2/3/25

Multiple times this week, I was blessed and reminded of the loving Christian community working in Orange County and at CSUF. We have unique methods and approaches to minister to a variety of people, but one thing we have in common is pursuing it in love. What a blessing it is when our fields overlap and we minister side-by-side with the other Christian ministries around us!

This week the NCP team met for the first of our weekly fellowship dinners where we shared about the ways God is at work in each of our lives and ministries and encouraged each other as we grow as a larger community! 

While ministering at CSUF today, Nick and I ran into the leaders of a Christian campus ministry, CRU, that Nick has worked with in the past. They were just beginning their time of ministry today when they came by Nick and me. As Nick and I became their practice round for the evangelistic tool they were using, a young man walked up to engage with the question we had posted on our whiteboard, "Is Religion Safe?". What was previously a hypothetical evangelism scenario, quickly became a real-life opportunity for these leaders to step into evangelism. Nick and I had to head out, but we were stoked for this opportunity to hand over the reins of this evangelistic conversation!

Multiple other times this week, we have seen wonderful testimonies given about God's work in people's lives between those stopping to talk with us. It is a beautiful thing to provide an open space for students to engage with each other in a dialogue about their religious beliefs! They've even ended up preaching the gospel to each other at times!