Our School

At Northwestern College (NWC), there have been some issues raised by the students, faculty, board members, and trustees about the way the administration is running the school. In this post on Justin Taylor's blog, he references a web site http://friendsofnwc.com that talks about some of the issues that are being raised. Being a Christian school, there is much emphasis put on leading and teaching in a way that exalts Christ above all else. There are feelings at the school that these things are not being done in a way that honors and glorifies God. You can read about it and join us in praying that God would use this situation for good (Genesis 50:18-21).

Just trying to keep you informed on things going on in our life and ministry.

I am currently a little over 31 weeks! Just 9 (give or take a few days) weeks left. We're definitely getting ready but also trying to make the most of our last days just the two of us.

Video

If you subscribe to our blog through RSS or google reader or anything like that, you may want to visit our blog so that you can view the video we put together that gives you a look into our daily lives in Minnesota.

STP

Every Sunday night we have between 10-15 students over to our house for STP (share, training, and prayer). The students come together and share about younger students they are ministering to and different prayer requests they have in light of that. We then spend about 25 minutes praying for those requests, as well as for people in different countries around the world (based on the Operation World country of the day www.operationworld.org). Finally we take about 5-10 minutes where either Elliot (the other staff guy at NWC) or I will share one practical application for them to apply throughout the week as they seek opportunities to minister to other students on campus. The picture above is of our prayer board where we write down requests each week. We are so thankful that God has given us this many things to pray about throughout the week. I dont know if you can see clearly, but the "smiley faces" on the board signify answered prayers from the week before.

This is a picture of the baby's room. We will add more photos later once we put the finishing touches on.

Multiplication

One of the goals of our ministry is to see our lives multiplied in and through the lives of the students we minister to. That process is happening this year as the guys that I am spending time with (James, Drew, and Roman) are seeking to minister to others. For example, on Tuesday of this week James was able to have dinner with a freshman named Sean from his hall. As they ate, James asked him questions about his faith and they talked about the gospel together. We are hoping and praying that this will grow into a relationship where they meet regularly to talk about their faith and study the Bible together. Over the past 2 years, James has seen the value of people like myself and other older guys in our ministry pouring our lives into him. He wants to do that same thing with Sean and some of the other guys on his hall. Please pray that our lives and the lives of the students we minister to would continue to be multiplied at Northwestern College.