None Like Him


Hello all!

"I could search all of heaven above
And never find another like You, another like You
I could search all the earth below
And never find another like You, another like You
There's no other more beautiful
Never find another like You, another like You
There's no other more wonderful
Never find another like You, another like You
Who is like the Lord?"

These are some lyrics that have been encouraging to me this month. I think they also characterize how I’ve seen God show up this month on campus. He has been faithful to show up in ways that only He can. If interested, the song is "No One Like You" by UPPERROOM. 

In mid March, for a full week, we had a group of students come down from Washington from a ministry that we, FOCUS, have had a long term relationship with. Their ministry, CCF, is a community who loves Jesus and is seeking to make Him known on campuses up in the Northwest. This week, during their spring break, was such an encouragement to our ministry. They come ready to serve, to meet students, to know us, and ultimately to let the Lord use them. While they are here, we do a full week of outreach. At Collin specifically, we were at each of the four campuses everyday from 10-3! We got to have so many neat and fruitful conversations with students about their faith, their involvement in community, and to initiate friendship with them. 

In this one week of being on campus, I met students from Vietnam, the Philippines, Bolivia, Egypt, China, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria, just to name a few. Collin College has a great ESL program, and I was able to connect with many of them from being able to spend prolonged time on campus. Getting to talk about different cultural backgrounds and spiritualities, I was so encouraged in reflecting in how magnificent our King is and how incredible he has made people and His creation! There really is none like Him. 

We had a day on campus talking about growth, and we potted plants with students as part of our conversation starter. It was a hit!


Wouldn't be a real week of outreach without a game of Uno. I think it was the largest game of Uno I have played yet!

We hung some photos up, and used them to ask students about their thoughts on beauty. 

One of my favorite parts of getting to know the team from Washington is having dinner with them. We had a handful of families from our community cook us food each night, which was such blessing. 



So many of our Corefas showed up last week. I am so proud of them stretching their outreach muscles. 

I met up with many of the girls that I met a couple weeks ago, and I’m looking forward to seeing how God shows up to each of them. Thank you for your continued prayers and support. I think of you all often as I get to walk on campus each week. 

As I head towards the end of my Apprenticeship year with FOCUS (my last day as an Apprentice is May 31st), I wanted to update you guys that the staff has offered to have me stay on for another year! I would love to meet up with you to share how God lead me to that decision; let me know if you would be interested in that! Part of staying on staff another year means getting to continue with a support team full of people like you. I wanted to let you guys know here in case you would like to pray about continuing to support me once my apprenticeship ends, and I of course will reach out to each of you to see where you might be at. 

I pray that God meet you where you are at when reading this. That His beauty, majesty, and peace would surround you and your needs. I love you all.

Sincerely,
Renee

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

He makes it grow

Image
Hi everybody!  It's been another full month, and I can't believe we are already in November. Here are just some of the ways that I have seen God grow those around me:     Fall camp!  Each year, each campus of FOCUS puts on a weekend retreat that we call Fall Camp. It is one of the first times in the year that all the students can have fun, learn, and worship together outside of our normal weekly fellowship gatherings. This year we, from all five of Collin campuses, took a group of about 60 students to Mount Lebanon for a packed full 24 hours. Several of the girls from my core who came spoke about powerful interactions they had had with the Spirit during that time. One girl in particular has a Muslim background said at the end of our time that she, “Wants to get to know God better, and build a relationship with Him.” There was another girl who showed up at camp not knowing anyone, but was able to build a friendship with all the girls in my core. I’m humbled ...
Read more

Giving as you've been given

Image
 Dear family and friends, I pray that in the midst of the sometimes bust transition between spring and summer that you are filled with the peace and joy of our Father. As the school year comes to a close, I pray that you are met with His nearness and providence. You are so loved.  Our students here at Collin have their finals next week, so we have had our last peer team meeting, our last correa meeting, our last TNF for this year is this tomorrow, and we had our last core last night. In all of these times fo reflecting, it is so evident that God was near and Good to us this year.  In our last core, we got the chance to share about a few different things, but spent some time with this question: What has God given you this year that you want to give to others? Elaina, who is transferring to Hardin University in the fall, shared about how she wants to be the friend that we were to her to those she will meet at her new school. Elaina has grown in depth, and I'm so grateful th...
Read more

Ending as a Beginning

Image
 Happy 2022 everyone! I am so grateful to be entering this new year with you guys. This past month was full of wrapping things up (😉) and I reflected on how the closure of one can often be a start to another. As you all went through the holiday season and as you start this new year, I pray that God meets you in both your endings and your beginnings. Here are some of the ways we wrapped up last month: Our students at Collin got to celebrate Christmas together in true Collin fashion. We worshipped and reflected about Jesus together, ate lots of queso, and built Christmas forts. Each core had one hour to plan and execute their fort, and my core came up with the theme, "There's No Place like Gnome for the Holidays." While we didn't win, we did get an honorable mention, so I'm pretty proud. It was a sweet night to see all the students who have been impacted by Jesus and His body in some way or another from all the Collin campuses (we are at all 4 this year!) As we con...
Read more