November Prayer Letter

This has been a busy ministry season, but its been so fun for me to be interacting with so many students & telling them about Jesus! Please keep praying for these schools! God gives us new opportunities to share our faith in different ways all the time! May you be blessed and encouraged by what God is doing through your support and prayers!


Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. [Ephesians 3:20-21]

November Prayer Letter

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September Prayer Letter

Things have been quite busy since school started in August. We have had Student Venture meetings, a couple weekend retreats to attend, and many days on campus talking to students. God has provided so many opportunities to meet new students. Our hope is that through the relationships that are forming, we will be able to share with them about Jesus. Please be praying for students' hearts to be open to hearing the gospel message and that we would share it boldly when God gives us the opportunity. I hope you enjoy reading some of the things God is doing in Oxford this school year! Please let me know what is going on with you and how I can be praying for you!

September Prayer Letter

July Prayer Letter

I spent 6 weeks this summer in Virginia Beach, VA as part of my job... it was a great experience and I learned so much!

Read about it here: July Prayer Letter

April Prayer Letter

better late than never... ;)

http://alboyers.googlepages.com/prayerletterApr.pdf

March Prayer Letter

Im not very good at keeping this blog updated... but heres my prayer letter for the months of February & March. So hopefully you will be able to get a glimpse of what I am doing from that. :)

http://alboyers.googlepages.com/prayerletterMar.pdf

January Prayer Letter

OK, so I know its not January anymore... but here's some highlights of what happened in January with Student Venture in Oxford! Enjoy! :)

http://alboyers.googlepages.com/prayerletterJan.pdf

coming soon...

an update will be coming soon once I figure out how to get my prayer letter into PDF form! :)

I'm here!

Well, I am here in Oxford, and have been since Sunday. Im starting to learn my way around and have already made it to Wal-Mart (twice), Kroger, the bank, and the gas station, as well as to Roxannes apt. And I only got semi-lost once. :)

Well, Ive been quite busy already and its not really going to stop. We have our Fastbreak conference this weekend for the high school students and then when we get back, we are leading up to our new Wednesday outreach meetings. I enjoy being busy and being with other people, but Im definitely going to have to get used to the schedule and make use of my free time when I do have it. I am super excited about being here and being able to fellowship with my team, the Miami staff team, and the college student volunteers! But at the same time, one of the hardest things so far is coming into a place where I feel like things are already established. Now that kinda sounds silly cuz obviously youll have that in pretty much any new situation. But Im jumping into staff meetings where they are talking about things that I have no idea about, a Bible study where theyre in the middle of studying a book, and even a living situation where relationships are already formed. It sometimes makes me feel like an outsider. But this isn’t to say that all of the people I have met have not included me. For the most part, it has been much the opposite and I am so thankful for that! Many of the staff team and college student volunteers have expressed their excitement to have me be here. Its just that in new situations I tend to become shy and focused in on myself… hence the “woe is me” feelings Im having. It was like that when I went to college. I started going to CRU from the very beginning of my freshman year, but it took me that whole year to be comfortable there, open up to be myself, and find my place. I don’t have that long to get comfortable here, my internship is only for a year! I am also a different person than who I was as a freshman in college. It will just take me trusting the Lord and putting my self-confidence and identity in him.

Ive been reading a book called Lifetime Guarantee by Bill Gillham. It has been very refreshing and putting some things in a new light and perspective for me. One chapter talks about really owning your identity in Christ and choosing to live in this belief whether we feel like we are worthy of it or not. We are holy. righteous. accepted. blameless. complete. forgiven. And so often we (I know I do) live our lives being concerned about what the world thinks of us and says we are rather than what is true of us. We are called to set our hearts and minds on things above, not earthly things [Colossians 3:1-2]. Im still processing through what it looks like to truly believe and live this out. It’s a lot easier said than done. Again, it comes down to trusting Jesus and letting him live through me.

Lord Jesus, may I find rest in you this day knowing that because of you, I am holy. righteous. accepted. blameless. complete. forgiven…. May my mind and heart be set on this identity and I only have strength through you to fight the lies from this world with these truths. You are sovereign Lord, creator of everything, Lord of all things. All things would cease to exist without you. I thank you that you are here and that I am not living this life on my own. Because I cant. Jesus, you are my strength and my wisdom. May I live every day truly believing this. Thank you for life and the opportunity to give life to others.