Fore! [by Amanda]

The Lord works so mysteriously! Over the last few years, I have seen Him use golf balls on several different occasions. This Sunday, I saw Him work again through another random golf ball during our Club 121 game night.

We had just put pizza on our plates and were looking for a place to sit, when we spotted the open couch. As we sat down the girl I was sitting next to spotted a random golf ball on the floor. Since she had heard that Jonathan had proposed to me using a golf ball, she started asking me questions about our relationship.

For the next several minutes, I had the pleasure of sharing about God’s providence in drawing Jonathan and me together. As she asked questions, I talked about God’s ongoing work and how our marriage has been a refining process in my life. I enjoyed telling her how our faithful God uses those moments of trial to mold us more into Christ’s likeness. At the end of the evening, she came up to me and thanked me for our conversation. She even asked if we could talk again sometime later.

I went home so encouraged! In many ways, it has been a real struggle to connect to the students at Louisburg, but the Lord is faithful. He continues to reinvigorate us and fill us with hope when we need it. I have no idea why there was a golf ball on the floor that night, but I do know that the Lord used it to open a door that had not been opened before.

Happy St. Patrick's Day,

March prayer requests

· YMI — (YouthFront Mission Institute) Continue to pray for wisdom as we plan. We are in contact with several different missionaries to possibly partner with. Pray for clear direction as to where the Lord desires us to serve. Also, pray that the Lord would be directing the students that He wants to come in the fall. Finally, we still need another female staff person.

· Club 121 — Praise the Lord for relationships that we are building! Continue to pray for the students who are attending the weekly Bible study. Pray that God’s light would shine through them on campus and in their homes. Finally, pray for wisdom to know how to challenge them.

· Camp — We are still in the process of recruiting and hiring cabin leaders and a cabin leader supervisor assistant. Pray for wisdom as we interview applicants. Also, the curriculum for camp is changing a little this summer, and it will affect cabin leaders in several different ways. Pray that we would be able to fully prepare the cabin leaders for this transition.

· Family — We just had a sonogram yesterday, and found out that the baby is currently over 5lbs and seems to be healthy. We have just over 5 weeks before it is due! Continue to pray that this new chapter in our lives would draw us into a deeper relationship with Christ. As our baby will depend so heavily on us in the first months, pray that our eyes would be opened to our total dependence on Christ.