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200 College Students in Small Groups (at UTA alone!)

 In my last update I asked you to pray and ask God that all the efforts our team spent on the college campus, handing out water bottles and hosting daily events, would bear fruit resulting in college students coming to know Jesus. Here is the fruit! We had 200 students come to our first Thursday Night Fellowship and almost all of them have since joined a small group and been invited to study the bible one on one. Enjoy these sweet pictures of college students gathering around to worship and know Jesus more.













God is so good. These students and over 1000 others across the metroplex have the opportunity to find God, his goodness, and his kingdom for themselves because of your partnership in college ministry. I can't thank you enough for your partnership! Continue to pray for these students to say yes to studying the bible one on one and for their receptivity to Jesus invitation to become his disciples and grow in their ability to share and represent him to their peers and neighbors.

Don't forget to check out the student testimony below! Thank you again!

In Christ,

Austin



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