(written by Tyler Wickstrom, campus staff at Idaho)
A few months ago Beth* dedicated her life to Jesus in a quiet conversation on a sunny day. In learning about God’s purposes for her life she has gone from running down the hall yelling “who wants chocolate?” to inviting her friends to an event to hear her testimony. In mid-February we hosted a family-style dinner where she could share (see below), and out of the 18 students who came, 13 were new, 7 indicated wanting to join God’s family, and one of them was ready to give his life to Jesus. This is when I met Parker*.
Parker grew up with a difficult home, and he had been seeking God for a while. He came to the dinner to support Beth, but in a prayer exercise Jesus surprised him. His grandmother had a purple room that brought her joy, and in prayer he found that “Jesus wants to give me my own purple room!” When I met with him to interpret and discuss what this meant he was excited to see Jesus restore and redeem his own story. He accepted Jesus into his life joyfully.
Beth had another chance to share her story a couple weeks ago in front of 400+ students at Winter Conference. We brought 8 UI students, and that night God was pursuing Seth*.
A few months ago Seth heard Beth running down the hall yelling “Who wants chocolate?” and at the time this simple gift brought him to tears. He began discovering who Jesus was in our Bible studies (as someone raised in the church but long adrift), and that Saturday evening at Winter Conference he felt God was calling him back into His family. When we processed this invitation he made a decision to follow Jesus while excitedly telling Jesus “Thank you!"
Thank you so much for your continuing support and generosity. For these three students at UI, your prayer and partnership helped them encounter Jesus in ways they’d never imagined. You have made all this possible.
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