I hope this letter finds you all well. It’s been an exciting few months for the Revolution. As a mentioned in my last letter, I was aiming to multiply myself as a worship leader, and to also increase the number of students involved in the worship team.
Matthew 7:7 says: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
The Lord has blessed our desire to multiply with a number of students. A student named Rick Barker has been drumming for us this year. He is a senior and has been involved with our church for a while. Soon after praying to find somebody to start investing in to be a worship leader, Rick voiced interest in wanting to learn, and cited that he has had some experience. So I’ve been working with Rick this semester, and he’s even led on a handful of Sundays. It’s been an interesting journey going from being the one guy who leads to being able to share the role with a student, and I’m excited to pass on my knowledge and experience to somebody else.
But the Lord didn’t stop there. He has also blessed us with a keyboard player named Layne Ransom. Layne is a sophomore who has been a part of my student house church the past two years. I had no idea she played an instrument until this spring. She had been praying about having an avenue in which to use her gifts around the same time we were looking for more musicians to get involved with the team. She’s been doing a fantastic job and really enjoys serving the church with her gift of music.
Also, in the midst of praying to find people to get involved on the worship team, two freshmen actually approached me about wanting to get involved. Jordan Brewer (left) and Matt Fern (right) are both from New Palestine, IN, and were involved doing worship at their home church. Jordan plays electric guitar and Matt plays drums. Having them involved has really helped the band to grow as a whole.
Another exciting thing that’s happened this semester is my decision to go to our summer program called Leadership Training (or LT). I’ve been to LT twice as a student, once during the summer of 2001 in Orlando, FL, and once in the summer of 2005 in Estes Park, CO.
This year will be different, as I will be going as a staff member. I’m looking forward to being able to work with students who really want to grow in their relationship with the Lord and learn important skills that will help them to emerge as leaders in their churches, classrooms and work places. The LT we’re going to is in Virginia Beach, VA. Students from Ball State University, Bowling Green State University, Kent State University and Virginia Tech University will make up this particular LT.
It’s been an exciting semester, and encouraging to see the Lord working in the lives of the students around us. Our church has steadily grown over the last few years, and we have a great hope that this will continue.
Thank you so much for the support you have given me, whether it is through finances, prayer, encouragement, or whatever it may be. Your support directly impacts the students here at Ball State. We are always of appreciative of the support we receive, and of your prayers.
Speaking of which, here are some ways we would be very blessed by your prayers:
1. Pray that students can be actively seeking the Lord and community as they are away for the summer.
2. Pray that the students going to LT can use this unique opportunity to put the best of their time and energy into growing in the Lord
3. Pray that I can be connected to the Lord and in tune to what He wants me to do, and that He would use me to be a light in the lives of all the students that I work with.
Thank you again for your support.
Sincerely,
Bob
