What a day! Praise the Lord!
UPitt had its annual Student Activities Fair, which gave us the opportunity to talk with close to 20 different Christian campus organizations. A small group of us decided to visit all these groups… hopefully to encourage them in their pursuits for the Lord, and to try to start fellowship with them.
To say the least, it was a blessed day in which the Lord gave us much encouragement through the little time of talking with our fellow brothers and sisters.
Positives: We felt encouraged that there were many believers willing to stand for the Lord to pursue His riches through reading the Bible, prayer, and fellowship. And through talking to the many groups, several seemed interested in at least having us visit for fellowship. Honestly, we look forward to laying hold of what God may be accomplishing through these groups on campus. We do hope to meet them again, and hope they understand why we came… to promote fellowship between Christians.
Negatives: Not surprisingly, there were a couple of groups that seemed either suspicious of our intentions to promote fellowship between the groups, or weary that there were other groups in the past that tried to do the same… We are not sure exactly how to respond to these thoughts… except to pray in our hearts that any negative experiences they may have had in the past, would not interfere with the possibility of true, open fellowship with us as believers in Jesus.
Despite these small obstacles, we are optimistic that the Lord is really doing something on the UPitt campus, and that through time, fellowship, and prayer with these groups and their leaders, the Lord could foster brotherly love among all of us…. more to come soon, after we gather our thoughts on the experience.
