I can't believe that its already time for a new semester! We're jumping right into it though. Friday and Saturday we had tons of fun moving new freshman into their dorms. It reached 102 both days so we were really hot, but it was totally worth it! Families always appreciate the help and its a blessing to be able to serve them with something as simple as carrying their child's possessions to the third floor. One of the girls has even connected with us at both involvement fairs and is excited to be involved this semester. Funny that she was probably one of the ones that I thought would be least interested, but we invited her anyways and how wrong I was. She is a sweet kid and even is bringing her friend around. I look forward to seeing what God does in their lives this semester.
Saturday night we had a cookout and met a few other students who were bored and decided to come eat some free food. One of the girls was really interested and said, 'I wish I could come to your Bible studies, but I'm not Baptist' What a shame... JUST KIDDING! I told her that she is totally welcome and she even said, 'I'm not sure about free lunch, but I really want to come to the Bible studies!' Usually, not always, but usually kids mainly just want free food; we through in some Spiritual food for them as well though. They may think all they need is a sandwich, but we know that they need Jesus and that they will come to that realization at some point. Sunday and Tuesday were involvement fairs and we met a bunch of kids there which was also really fun. All of the in between time we stay busy preparing for the semester, meeting with kids, and contacting kids that we've already met.
It is a crazy few weeks, but full of excitement and anticipation. We know that He has great things in store for UTSA and we desire to see these 29,000 students realize their need for Him. We had a beautiful prayer gathering today. Outside about 50 feet from the President's Picnic at which they served thousands of kids burgers, veggieburgers and hot dogs. There was loud music, excited chatter, and a really nice, cool breeze. All reminding us that we are here for a purpose and a visual reminder that there are so many students right before us who are broken and dying... may our hearts be broken for them as His is.
