God doesn’t take breaks, and He’s never caught unprepared! Not every campus holds a club fair in the Spring, but Rowan recognizes the many students who transfer in halfway through a year, and we were given another opportunity to give out the gospel and form new relationships.
I was in a shy mood with shy student helpers, crammed in the middle of this village of tables with bright balloons, t-shirts, music and loud conversations. We had to share a table with another club, neither able to display our handouts or signs very well. Students barely passed our way, and those that did usually didn’t even notice our station. It never hurts to ask, so I poked around and got permission to slide over to a table left empty by clubs that didn’t show, and spreading out turned out to open up plenty of opportunities!
Over a dozen transfer students signed up to get involved and assured us they’d come to our first meeting that night, which they were promptly reminded about by email and text. Many people took our free book Jesus Without Religion that contained our club information as well as a list of solid local churches in the area. I handed out dozens of Bibles to students sitting at the other club tables, and established relationships with several of them.
Please pray for Pat, who gabbed with me about board games (his club) then told me he wasn’t r
eligious, but respected the message of every religion. He sounded intrigued by EveryStudent.com, and we exchanged contact info to continue the dialogue. Christian, pictured below, writes for the newspaper (something I did in college as well) and he told me that he believes God is probably out there, but doesn’t know that he can trust the Bible or anything else to be sure. We talked for over an hour about worldviews, religions and the trustworthiness of the Bible. He’s already been emailing me since, so please pray!