Changing lives
I want to see students' lives change at Georgia Tech for Christ. After I first understood the gospel my freshman year of college, my heart began to ache for other university students who do not know the Lord. My life has been changed forever and now I want to invest in other women so they too can experience freedom in Christ. I want to be a part of God transforming lives and eternities too!
In the summer of 2007 in South Africa, a freshman at the University of Johannesburg named Vuyo (pictured left) was forever changed by the gospel! God allowed me to see His great power in changing her heart. She seemed uninterested at first, but began to open up and ask questions. While at our Bible study in her dorm, we discussed the difference between knowing about God and knowing God and Vuyo realized she did not have a relationship with our Lord. However, that night she (and unknowingly her roommate, Dorcas, pictured right) decided to surrender her life to Christ. Vuyo now is being discipled and continues to grow in her new relationship with God. She is hungry for growth and for the Word.
God changed me and Vuyo in college and now I want to be a part of this work in other women! Our earthly lives are now filled with hope and grace and our eternities will be spent in heaven!
Who is Campus Outreach?
Started in 1978 in Birmingham, AL, this interdenominational college ministry aims "to glorify God by building laborers on the campus for the lost world." Over these thirty years of bringing the gospel to university students, Campus Outreach has grown through regional, independent franchises to many U.S. cities and colleges and the world. Internationally, this ministry is advancing the Kingdom in Thailand, Australia, Brazil, and South Africa.
The Atlanta region of Campus Outreach began in 1999 and now includes North Georgia College and State University, the University of Georgia, and Georgia Tech.
Vision
"To glorify God by building laborers on the campus for the lost world"
There is a need for laborers to reap the plentiful harvest (Luke 10:2). Campus Outreach's goal is to not just bring people to know the Lord, but that students would mature spiritually and become laborers who go out and multiply their lives.
There is an opportunity with college students for maximum impact. These students are open, available, curious and willing to talk about spiritual matters. This four (or five) year period also sets the values and goals affecting their future careers, families, and lives.
There is a command for us to go and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:18-20). The Great Commission tells us to go and be a part of God's saving work.
How will we change lives?
Evangelize students by building relationships with them, showing them the love of Christ through our lives, and then telling them about Christ.
Establish students by giving them roots to grow in their faith, like how to study the word for life application, the power of prayer, and importance of fellowship and ministry.
Equip students by teaching and doing ministry with them so they can go and make their own disciples.
Export/mobilize students by training them how to continue this process after college and into the work place, their families, and other life activities.
Why Georgia Tech?
With thousands of college students at this No. 9 public university in America, these students have high potential for change. If we can reach GT students, they can go out into engineering, science, public policy, and business fields and greatly influence these people for Christ. With an international and diverse student body, reaching young women here can mean influencing so many ethnic, racial, and cultural groups.
With nearly 13,000 undergraduates, Georgia Tech boasts some of the brightest students espeically in the South. The ratio of men and women (70:30) means there are about just less than 4,000 undergraduate women on campus. We are focusing on the sororities because a quarter of women join one of the seven sororities on campus. I get to focus on and spend time in Alpha Delta Pi (ADPi) and Zeta Tau Alpha (ZTA) sororities.