ESU Challenge Alumni and Supporters

05/08/2024

Senior send off tonight ❤️🎓 Please pray for these amazing people as they head into their next chapter. God will do great things through them!

03/28/2024

Here is the latest update from the Huebners:

When we needed to try a new ministry over spring break this year, our staff did an awesome job setting up a great opportunity for our students.

12/28/2023

This fall we were able to welcome more students to our large group meeting than ever before, we took 56 students to fall conference, restarted our freshmen ministry, trained our leaders more effectively, shared the gospel again and again, and we will send another summer mission team to South Asia this summer! We are so grateful what God is doing, for the prayers, and donations from our support team. If you are interested in supporting Challenge in the last days of 2023 follow this link: https://esuchallenge.com/donate

09/27/2023

08/12/2023

This amazing crew of student leaders is gathered for the weekend to pray, prepare and train. Please pray for their time together and for the Lord's leading as we begin connecting with students next week!

08/28/2021

Thank you for your prayers and support--we had over 80 students at our first large group meeting this week!
Please be praying for us as we start connecting these new students to our student leaders in one-on-one gospel meet ups.

08/23/2021

It is the first day of the 2021 school year at ESU and it is already off to a great start!
There is a temptation in ministry to always send out optimistic updates even when the mission is difficult--at times like this the temptation is to downplay all of the great stuff that is happening because it seems too good to be true! I keep thinking 'somebody pinch me, this can't all be happening!'
I have a great team of enthusiastic leaders, two new gifted staff interns, and great momentum going into the first week of classes.

Here are a few highlights:
Leaders: We have 14 leaders who are enthusiastic about sharing their faith and leading Bible studies this fall.
Staff: Our two new staff ladies are gifted, passionate and making an impact. If you are interested in making a special financial contribution to their support let me know.
Events: The night new students moved into the dorms we had an impromptu worship night outside on campus. One of our new interns shared the gospel in a compelling and winsome way. Most students came after receiving a text invite, but one new freshman walked up saying 'I never walk by this way but I heard you singing and I had to come check this out'. It seems like the Lord is brining students "to come check this out" at every turn!

I haven't been able to keep up with all of the friends, alumni, and church support we have received over the last year--if you have been supporting us, praying for us, or just thinking about us THANK YOU! We are so excited to see how this fall semester unfolds.

07/14/2021

Do you know a student starting at ESU this fall? Share this post and get them connected!

06/26/2021

It's that time of year! If you know a student coming to ESU get them to fill out this form to get connected with Challenge and get entered for the chance to win some great prizes!

Thank you for helping us connect with you, we're excited that you will be a hornet! Challenge is all about following Jesus as a part of the ESU community. We will not share your contact info with anyone and will only contact you to let you know about Christian Challenge events. Make sure and enter a...

05/24/2021

Friends and supporters,
It’s been too long since our last update—because there is just too much great news to share for one update!
In the midst of Covid it has actually been the best spring semester I can remember in campus ministry! Maybe the best update is just highlights with more details shared throughout the summer as life slows down.

In the fall two of our student leaders on the tennis team led one of their teammates to faith in Jesus! The last six months have been life changing for this new believer. As we’ve met weekly this semester, he has shared his plan to share his new faith back home in Great Britain over the summer. Pray that his new faith grows and that his friends and family are receptive to the gospel.

We have two awesome young women graduating this semester and coming on staff for next year! Genevieve and Kelsey are dynamic leaders who are an answer to recent years of prayer. They will be raising financial support and if you’ve ever considered giving towards reaching the college campus, I would love to connect you with one of these ladies.

Numbers are up! Numbers don’t measure everything in ministry, but they are important. We have had 50 students at our weekly meeting all spring without any drop off as finals pressed on student schedules. We also have over a dozen student leaders committed to serve next fall.

So many small encouraging things have happened this year that I can’t fit them into this newsletter, but It has been one of the most encouraging years that I can remember. Thank you for your prayers and financial support! If you want to hear more please let’s make time to connect over email, phone, or in person.

A note about the attached photos:
Our last large group meeting we focused on sending out our seniors and students serving at Christian camps, VBS, and mission trips. The underclassmen sang a song of blessing over the seniors in this photo.

A highlight of the year was getting to baptize three of our student leaders this year!

Finishing off the semester we were in Nashville for training and encouragement. Our incoming staff ladies, some of our church college group volunteers and these three upperclassmen guys I’m mentoring made the trip. It was great fun and we came home on fire to reach students in the fall!

04/26/2021

Flash prayer! Please pray as I share on a religious diversity panel tonight!
You can pray that I would share the gospel clearly, boldly, and lovingly with students from the honors college.