The Opening Weekend Photo Journal

Friday was move-in day at Loyola. We had time to ham it up a little. Loyola's move-in is spread out over several days, so it's not so busy.


Later that night we got the Loyola and Tulane leaders that were already in town, and not busy practicing with the marching band, or helping with Tulane's freshmen orientation to reconnect over dinner at our place, and spend some time remembering why we do all this stuff on campus. Some good time was spent seeking after God.


Saturday was Tulane freshmen move-in. The majority of more than 1,300 freshman, and 250 transfer students moved in that day. We were to busy hoofin' boxes around and sweating to snap any pictures. :) It was a great day to practice the art of service, and love with our hands and backs and legs. Sunday morning, was Chi Alpha on the Patio. Where we served up free pancakes, and had a brief worship service for new students to connect with God, Chi Alpha, and a few local churches that sent representatives. We met several new students that morning.


They were so blown away by the welcome they received from our student leadership team!

A Time for Prayer: Fall Leadership Advance

Hello!

We've had a pretty active first weekend at Tulane and Loyola. I'll post some pictures and a bit more news tomorrow or later this week.

In the meantime, I covet your prayers. We will be taking our Leadership Team out to Pensacola, FL this coming weekend: Saturday-Monday. There we will be vision-casting, praying, training, and planning for maximum effectiveness on campus this semester. But, all the training, planning, vision-casting we can do is meaningless without the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit.

Please pray with us this week, especially Thursday, which I am making a day of fasting and prayer for the coming weekend.

thank you!

edit::the fast has been postponed until tomorrow, as I have not been feeling well.

Gearing up for Fall Kick-Off

Here is our postcard newsletter that just hit the mail today:

Click on the image to see it larger.

For more info on upcoming events, check out www.nolaxa.com and view the calendar there.
(By the time you read this, I may have put the calendar on this website...)

Also, stay tuned here, as I'll give more specifics on what's coming up, and how you can pray, and support us.

Did you know that college 80-90% of college freshmen connect with a peer group on campus in the first 6 weeks, and will spend the next 4 years primarily among that small group of friends?

Wow! That gives us 40 days from move-in time to find our opportunities for befriending new students in hopes of sharing the love and message of Jesus with them. That calls for some serious prayer.

Our Church

Hey friends, I thought I'd share a few pics from our home church here in New Orleans: St. Luke Assembly of God. Because of travel to family, travel to speak at other churches, and upcoming Chi Alpha events, we only get to be there for 1 Sunday out of 6 for a stretch we're in the middle of right now. We already miss our church family.

The first pic is Sister Carol, and behind her, her husband Tom in our kitchen for a fellowship meal.

Next is some of the rest of the group at the table. And finally, a random pic Jen snapped from the front of the church on a Sunday morning while making an announcement.