Renfro Ramblings

We are called to live a supernatural life now, by faith. Eternity will be wonderful, but there is one thing heaven will not contain, and that is the call, the possibility, and the privilidge of living a supernatural life here and now by faith, before we see Jesus face to face. -Schaeffer Lately, the Lord has been teaching me about His supernatural power and how as Christians we are called upon to be a demonstration that the supernatural, the normally unseen world, does exist.  We currently live in a world where naturalistic ideas are setting in more and more impeding ones comprehension and grasp of a supernatural God. BUT... The more we get involved in ministry the more we see Gods power moving in the lives of students and transforming their hearts. It is a previldge to be part of this. People who seemed so hardened to the truth of Jesus Christ are being touched by his love day after day. Families are being restored, sadness is being transfo...

Tomorrow evening a team of students from Sam Housto n State University Chi Alpha arrives in Chile to help us with a week full of outreaches. They will be going with us to various universities to do cultural exchanges and at night doing events to connect further with the students. All this will be for the purpose of encouraging our student leaders here in Chile and connecting students that are not Christians with CONEXION, the name of our student group. Below are the events you can help us pray for. Most universities invited us on their campus with the condition we don't proselytize so we will mainly go and connect with the students to invite them to our evening events where we will be free to share more about the love of Christ. Monday, May 25:  INACAP University/ Coffee Shop Event Tuesday, May 26: Universidad Catolica del Norte/ International Festival Wednesday, May 27: Univesidad de La Serena  Thursday, May 28:  Universidad de Pedro Valdivia/ Soccer Night - Soccer is the religi...

SMALL GROUPS Small groups have been underway for nearly 2 months now! We are so excited to say that we prayed for 2 solid small groups and the Lord has answered our prayers with 4! It has been a joy watching the students not only be faithful in coming every week but also bringing their friends who do not know the Lord. Small groups are effective in helping us build relationships with the students and it gives them a place to grow more in their knowledge of God. Overall 26 students have been involved with small groups! Please pray for our small groups and that students lives would continue to be changed. VERONICA AND MELODY The   Lord is doing something big here in Chile and everyday he confirms it more and more. Last month Veronica and Melody arrived to help us is in pioneering university ministry. They are devoting a year of their life, after completing their degrees at Sam Houston State to come be a part of this work. They have been a tremendous help already and we see their lives be...

Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we'd better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls! -Hebrews 12:1-3 The Message This passage in Hebrews has been on my heart these last couple of months so much that it has challenged me to train for half a marathon. One of our challenges in starting ministry here is teaching the students about passion in what they believe in. So the Lord  lead me to show p...

This weekend Josh and I had the privilege of taking 5 university students on our first ever retreat. The students that attended were involved this summer in small group and took our leadership training course. It was a wonderful time of prayer and planning before these students head back to class during the month of March. The retreat was also purposeful in solidifying their commitment and helping establish an identity that will  be  present in 5 major campuses this school year. We are grateful for their dedication and desire to take part in reaching their campus. We are in awe as we see these students begin to establish a vision for what God can do on their campus.