I went to campus on Wednesday to follow up with several students who came to Christ during the month of March. I've been to this campus several times, and I knew there was a group of Christians that meets on Wednesdays. I wanted to try to track them down after several times of missing them.
Sarah, Skye, and I headed over to the copy center where they meet. (It turns out that the copy center doubles as their Christian headquarters, complete with a third-floor room with Jesus posters, resources, and sound equipment.) I was able to connect with Joel, a student who invited us upstairs before the meeting started. It turns out that he was the former leader of the group and became a divine connection for us.
When the current leader showed up (along with about 6 other students), we sat down to talk more about Enfoque México. They knew a little about us from some students in the group that had contact with us before. I could tell the leader was welcome to help but guarded in how he opened up to us (wise). They shared the vision of their group called "Generation with Vision" (nice).
Then we made our intentions very clear. We're simply here to help students create a movement of spiritual multiplication. We have no intentions of controlling. In fact, we want the opposite of that. We need students to have complete ownership of leading their movements.
That seemed to put them at ease. Joel shared how he felt we were an answer to his prayers. They had been asking God to bring them resources to help them reach their campus for Christ.
Here was a movement that has been led by students for the past 10 years without a single staff person . . . more evidence of what God is doing here. We're beginning to build a network of students that have the vision and commitment to reach their peers for Christ. They just lack the resources and a little training to make it happen.
Lord, I want to be an answer to the prayers of more students throughout this country!
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