The Mission at Mesa

Zach Hofmeister | Colorado Mesa University | September 2023

Dear Friends,

I hope that you had a great September! Thank you for being a part of this mission! This month, God has blessed me with getting to grow closer to our student leaders and the men in my Bible study. I'm excited to share about it with you!

Singing praise and worship songs around the fire in Moab

Moab Camping Trip

At the start of September we invited some students to come camping in Moab for a weekend. It was a great opportunity to get to know some of them better, hear about their journeys in faith, and be in awe of God's beautiful creation together!

Bible Studies

My freshmen Bible study has been going very well this month! We are walking through The Crux study, which focuses on answering important questions like "Why did God create us?", "What did Jesus' death accomplish?", and "What does He want for our lives?". It has been great to see them encounter some of these questions for the first time and walk through Scripture with them. I've also been getting lunch with them one-on-one to hear where they're at in their faith!

Playing unmatched with Ace, Brian, and Gabe - one of my Bible study guys

Bible study for our student leaders

Mass on the Welcome retreat

Welcome Retreat

Towards the end of the month we had the welcome retreat for the new freshmen. For the retreat we camped, enjoyed a day at a lake, prayed together and had a priest come celebrate Mass for us on Saturday night! One of the biggest blessings of the retreat for me was getting to have Gabe and Drew from my Bible study attend, even though they weren't planning on coming initially. Afterwards they both shared how they encountered God during the retreat with the group!

Other Highlights

Taking swing dance classes with Olivia, a student
Watching Star Wars at the Newman house
Golfing with Brian and Matthew (I'm awful at it)
Saying hi to Shayla, a student from the Air Force Academy, when she had a swim meet at CMU

Slacklining has been a great activity to meet students on campus!

Our group for the Welcome retreat

Ally, Drew, Gabe, and myself playing hackysack

Prayer Requests

For the men in my Bible study: Gabe, Drew, Robert, Elijah, Dylan, Nick, and Barrett and Tyler who I am inviting
For our Gospel invitations this month
For our SEEK and mission trip invitations
For boldness in outreach

THANK YOU!

Thank you for making our mission at Colorado Mesa possible by your prayers and support for me! I am so blessed to be on mission with you!

In Christ Jesus, Zach

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Grand Junction, CO 81501

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