Some days the task list can wait. Some days I just need to be around the energy of students who are trusting the Lord for something beyond themselves.
Since Tuesday is our movement coaching/launching day, I had the chance to make the trek up to Washington State University – Vancouver to visit with a few of our student leaders today. I hadn’t been up there since last term and I had no idea what to expect. WSU-V is on the edge of our scope and I’ve been coaching them via email/phone and occasional visit. It’s all student run with limited interaction with us. We resource and do our best to put fuel on the fire.
I could have said no to this trip. I have a ton of other tasks, phone calls and emails I could have worked on…but I drove the 40 minutes in the pouring rain in I-5 traffic to get some face-time with these students.
I met up with some “Coug Cru” students at a promotional table and I immediately began to get a taste of the flavor of things by asking a new girl who was helping out how she got involved. She responded by saying, “I met Phil and they seemed to talk about outreach a lot and that’s something I care about so I got involved. Also, I love that they pray a lot!”
I think that’s a good sign.
After we’re done with the promo table I sit down with two student leaders and begin to ask questions. The responses are about as ideal as you can imagine in campus ministry. They want to see believers connected in community…a community that is involved in the mission of seeing their campus reached for Christ. They want their friends to know Jesus. They want to courageous with the gospel.
Woah, woah, woah…settle down people. We’re just starting another Christian club here. 
I walked away from our brief time in the bone chilling rain reflecting on the fact that a year ago there was no one on campus with the intention of making Christ known and now the environment of the campus is changing because some students started praying. Praise the Lord.
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