This past weekend 18,000 new freshmen moved into dorms all over the UCSD Campus. This week is Student Welcome Week, where freshmen become oriented with the school, enjoy student life (before classes consume all of their time), search for organizations and community, and begin making new friendships. Classes start this Thursday the 22nd.
As The Navigators at UCSD, we are hard at work, getting ready for our Fall Launch! Earlier today we met with our student leadership team who will be partnering with us to meet as many new students this year as possible. Monday and Wednesday of this week we will be manning a recruiting table for our Nav group, telling students about who we are, what we will be doing this year and more. Every approaching student will be invited to fill out a spiritual interest survey, have the option to join a Bible study or Investigative Bible Discussion, guess how many hundreds of candies are in a jar (the closest gets them all!), be invited to our first NavNite this Friday and our Saturday Beach Party, and talk personally with our students and staff about our unique family community seeking Christ together.
Tess and I are feeling so refreshed and incredibly excited about this coming school year. We are really trusting God for big things on campus at UCSD this year! Beginning tomorrow, we will be launching our new school year. These students are searching for meaning, for identity, and for truth. Will you pray with us, as we recruit students over the next two weeks, that God will bring those He has already prepared, into our lives and ministry? We desire to love students where they are at, advancing the Gospel in their lives, and see them grow such a passion for God and His word. Thank you for praying and standing with us in spirit at UCSD.
We hope to update you soon on how this second half of the month’s recruiting goes and all the wondrous stories God gives our group.
If you are interested, I recently posted two new prayer and training updates on our blog as well. Check them out at Holechek.blogspot.com
Thank you so much for standing with us in prayer on campus as we meet hundreds of new students, welcoming them to UCSD and possibly our Navigator Family.
In Christ,
Stephen and Tess
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