Last Day on Campus in 2010

Students are finishing finals * some of our co-workers have left Milwaukee to get to their families before the snow hits * Ben and I drove in from Downers Grove, IL this morning after visiting my family for the weekend. These are signs of the end of the fall semester, and yet we have made appointments with students on campus today. I'm not going to lie-I was a little unmotivated to drive to the East side today for one appointment, knowing it is supposed to snow around 3pm and I would have to drive home in it. This is the week I get to work from home and don't have to leave my apartment all day for meetings or Bible studies. I can send emails and plan for next semester in my pajamas, while listening to music. Ahhh...

Ben also made an appointment to meet for the first time a guy who had come to our October outreach. It can seem impossible to follow up with students who attend these, especially months later, but even during finals week, this guy responded to Ben's last attempt to get together. I'm at a nearby coffee shop waiting for the girl I am meeting to finish her last final, when Ben excitedly calls to tell me that this guy he met with put his faith in Christ! Our outreach had given him the opportunity to reach out to someone who follows Christ and ask the questions he needed to ask to help bring him to the point of making this decision. I am so glad this is how Ben spent his last hour on campus!!

Though it seemed like coming to campus today was inconvenient and not how we "should" be using our time with just a few planning days left, clearly God had something better that we didn't know about. I can't wait for my appointment in one hour!

Proverbs 19:21 "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails."


Us with Jim Monroe, the creative mind behind the MAZE Outreach we had in October. To learn more visit www.whatisthemaze.com.