Hello All! We're in Buckeye country now, folks! Thank you for your prayers and continued support these past few weeks as the Fall Semester begins! This is a very critical and busy time of the year for us: the past few weeks have been filled with moving to the great city of Columbus, learning the campus, welcoming students, and getting our ministry off the ground. Below you'll see some highlights of the past few weeks. August 2-9, Saint Paul's Outreach hosted over 200 students at St. Thomas University in MN for the School of the New Evangelization. On August 15-17, the weekend after our arrival in Ohio, the women living in household went out to Hocking Hills for a retreat. This was an awesome opportunity to build relationships, catch a vision for the year, and just have fun together! This year I'm living on OSU's South Campus in an apartment with 3 students. Kaitlyn, Jillian and Kari. We've named this new women's household JUDAH. Already, I am feeling beyond blessed as we begin live together as sisters in Christ. These women seriously bring so much joy to me and the Catholic community here at OSU. On August 23, OSU welcomed its students back to campus- Approximately 50,000 of them! September 4, found us at the Student Union hosting our first monthly One Gospel. September 18, we hosted our first women's night at Bethlehem - one of the women's houses on North Campus- We called it: Sweet Tooth and Photo Booth. September 25, was our Formation Kickoff. We have 65 students in our formation program this year! God is indeed GOOD! CRUSH week was a huge success not only in the numbers we've had but in the fact that we are seeing many of the people we've met back again! Our 27 bible studies are overflowing with students from every side of campus, leaders are being formed through our formation program, household and one on one investment. Relationships are being built, conversations are being had, we are blessed with fun, laughter and joy. Please pray for us as we continue this work, and please pray for all of the students at OSU's campus!
0 Comments
|
This Blog...I'm Emily: a mission leader with Saint Paul's Outreach. This is blog is here to keep you up to date with what is happening in the mission field at Ohio State! Archives
October 2016
Categories |