Little did we know that when we set foot on campus on September 27 that we would encounter more spiritual battle and opposition than we have ever experienced during our time on staff with Campus Crusade. The beginning or the year has been challenging for many reasons.

We had a lot of opposition on campus from different people who said that we couldn’t do questionnaires on campus. We were out in front of the bookstore and the manager came out and said that we could not be there passing out questionnaires. We knew that we had a right to be there, so we checked it out with the administration and they said that what we were doing was perfectly fine. We managed to do about 2000 questionnaires, but we were a little discouraged because we thought we would be able to do more. But God is faithful, and we were excited to be able to do 2000 questionnaires.

Another issue that has come up over and over again since the beginning of the year has been relational issues. Dave and I have had to talk to quite a few students who have either had moral issues that have come up, or have issues with others in the group that they are not dealing with in an appropriate way.

Because of all of the relational issues, Dave and I decided to do a series of talks on the Body of Christ and our relationships with one another.. Dave started the series on October 14 with a talk on “Taming the Tongue”. He did an awesome job, and many of the students commented to Dave that they really learned a lot from the talk. In fact, one student emailed Dave and said that the talk helped her tremendously.

Last year when we started our group here at UC Davis, we were small and our group bonded very well. Now we are experiencing some fun and exciting growth. But along with the growth, the students are learning how to relate to each other in a healthy and positive way. Please keep us in your prayers as we face this new year.

We have about 6 students who have been helping us contact students from the questionnaire. We also have 4 students who are going to lead Bible studies. It is so exciting to see these students step up and begin to invest their lives in other students.

3 weeks ago Dave had the privilege of seeing 2 young men become Christians! Dave had appointments with both of these men from the questionnaires that we passed out. One of the men, Andrew, became a Christian on a Tuesday, and then 2 days later he came to our weekly meeting. On Friday night we all went bowling and then to ice cream, and Andrew came with us! And our students were so encouraged and excited to see this brand new Christian hanging out with us. It really motivated our students to contact many students from the questionnaires.

• Please pray for the unity in our group. Pray that we would not let petty issues between each other deter us from our goal of reaching students on campus.
• Pray that the new students getting involved in our group would continue to get excited about reaching the campus for Christ.
• Pray for us as we lead the group. Pray for our walks with God and our patience with the group as we experience growing pains and trials.
• Pray for our marriage.