Butt-Kicking

So I haven't really posted in a while. To summarize the reason it's really a bit of 'getting used to life back in Ottawa' combined with 'I procrastinated a lot on my testimony' and then a touch of 'I was in the middle of nowhere Quebec'. I will hopefully elaborate on each of those in the near future, but right now I would like to briefly elaborate on the most latter of the three.

This weekend was the Power to Change retreat, Summit, for Eastern Ontario and Montreal, so we were out at Mille Iles and a camp. Over this weekend the speaker really challenged our view of a polite and quiet Jesus, but rather one who gave up everything and became nothing for the sake of the world, and was raised again back to the power and glory He had in the beginning. Then the challenge to really follow Him and take risks, praying for Him to do huge things and then actively pursuing it.

The weekend really impacted our little group from Carleton turning 13 students into a group of God's children ready to work and see God do great things.

Today at 5:30 there was a real prayer meeting, probably the best prayer meeting I'd ever been to at school. The group had increased to nearly double the normal amount on Mondays and this was real prayer, not wishy washy useless requests we could do on our own, but asking God for more, both for us and the campus. At the end our friends were going to go out on campus and have some conversations with any students that would still be around. We really prayed they'd find someone who was desperate for the truth, at a place of brokenness and openness to the gospel.

Not long after I got home I got a text "WE HAVE A NEW SISTER IN CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

WHAT?!

God fully and truly answers prayers and acts when we put all our trust in Him to work!

Plot twist: Before going out SD had earlier asked that God would have bring someone to Himself today, AND JB was praying for the muslim students at Carleton at nearly the same time as their conversation (her family is muslim)

May this passion really increase, not decrease in the next few days and weeks! May God give us more compassion and love for the students on this campus!

D.Fa