lord was speaking to them at the retreat. When I asked Andy how the retreat was going he answered, "Good, this morning I realized major confirmation in my calling to fulltime ministry." Based on his gifts and experience, we agree! One of the other guys at the table is Daniel, a student with a special burden for people from a non-Muslim Middle Eastern nation. This weekend he shared with me how he is leading an investigative study on the Old Testament and how it points to Jesus as the Messiah. |
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| The guy who had break-through - It seems like their is someone at every retreat who has a major breakthrough. Last year it was Matt. After the retreat he kept growing, ended up going to Bosnia for the Summer, and is now engaged to marry a strong Christian girl he met in our movement. This year I think it was Jim. He was an outsider to Crossroads until very recently. He opened up and shared with the group that he feels like his life is now changing. I can't wait to see what is next with Jim. |
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| The hug photo - Devi and Amber, both fantastic girls who are immeging as fruitful leaders in our ministry. Devi was one of only a few women who got invovled from the freshmen class last year, but she is amazingly motivated to grow and to reach out at Tech. She and another students are starting an investigative Bible discussion group for pre-med students on campus. |
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| The guy with the purses - meet Taylor, one of the sharpest and most fun Freshmen students we have met this year. He came to Tech all the way from California. He came with a strong desire to grow in his faith and a willingness to reach out to his friends. He was also game to deploy some silly props in an entertaining game during the retreat. |
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