“For I cannot help but speak of what I have seen and heard…”

Acts 4:20
“Taste and see that the Lord is good.” Psalm 34:8

Pray! Pray! Pray!

~ Pray that our students would be
excited about leading their ministry
and they would be passionate about
these next 5 weeks as well as excited
about planning for next year.

~ Pray our committee teams would

be fully running and planning on
Where has all the time gone? their own by the end of the year.

~Pray a committee would come

Another month has ended, and now our team begins to close in
together at Howard the way God
on our last five weeks of campus ministry before the semester desires.
ends. It is kind of surreal for me though, since I will be
returning for the next year. Now as we push into this final ~Pray for solid guys to add male
month I find myself finding ways to push a long-term vision for leadership at Howard.
ministry on this campus. I am excited to be a part of it and see ~Pray that we would use our last 5
how this will all come to fruition. Yet as our team tries to find weeks on campus wisely.
ways to make the most of our future time, it has been common
~Pray our team would love one another
for us look back on what the Lord has done and where we have
well and be united these last 2 months.
come. This past month is an especially great time to look back
upon. September began with our team taking a mid-year retreat ~Pray for the unity of next year’s team.
to Cape Town to find a little refreshment before having to push
~Pray for my future team and I as we
hard through these next two months. If there is one thing you continue to find people to partner with
need to know from our week in Cape Town it is this: You must us through prayer and financial support
start saving now so you can take a trip there as soon as possible! for next year.

Upcoming Events!
Laminin Outreach Last day of class Halloween!
October 15 October 29 October 31
Our students in the The final day Happy Halloween!
science department before reading days Possibly a fun 1st
Game day
are doing an and exams. Also social! in AFRICA…
outreach on this our last weekly =(
protein molecule. meeting.
 A MINISTRY UPDATE FROM ALYSSA MONDA SEPTEMBER 2010

God is not the reflection of our fathers, but the Perfection!

Cape
Town
was
honestly
the
most
beautiful
place
I
have
ever

seen.
Each
day
we
would
go
somewhere
new
and
I
would
find

myself
saying
this
is
the
most
beautiful
place
I
have
ever
been.

Then
the
next
day
that
would
change
and
that
day’s
location

would
be
the
new
most
beautiful
place.
We
had
a
great
time
as

a
team
hiking
up
Table
Mountain
and
out
to
Cape
Point.
We

went
to
Hermanus
to
see
the
Southern
Right
Whales,
and
to

Stellenbosch
to
see
the
beautiful
vineyards
of
South
Africa.

The
pictures
on
this
update
will
not
do
any
of
it
justice
and
so

I
advise
you
again
to
begin
saving
and
planning
a
vacation
to

this
wonderful
place.
I
feel
so
privileged
that
our
team
was

able
to
take
a
week
to
explore
and
be
refreshed
in
such
a

beautiful
setting.


Once
we
returned
to
Durban,
we
had
to
get
back
to
work

immediately.
We
planned
another
camp
that
would
take
place

the
next
week,
and
somehow
God
moved
more
throughout
this

camp
than
he
did
in
the
last.
Our
camp
was
themed
“Our

Father”.
This
theme
plucked
the
heartstrings
of
many
of
our

students,
since
there
seemed
to
be
many
scars
in
our

movements
involving
biological
Fathers.

Dan
opened
up
the

weekend
by
speaking
about
his
story
of
adoption.
He
told
us
about
how
he
was
born
into
a
place
of

desolation
and
was
living
a
life
leading
to
destruction,
but
someone
saw
him
and
loved
him
instantly.
This

someone
went
to
him
and
told
him
he
wanted
to
make
him
a
part
of
his
family,
which
was
a
wealthy

family
and
a
family
of
royalty.
As
Dan
was
adopted
into
that
family
he
went
in
by
being
bought
with
a
high

price,
because
adoption
is
very
costly,
and
he
was
left
with
many
scars
and
issues
from
his
past,
but

slowly
he
began
to
develop
the
marks
of
the
family
and
the
scars
began
to
fade
away
from
the
new
love

he
had
found
with
a
Father
that
loved
him
perfectly.
Dan
shared

that
this
story
is
the
story
of
anyone
who
believes
in
Christ.
Dan

wasn’t
adopted
by
anyone
other
than
God,
who
paid
the
price
of

His
life
to
adopt
us,
so
he
is
now
a
royal
son
from
His
line,

because
the
bible
says
that
God’s
desire
is
to
adopt
us
as
children.

