Last PBA FCA

So this week is my last week as advisor to the fellowship of christian athletes at PBA. FCA is such an important ministry to me because it was actually at an FCA event in middle school when God first really grabbed ahold of my heart. In coming to PBA 4 years ago I was dissappointed to see how little the FCA ministry was beign utilized, or in fact how little the FCA ministry actually ministered to the student-athletes. During my second year Holly, Kimmy and I got a fire to change and restructure FCA at PBA to be more student lead and ministry focused...and here we are just a couple years later. I wouldn't say FCA is a huge ministry, but it is definitely student lead and focused on serving the Lord. I just love my FCA leaders and it makes my heart ache to think about moving away from this ministry. Tonight we did something a little different than we usually do on Monday evenings. Tonight we had an open mic. night and invited everyone to share a testimony, scripture, or specifics on what God has been doing in thier lives within the past year. I cannot express how amazing it was to sit there and listen to these college students get up and lay their garbage out bear and vulnerable knowing that they could because God has delivered them from that sin and forgiven them and they no longer live in bondage to that part of their former lives. It was a blessing to hear the scriptures that have spoken to people during both difficult and joyful times. I just find so much joy in hearing how God is working in others lives, and pray that in sharing my experiences can in turn be a blessing to others. I have just 1 more leadership meeting and 1 more large FCA chapel event before my time as staff advisor is done. I have thoroughly enjoyed this ministry opportunity and I can only hope that the experiences of this year will have prepared me in some small way for the new life I feel I'm being called to as a full time staff member in a sports ministry. It shall be interesting to see! ;)