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And just like that, August flew by... thank you for your prayers and well wishes as we started the new school year! I truly appreciate each of you for being who you are and for your support in ministry.

The night we arrived at SICM (after a long 6 hour drive), we had dinner and our first session. It was a surreal moment for me as I had been planning this for the past 6 months. I remember calling the different camps about their availability for SICM during the big freeze! But here we are, getting ready to learn about how to become better friends and ministers on our campuses, about 200 of us in all!

This was the view right outside the cabin. What a beautiful place to be and learn!

These are two of my good friends, Zoë and Andrea! They have both been such a blessing to me in my time in Texas and FOCUS. I'm so excited to see what God can do through them as they partner with what He is doing at UTD!

About midway through SICM, we took the morning off to be able to sleep in a little longer than usual and relax. This is Austin Gage, one of our pastors in Arlington, definitely taking advantage of the time.

On the last morning of SICM, we took time to pray over each campus that we were sending people out to: UT Dallas, Dallas College (Brookhaven, Richland), UNT, TWU (Denton, Dallas), NCTC, Collin College (Preston Ridge, Spring Creek, Central Park, Wylie), UT Arlington, and TCC (Northeast, Southeast).

And here's the first FNF at UTD! It was (again) a surreal moment to be on campus as UTD was shut down for almost the last 3 semesters. There are so many students who are searching for a community to be a part of and I'm so glad that we can be a part of that for them.

After the craziness of SICM and Welcome Week, I went to Six Flags with my friend John Bunyard. Here's us on the (almost completely empty) merry-go-round

We have a 'carpool to church' event to help students find a home church while they are away at college. Our church hosted the college students to a pizza lunch to help them get to know each other and the FOCUS pastors and the church staff! Can you spot Zoë and Andrea cheesin'?



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