From February 2-4 we had our first annual combined Kick off Retreat with 3 different universities... Griffith (where I am working), University of Queensland (UQ), and Queensland University of Technology (QUT.
The retreat was up in the Bunya Mountains, about a 3.5 hour drive from Brisbane... On the journey we saw a lot of evidence of the floods and how high the water levels had been... there were clothes up in the high branches of some trees over 30 feet tall!
Over those couple days, we re-focused the vision of the Great Commission, to make disciples of all nations... several students shared about how God has recently captured their hearts toward evangelism since being on Summer Project this past November.
We also got to spend a bit of time focusing on the upcoming year at Griffith... we had 14 students attend Kick off and made some great progress on planning and preparing for Orientation week, where we'll have the opportunity to meet all the first-year students.
I have this deep sense that God is at work more this year at Griffith than I remember last year... everyone is so excited and eager to commit time and energy into serving God through Student Life :) We even have 2 first-year students involved for this next year and it hasn't even begun yet!
Thanks for your prayers and support, I really appreciate it :)
Photos:
My team! (Danae, Ben, Kyle)
Al and Kyle singing some worship around the camp fire :)
The whole crew, from Griffith, UQ and QUT. What an encouraging bunch of college students; they're ready to take on the upcoming school year and serve God actively on their campuses :)
I'm excited for your year too! That's a good looking crew
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