The School Year Starts Tomorrow! (Please Pray)

Move in day is tomorrow. Later this afternoon we will be getting together with our leader team for the first time all together. We will pray over the campus, and do some training on how best to meet people, make friends, and invite them into Christian community. There are 40,000 college students on UTA's campus. That is a lot of opportunity for divine appointments! Would you please join me, and the rest of our staff and student leaders in praying for those who might meet. We want the light of Jesus to shine through us so that many many young men and women will be interested in knowing Him more. We promise to be present and active on campus, there's multiple events every day of the week for the next two weeks. It can be intimidating and exhausting, but since God is with us, we know that he will both sustain us, empower us, and use every moment to spread his Kingdom on this campus. But we so would appreciate your prayers. And we aren't the only campus.

This photo represents our wider focus staff across all of DFW. Over 50 college missionaries and pastors ready to go make Jesus known at UNT, UTD, UTA, SMU, TCU, Collin College, and Dallas College. I'm so excited to hear about the stories of God I know will be shared. Pray for all of them too. I've got a feeling that God is going to move in a big way this year. He's that good.

It's wild to me how fast Lucy is growing. She can stand on her own with something to grab onto. She is bright, smiley, and loves making noises with her mouth so we think she will be pretty outgoing.

Perfectly suited for campus ministry or anywhere else the Lord may lead her.

Lastly, a fundraising update. Our needs for this school year have been met and I am so grateful to God and to all of you for that reality. I am however allowed to raise an additional $300 a month or $3600 total for the rest of the school year. Hayli and I will be fine without it, but every little bit that we can add towards savings or some sort of college fund for Lucy is always deeply appreciated as well. If you would like to make another gift you can do so here. Don't forget to check out the student testimony underneath, and remember to please pray with us for this school year which starts TOMORROW!

https://anyfocus.churchcenter.com/giving/to/austin-gage

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