He
carried
on
to
discuss
what
it
would
look
like
if
we
really

believed
that
we
were
children
of
God.


God
used
Barrett
the
next
day
to
break
through
many
of
the
scars

in
our
students’
lives,
as
he
discussed
how
our
Earthly
Fathers

could
influence
the
way
we
relate
to
our
Heavenly
Father.
He

talked
about
different
types
of
Fathers
(absent
father,
abusive

father,
encouraging
father,
performance‐based
father,
etc.)
and

how
we
project
these
characteristics
onto
God
and
think
that

we
must
perform
to
gain
His
approval,
or
that

He
will
not
be
around
in
our
times
of
need.

Barrett’s
main
point
was
that
God
is
not
a

reflection
of
our
Earthly
fathers,
but
the

PERFECTION
of
our
Earthly
Fathers.
He

expressed
that
we
must
identify
what
traits

we
project
onto
God
that
are
not
true
of
His

character,
and
that
we
must
begin
to
see
God
as
a
perfect
loving
Father
who
desires
to

bless
us,
hold
us
and
encourage
us
the
way
a
Father
should.



2
 A MINISTRY UPDATE FROM ALYSSA MONDA SEPTEMBER 2010

It
was
great
to
hear
our
students
share
about
 with her Father, and that she was able to open up
what
they
were
learning
and
where
scars
were
in
 and share things about her father that she had never
their
relationships
with
God
because
of
their
 shared before. Now she is more in touch with God
relationships
with
their
Fathers.
It
also
gave
us
 since she is not projecting those feelings on Him,
time
to
share
with
the
students
about
our
lives
 but instead knows He loves her. She is full of joy
and
struggles
in
how
we
view
God,
and
how
that
 and excited to spend time with God reading the
influences
our
lives.
God
definitely
worked
that
 bible. Plus not only did her relationship with God
day
in
making
us
vulnerable,
and
in
revealing
His
 change from the weekend, but also her relationship
character
as
our
perfect
Father
who
loved
us
 with her biological father. We have been praying
enough
to
die
in
order
to
save
us
from
our
sin.
 for months that God would help her love her father
Finally,
Dan
closed
out
the
weekend
by
discussing
 and to heal their relationship, and even to let them
how
we
are
to
live
as
children
of
God.
He
spoke
 speak to one another. She told me that since camp
about
what
makes
a
good
child,
and
asked
 she has spoken to her father almost everyday and
according
to
that
criteria
would
God
say
you
were
 that it is definitely easier for her to love him now
a
good
child?
It
was
all
about
loving
God
by
 that she knows it is ok that he is not perfect because
spending
time
with
Him
and
being
obedient
to
 God loves her in spite of how her father feels.
the
things
He
says
to
do,
while
excepting
His
 There are many stories like that one that came from
grace
each
time
we
mess
up.

 those few days away. Camp was amazing, and it
All
in
all
it
was
a
fabulous
retreat
with
our
 was such a blessing again to have time to get away
students.
We
had
around
50
students
show
up
 with our students and have fun while building
and
they
all
loved
it.
The
students
enjoyed
the
fun
 deeper relationships with them and going deep in
events
we
planned,
the
seminars
we
put
on,
the
 what we were learning about God. Now we are
talks
that
were
given,
and
mostly
our
small
group
 back on campus following up with the students
discussion
time
after
each
talk.
We
were
able
to
 from camp, and still meeting new ones. We have
get
real
with
the
students
and
allow
them
to
open
 five weeks left of their regular semester and so our
up
and
process
what
God
was
speaking
to
them.
I
 time is running out quickly. Pray that God would
just
met
with
one
of
the
girls
I
disciple
and
asked
 give us all wisdom on how to spend these next five
her
about
camp,
and
she
said
it
definitely
 weeks, and how He desires to move on our
changed
her
perspective
on
God.

She said it campuses in preparation for how He will continue
helped heal many wounds from her relationship to move in the future. 


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