Hello from the Mission field at Rutgers! We are off to a great start of our school year. The Lord has really been at work through the past couple of weeks of outreach.
I would like to introduce you all to the Mission Leader team. In the top row we have Justin Leach coming from Northeastern Unniversity in Boston along with Rachael Kirk, a fellow Florida State Seminole. Next to yours truly on the bottom row we have Matt Warne, hailng from Michigan State, and Jesse Diaz to my right, also from Florida State. Please keep our team in your prayers!
I want to also thank you for your prayers for the success for our welcome week events. Dorm vistis, Pizza-Q's, Luau's, one-on-one meetings, involvement fairs, campus dinners, Spirit Nights, Women's Groups, and Googa Mooga have been filling the month of September. What a joy it has been to get to meet so many new students! There's just so much to say about what's been happening, but pictures are worth a thousand words! Allow the montage of pictures below to take you through the past few weeks.
Leadership Day:
Before classes start, we gather all of our student leaders for a retreat day. We pray together and hear talks to get us ready for the semester ahead. This year, the other Mission Leaders and I gave a talk to help our students develope more meaningful conversations with new students. It was a great day of seeing how the Holy Spirit wants to work through us this year. As you can see below, we have a lot of fun being together!
Pizza-Q on Livingston:
What's a Pizza-Q you ask? Well, it's basically a BBQ out on campus with all the regular games: corn whole, relay races, and frisbee and then a whole lot of Pizza!
We were right next to one of the student centers. A PRIME place to meet students!
During the first week of classes, Rutgers hosts an involvement fair. Below is a picture of me talking to a student interested in becoming a part of the CSA (Catholic Sutdent Association) family.
Who says Catholics don't know how to have a good time? Check out our Luau we had after the Involvement Fair. Fr. Keith (one of our chaplains) prepared over 30lbs of pulled pork!
This Luau gives us a chance to really get to know the RU students, along with an opportunity to have a killer limbo competition. All for the sake of the Gospel ;)
Spirit Nights:
Our main meeting every week happens on Tuesday nights at 8pm at one of the Campus Centers. Here we have time to socalize, pray, and talk about different aspects of our Catholic Faith.
Here are some pictures from our first Spirit Night entitled: Survival 101. We played a bunch of Minute to Win it games and two students gave a sharing about what their faith has brought to their college experience.
And there is no welcome week without a good game of GOOGA MOOGA!
It's basically like capture the flag, but stepped up a couple notches. We play with all of the normal rules of capture the flag, but at night while throwing flour bombs at each other for points.
Charcoal for camoflauge is the only REAL way to play!
Such are the adventures of a Missionary at Rutgers! I hope you've enjoyed the pictures as much as I've enjoyed being a part of the God's work in bringing many people to come to know His Love.
With such affection for you, we were determined to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our very selves as well, so dearly beloved had you become to us.You recall, brothers, our toil and drudgery. Working night and day in order not to burden any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 1 Thessalonians 2:8
The weeks ahead will be filled with more one-on-one meetings with students. Just as St. Paul talks about in the 1 Thessalonains Scripture above, my job is to share the Gospel with these women through the very gift of myself. Please continue to pray that the Lord would give me many opportunities to be His Light on the Rutgers Campus.
Stay tunned for more Missionary updates! Please send prayer requests to my email: erickaelemire@gmail.com. It would be my pleasure to bring your requests before the Lord in prayer!
With many reasons to be full of JOY,Ericka
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