September

Hello Friends!

This month has been full with meeting new students, adjusting to new patterns of living, and settling into this new home Wilson and I get to have for the next year. 

In all the newness I have come to recognize how impactful community is, both old and new. I look back at my time as a student at UNT and see how it shaped me. My mentors and friends sharpened me into a more thoughtful, loving, and bold person. They called me to a new level of Jesus-commitment and the trajectory of my life is forever altered for the better because of their investment. With this in mind I consider all the newness around me and know that it too will eventually shape me. I have new mentors and friends who are able to see into new areas of my life that need to change if I am to call myself a serious Jesus-follower. 

I will admit, part of this is painful. To say goodbye to old habits of comfort and convenience is not easy but I imagine that it was not easy when Jesus chose to carry his cross to Calvary. A call to follow Jesus is a call to come and die. Die to myself daily, die to my preferences and desires anywhere they don't look like Jesus's. 

Your prayers would be so meaningful and powerful in this time of intense training and transformation. Pray that I would become truly humble, willing to serve anyone, willing to say yes to all that Jesus commands and willing to give up any part of me in order to follow Him. I will pray the same for each of you!

While all the newness of this year has been challenging in some ways, it has also been so fun and life-giving! As you can see above, this month has been filled with hosting events and building relationships. Wether it be dancing together, eating a meal, or getting coffee, each of these moments were an investment in the students lives.

I got to spend time with a good friend (and student) who had decided to follow Jesus around this time last year. We both reflected on how much the Spirit had transformed us since we first met and could only dream about what He would do in the coming years. I have these deep spiritual friendships because I got involved in a ministry that values God's will for our lives and I daily get to offer other college students the same experience. I am only able to spend this time connecting with students because of your generous support and prayers so, thank you so much for your investment in the kingdom! 

Sent with love and gratitude, Katherine Daggett