Where is YOUR root system???
"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."

 

We all know that a strong foundation is everything. we sung the song "a wise man builds his house upon the rock" as kids, we know that if a tree has a shallow root system it will fall, eventually...

 

But what is their rock, or WHO is their rock? We give our kids the best education we can, we offer them good food, we read to them, pray with them, train them to be moral and kind, and take them to church.

 

I have begun to wonder if I have let them make ME their root system. Do I allow them to tap into MY faith instead of teaching them to go to the one true source of strength and stability



As this new year begins and so many sons and daughters go off on their own to make their own choices I am praying that they will be rooted in Christ and not in US their parents.

My first week as a campus missionary...

 

The first week of classes was topped off with a great pool party. We had lots of fun in the pool with the football, finding challenges to complete. And by "we" I mean the students and Dan :-)

If you would like to see what they tried for an hour to accomplish and finally did click here!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10101420068094160
and if you would like to see a few of the failures click here...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201479014364963

We also played ultimate Frisbee, well, they did, I took pictures and cheered them all on.

And of course there was lots of just plain visiting.......

 

I am continually impressed with how much Anna and Dan love the students and how much the students love them. As the new person I am doing a lot of watching and learning. This week during worship we had a wild party going on on the other side of a false wall and Dan handled it SO well, he had us all laughing as he challenged us to step out and share the gospel with people on campus.

Wes Blood also was there and many students signed up to be conversation partners with one of the hundreds of international students.....Im telling you, WE LIVE ON A GREAT BIG, HUGE, AMAZING MISSION FIELD! people from all over the world right here in Toledo! No plane ticket needed!

international students from UT at my friends house.

I am learning to be willing to change gears, re-vamp, put kids in front of plans and just hang out without an agenda. I am also learning that this is going to take time, and lots of it!

Huge praise, we were given a couch and a chair for the lounge area in the basement! this is a huge blessing since the one down there has no legs and is very small :-) We are still in need of folding chairs.

We fed 15 students on Friday and I am looking forward to feeding many more as the year progresses. If you are willing to underwrite a meal ($20-$40) I would be VERY grateful.

In September we will be doing training and getting ready to serve in the 04 with some of the poorest kids in the country, I am so excited to introduce the students to the amazing kids down there.

what a blessing to do ministry with my big kids!!!

Please pray for me as I

• seek open doors to show students how much Jesus loves them.
•  I learn how to juggle 5 children, a husband, a house and this ministry.
•  I try to cultivate close relationships with the students.
• continue to find people who will support this ministry.

our youngest 3 in school for the first time! SO thankful for the amazing people at Emmanuel.

Paul has shown himself to be an amazing home work helper, take the kids to school, save my butt when I am running late, run to the store for lunch supplies, supportive husband! I am so very thankful for him!

to support me please send a check to 4923 Cranston , Toledo OH 43615 made out to ACT or go to the www.actoday.org site and click on donate.

AND WE ARE OFF.....

Sunday night freshman cook-out

First night of worship for ACT

Today we will have our first Sandwiches and Service night, we will watch Andy Stanley's Christian, eat together and learn about the 04.....starting the last week of Sept. we will be serving at TNC with the Childrens ministry. Friday will be our kickoff  for Lifeskills Lunch.

I would love to have some people come along side me on Fridays and sponser a lunch.
I also have a need for folding chairs, 8 would be great.

ActiveChristiansToday

I debated for a long time whether or not I would start a new blog for my missionary position at UT or stick with the old one.

 

 

Since I love the title "Captivated by Grace" and I Think it works with campus ministry as well as with parenting I decided to just keep the old one.
 

SO I will be transitioning my old blog into one that will keep all my ministry partners updated on what GOD is doing at UT.Believing that God is going to provide where HE has called I would like to share with my friends the needs of ACT and our family :-)

HOW CAN YOU HELP????  SO GLAD YOU ASKED!

---underwrite a meal, about $25 will feed 30-40 students Lunch

---donate you gently used furniture, we are in need of seating in the campus house.

---I would REALLY like 4 card table sets, this way I could set them up for meals and take them down for added space and use the folding chairs for added seating for Bible studies.

---be a guest speaker at "life skills Fridays" this is a time when I will be teaching cooking, budgeting, grocery shopping, laundry etc. to the students.

---Be a prayer partner! BE A PRAYER PARTNER!!....BE A PRAYER PARTNER!!!

---support ACT in my name so that they can continue to pay my salary.

Thank you for reading this blog and for supporting ACT in any way God leads you to.

In HIM who loved us first
Cyndi