A season of harvest...

Last year two of the XA students in our missional community invit-

ed us to love-bomb their friend Brendan. As we met for random
game nights, meals in the dining court, wallyball games in our rec
center, study tables, and more, we welcomed Brendan in. Along
the way, students were sowing seeds of the gospel. He said that he
was startng to see how much God loved him because of the way
our community loved him.
This year, God has contnued to draw Brendan to himself and water
the seeds that were planted. He has been more actvely seeking to
know God by atending a Bible study with a missional community
and atending our weekly worship gathering. At our fall retreat,
Brendan was bombarded with the truth of how the gospel trans-
forms our identty and purpose. During the fnal session, we heard
a message about our covenant-making Goda greater party mak-
ing a binding agreement with a lesser party. Before taking com-
munion, the speaker advised anyone who has not put their faith in
Christ to observe and not partcipate in communion, but he also
presented an opportunity for anyone who wanted to follow Jesus
as Lord to join the family of God before taking communion. Bren-
dan was the frst to boldly move from his seat to the front of the
room as an outward sign that His heart wants to follow Jesus! It
was awesome to see Brendan welcomed into the Kingdom by an
entre community who had together been on a year-long mission
to overwhelm Him with Gods love! We are so excited to see Bren-
dan grow as a radical disciple and freely give to others what He has
received! Together we sow, and together we celebrate the harvest!
Thank YOU for co-laboring with me through prayer and giving!
Brooke Jones
Campus Missionary Associate // Purdue Chi Alpha
108 Beck Lane, Lafayette, IN 47909 219.776.5032 // jones187@purdue.edu
11.1.14
Some of our guys
surrounding Brendan
to welcome him into
the family of God!
Last May:
Brendan afer a
dinner with the
community on
a mission to
see Him
saved!
In other recent news
Im engaged!!!
When Kevin and I met in 2008 as students in Chi Alpha, neither of us imagined wed be-
come best friends and partners for life, but Gods ways are so much higher and so much
beter than ours! We both started our frst year in fulltme ministry last Fall and had the
privilege of leading the missional community in the picture above as two single people
mutually interested in discipling a group of freshmen...and mutually interested in one
another. This May, we are both nearing the end of our frst 2-year term, but we are looking
forward to beginning our next term of ministry together as a married couple!
With much love and excitement,
Give online at giving.ag.org // Account #2957918
Mail Checks to Chi Alpha @ 1445 N. Boonville Ave, Springfeld, MO, 65802 // memo: #2957918
(Future Mrs. Foertsch!)