A chair phobia confirmed
"So I kind of have a chair phobia," my teammate, Evelyn, confessed to our team earlier this month. Evelyn went on to explain that before hosting events for students at UBC she often fears they won't have enough chairs for everyone. Our team listened, joked with her about this, and prayed for the UBC kick off event happening that night.
This is the report we got back when Evelyn checked-in online the next day.
"Soooo, my lack of chairs phobia was confronted yesterday as we had 190+ students come out to the kickoff and yup, not enough chairs!! We ordered 50 pizzas! And finished 45 of them. Great day connecting with students overall but a bit tired today."
Thanks for your prayers and support as we start another school year. As I've been working away this month confirming mission trip details for promotions at our Summit retreats, September 29 - October 1, it's been fun to get the highlights from campus activities as my team checks in online each day. Here are a few:
"Yesterday we had our Montreal campus student leaders training day and it was so good. We had about 22 students from four different campuses - they are excited and nervous about the start to the year." - Dave, Montreal
"We worked all weekend. Met students from Vietnam, a bunch of Central Asian countries, a ton of African students! Today we have our clubs day!" - Hope, Ottawa
"Yesterday we had our Bridges Welcome Party (an event for international students). We had an icebreaker (human bingo) for students to get to know each other, free pizza and conversation during dinner. Then 2 students shared about how the Bridges community has helped them. Over 150 people came! We knew we wouldn’t have enough chairs and planned for people to sit on the floor." - Victor, Toronto
Today, as you read this, I head to Edmonton to attend the Summit retreat for students from Alberta and Saskatchewan. I will be representing global missions. As we begin to talk about 2024 mission trip opportunities, pray that many students would see the value of going on a mission trip and pray that students would start applying. We are praying for 40 students to go on mission trips this year.