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What God Did This Year

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 Hey,     The year has come to a close and there is so much that has happened recently and throughout the whole year that I want to tell you about. God has taught me and others through me a lot this year. I am honored to have been able to do this apprenticeship and to be believed in by so many people that trusted me to learn and share Jesus with people. Thank you so much for your generosity! It allowed me to do this and God used it to show me things about myself, things about him, and things about community. Thank you all so much for your prayers and for investing in my life in whatever ways that you have. Ryan my mentor has been a great friend and leader for me this year, I have learned so much from him. God has used him a lot to show me grace and patience while wanting what is better for me.     There is a lot I want to say about what I have learned this year and what all has happened but I will try to keep it short and use as much pictures as I can. Thankfully one of our last assign

February Ministry Update

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Hello,      Thank you so much for your support, friendship, and reading this months blog!! Ministry has been a blast recently and I can't wait to tell you about it. Zoom Core during the winter storm     This last month we have had two cores online which has felt a lot like the more intense covid-19 days. I remember during this core feeling like Jessie in Toy Story 2 not wanting go back in the box. But Praise God that even with bad weather we can still meetup!! Maybe there are some things we can learn from the weird times we had in the pandemic and not give up meeting with each other!           Also, we had three guys drop off with our small group but we have seven new guys this semester! God clearly is in control of what He is doing in peoples lives more than we can be. Our first themed leader meeting, Aloha            Another thing that is new is that we started incorporating themes into our leader meetings. Our first one was Hawaiian themed and after I reached out to Hawaiian Bro

God Provides

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 Hello friends!!      Thank you for taking the time to read what has been going on at UNT, TWU and in my ministry. I really appreciate the support you give me financially or otherwise. God has been using this apprenticeship through the classes and relationships to teach me many things about who He is and what it means to be His.  The sunset the first night of our winter camp. God's creation is beautiful!     Every year FOCUS has its annual winter camp the weekend before classes start back up. Which give bless the ministry in lots of ways. It gives students who are coming from out of town an opportunity to come back just a few days early and join, it excites people about ministry going into the semester and allows people to rest in community before jumping into a busy semester. Praise God for providing this opportunity, especially in a year where it seemed uncertain! There were so many people getting cases, even the Sky Ranch Staff had to have a last minute day of meeting to see if

Halfway through the year!

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Hello Friends, Family, Fans, and Supporters!!       It is so crazy to me that the apprenticeship and this year of ministry is halfway through. It feels like so much has happened so far. From reading the Old Testament, to settling into Denton, building friendships, and giving my first sermon. The Work that God has done in my life over the last five months has been incredible and makes me excited to jump into this next semester. Thank you so much for your support in ministry through prayer and finances! The things that I am learning through scripture, classes, and people are irreplaceable and have already made a large impact on the way I think about God, the church, scripture, and being a disciple. I can't thank you enough for your support.   Praise God for His faithfulness and the ways that he works!      Our God is a very personal and relational God. He consistently meets people where they are at so that they can experience relationship with him and life to the full. God knew we we

The Sweetness of Community

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 Hello Friends and Family!! UNT/ TWU Fort-Night before Christmas Party It is crazy to think that the school semester is almost over and that the apprenticeship is nearly halfway done. There has been so much happening recently and I can't wait to see how God works through the next school semester! Last Old Testament Class As of today we have finished all the classes from this semester. Thinking back on what all we have read it's encouraging to me to see how God has revealed himself to me. I have learned a lot about God's continual faithfulness to His people in the Old Testament. I have already seen God use this to help me minister to people that I am meeting with!!  Small group Wii Tennis Tournament Recently in my small group (core) we started saying the words "sea monkeys" when we get to the verse that we are about to read so we know that we are all there and can proceed. It has become kind of a theme for our core and I found a relatively cheap t-shirt with sea mo

Seeing God move

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 Hello all!! Getting to see God work in my life, the lives around me and the community has been amazing!  Large Group Worship at TNF Every avenue of ministry on the UNT campus has shown to me things about God. God has shown up so much recently and I am so grateful for this blog to give me a chance to stop and reflect on all those ways. One of the ways that I see God working is at TNF (Our large group meeting). We recently moved into a larger room that allows more space for fellowship and room for people to get out of their seats for worship. So many students are up at the front worshipping God, singing praises together, putting their arms around each other, and uniting on their mutual love for God and His people!!  Mini Pumpkin Painting Outreach Recently as part of the apprenticeship we have been doing an evangelism class as interns on the UNT and TWU campuses. The other week we were tasked with planning, promoting, and putting on an outreach event for both campuses. With Halloween com