The Mission at Mesa

Zach Hofmeister | Colorado Mesa University | November 2023

Dear Friends,

I hope you had a great November and a happy Thanksgiving! I am so thankful for this mission that we get to be on together! This month has been filled with many blessings that I'm excited to tell you about.

The group of applicants I got to support at a FOCUS interview weekend

Fr. Abraham visited our student leadership Bible study one night

Student Testimonies

In our leadership Bible study, we have been teaching our students about knowing and sharing their testimonies and the Gospel with others! It was a joy to hear them share how the Lord has been calling them to Himself and to see their desire to witness to their faith!

Discipleship Update

This month, I shared the Gospel individually with Robert and Elijah and invited them into discipleship! In our recent weekly meetings I invited them to pray for 30 minutes every day, and we've been walking through how to build that habit together. Gabe and Drew received the same challenge and have been doing well in their prayer commitment, and I'm also very excited that they will be joining us at the SEEK conference over break! Please keep them all in your prayers!

We invited students on campus to help us make bags for the homeless

Later that week we visited a local park and handed them out!

Having some fun putting up Christmas decorations

Everyone was very entertained by Gabe becoming a Christmas tree

Bible Study

My Bible study started walking through the Story of Salvation study this month. The focus of the study is on God's relationship with man as seen in the stories of multiple biblical figures. So far, we have discussed the lives of Adam, Noah, and Abraham, and compared their journeys with God to our own. My favorite discussion so far has been reading about Abraham's journey from partial to complete faith in God, and talking about how we can take steps towards more complete faith also.

Thanksgiving Break

For Thanksgiving break I stayed in Grand Junction while my teammates and most of our students went home. My highlight of the break was having a really good conversation over breakfast with Keegan and going to pray with him afterwards. I also got to celebrate my birthday with some of my friends who stayed which was so fun!

Keegan and I went target shooting for my birthday

One of our students gave Brian and I a cat... meet Melvin!

Other Highlights

Our mission trip party, where we invited students to come to Peru with us for their spring break!
Watching the new Hunger Games movie with students
The first snow of the season!

Please Pray...

For our students to remain faithful and growing in their relationships with the Lord over break
For our students still considering coming on the mission trip: Nick, Kylee, Robert, and Elijah
For the Lord to prepare the hearts of our SEEK participants for the many graces the will encounter there

THANK YOU!

Thank you for being a part of this mission! It is such a blessing to witness and share the graces the Lord is working here with you each month!

In Christ Jesus, Zach

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Thank you for being with me on this mission!