Comments on: TODAY’S STUDENTS MAKE ME CONFIDENT OF TOMORROW…

By: Rosie Shepard

Rosie Shepard — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:18:13 +0000

Thanks! Those verses in Isaiah are my favorite verses I have had them memorized for 3 years now! I need some prayer support right now please. My uncle and I are planning on going on a mission trip to Haiti next summer and can’t wait to see how God will use us. However money is really tight right now and we have to raise $3,000. I know that God will provide, but he loves it when we ask for help! Thanks for all your prayers!

By: admin

admin — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:58:10 +0000

Rosie
What a brave young lady you must be! I am amazed by your resiliance and strength. God has given you great capacity to help so many out of the hurt through which you have walked. Read the first few verses of 2 Corinthians 1 and see that God comforts us in our pain…so that we in turn might comfort others. He doesn’t waste anything.

I pray that God blesses you every step of the way and goes before you and behind you. Hold to Isaiah 43: 1-3 and let me know if I can be of any further encouragement to you along the way.

God bless you Rosie!!!!

By: Rosie Shepard

Rosie Shepard — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:40:33 +0000

Thank you so much for speaking at SLU 201! You are a real inspriation.
I am only 15 but have experienced many troubles in life. My mother was drug addicted and unwed when she became pregnant with me and my brother. Until the age of 5 I lived with her and learned to cook (microwave) and clean for myself and my brother. At the age of 5 we were removed from the home and placed in a foster home. This new house had 10 kids and abusive parents. We were in this home for 3 and a half years before we were placed back with our mother. She no longer did drugs but she drank often and relyed on various boyfriends. Less than a year later we were removed from the home when she was given the choice to keep a petifile boyfriend or us. We were placed with our grandparents for a week and then with our aunt and uncle. We have been with them for 5 years now and I am just now facing several of the fears I picked up over the years. My aunt and uncle introduced me to Christ and I am learning more and more that he was always with me. Your story reminded me that I can not live in my past, I must grab my future. Thank you for glorifying God through telling your work. Please pray for me as I continue to search out the future God has for me. I know that with Him on my side I can not lose.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:48:03 +0000

Brittany
I can’t wait to hear about what God does in your life! Please let me know. You hit the nail square on the head…what He is waiting for is for us to answer His call. As wel talked aobut there, if it first a call to Himself for a personal ongoing relationship through Christ. And then it is a call to an incredible journey as to where He will plant us to be used by Him to impact the world.

Thanks for letting me be a part of your SLU Washington DC experience. It was a blast. And be sure to circle around and let me know what God is doing!

By: Brittany Suits

Brittany Suits — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:38:29 +0000

Dear Bob,
Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to spend time with the students at SLU 201! I loved your story and it really inspired me. I keep thinking that God can use anyone, and he is just waiting on me to answer his call. SLU changed my life in a dramatic way!! It opened up so many doors in my life, and gave me the confidence I needed! I am so blessed that you were apart of 201 experience, and I can’t wait to see how God is going to use me!

Thanks,
Brittany

By: admin

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:07:45 +0000

Ryan and Kara
One of the highlights of my year is speaking for Student Leadership University. I LOVE IT! You guys are a ball to share the experience with. And it is an honor to speak on the Christian Heritage of our nation and Leading From the Inside Out.

Thank you for taking time to be an encouragement to me…and to share the Washington DC experience with me. I trust that it will make an ongoing difference in your life as you get back home and into the settled routines of daily living.

Remember OUR DECISIONS LEAD TO OUR DESTINIES!

By: Kara Prater

Kara Prater — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:10:57 +0000

Bob,
First of all I want you to know it was an honor to be under your leadership training this past week in Washington DC. I fill I am allowing God to use me more due to some quotes, your personal story, and life tools you shared. Two things that keep coming to mind and to my heart are, “God loves you just where you are, but He loves you to much to keep you there,” and “everybody is a somebody.” These two statements have changed me and challenged me deeply with my walk. I am excited to see the journey God will lead me if I make myself available.
So, thank you for coming to Washington and sharing your story and your skills to give a 32 year old Texas gal a charge to get serious with God, know scripture, share my story, and be more of a leader in my area of influence. It was an honor to eat dinner with you at the head table the first night too. I enjoyed watching you interact with us.
Pray for me, pray for clarity. I am ready.
Kara Prater

By: Ryan McClure

Ryan McClure — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:09:51 +0000

You’re an amazing speaker, and a great encouragement, and I’m sure the 500 some people at SLU 201 week 2 thought so also. You were one of my favorite speakers, thankyou for spending your valuable time on us, I surely appreciate it