Dear Family and Friends,
I’m excited to be able to share with you about my ministry with Reformed University Fellowship at the University of Connecticut! First and foremost, let me thank all of you for your prayers, and for your financial support. The LORD was very gracious to me over the summer; I was able to move to campus on schedule, and despite difficulties with the moving process, I made it here and settled in quite nicely. My support raising is going well. I’m thankful for the support that has come in, and the pledges of what is to come.
Since school has started, I’ve been working to get to meet students and be a part of university life. I helped to put on a concert on the campus, which attracted a good number of new students to hear the beauty of the gospel through the beauty of music. Also, I’ve been leading the worship team for our RUF meetings, which has been fun. I’ve been working with two upperclassmen to help organize and lead our guys’ bible study (based on a curriculum written by my co-intern, Jenny Orndorff). Also, I’m sitting in on leadership team meetings, which help me to get involved in the lives of the students who dedicated to RUF and its purpose – it’s refreshing when students actually KNOW why I’m here.
It is at this point in the semester that I’m really starting to get into the groove. Please pray that I’ll stay there! We have a small, but great group of guys who are involved with RUF. I’m pleased to report that I have gotten to know all of these guys fairly well in the short time I’ve been here. I just pray that these core guys will start to share the message with their friends, and even invite them RUF functions. I’d also like to brag about my students a bit. We went from two students one week at our guy’s small group bible study, to eight students the next! The dorm room was packed, people were sitting on the floor, but it was incredible to see that many people crammed in a tiny room diving into the gospel. Thank the Lord for such a blessing!
Also, other prayer requests are for the non-believing students at UConn (especially those in the RUF community). Please join with us at RUF in praying that the Gospel would transform them. It is obvious that they are searching, and that they have ended up at RUF. We hope that our presentation of the truths of the Gospel would answer their questions and dispel their doubts. Please pray with us for the growth of our ministry. Please pray that the wondering, the wandering, the curious, the convinced, and the unconvinced may all find comfort in the community of RUF at UConn, and in our message. And lastly, please pray for me, that even when I get discouraged I remember that I LOVE THIS JOB.
On a final note, check your address books, cell phones, rolodexes, etc.:
I may have some new, different contact information.
cell – (225)772-5882
email – pmajor@ruf.org or p.a.major@gmail.com (both go to the same place)
physical address – 252 Willington Hill Rd., Apt. D, Willington, CT 06279
blog – http://thousandhills.wordpress.com
I LOVE THIS JOB!!! Thanks so much for being a part of it!
Paul Major – RUF Intern – UConn
