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Stories of Reaching The Campus

Fraternity Guy comes to faith in Jesus

Posted on May 3, 2012 | Leave a comment

Meet Kevin Hokanson. Kevin is a SigEp from San Diego State University. Kevin served as the new member educator for one semester and is currently the VP of Facilities Management for his Fraternity. Kevin lives in his Fraternity and is a huge influence to the Brothers in his chapter. 3 months ago, Kevin and I met and wanted to talk Christianity. He said that he isn’t really open to Christian but had one question that no one could really explain to him, “Why do Christian pray/worship?” The answer to this question helped to open Kevin’s mind a little to hearing about God.

3 months later, we invited Kevin to come to Greek InterVarsity and the one day he went, he felt God speak to him through the Samaritan Woman at the well, John 4. I started meeting with Kevin weekly after this going through the Gospel of John and answering any question that would arise. Two weeks ago, we had a Greek IV study on raising Lazarus from the dead which mainly focused on putting our hope in Jesus.

After this study, Kevin asked if we could chat in his room. He asked me, “Why put hope in Jesus? I’ve put my hope in things in the past and they’ve let me down.” This led to explaining Jesus’ everlasting and unfailing hope. We met Monday, April 30th to talk through John 5-10. Kevin asked questions about the unbelief of the Pharisees, the response of the Jews and how they wanted more and more answers yet could not see, and the man born blind–the difference between spiritual and physical brokenness/healing. Kevin then asked to see the 4 Circles Diagram. Afterwards, I asked Kevin what circle he sees himself in. He said that he saw himself in the third circle. This was a perfect opportunity to explain what it actually means to be in the third circle and have a relationship with Jesus.

After running through the 4 Circles, reexplaining the gospel and asking him if he wants to pray to accept Jesus and start a relationship with God he responded by saying that he wants to start his relationship with God right now and prayed the prayer to accept Christ into his life! Please be praying for Kevin as he begins his relationship with Jesus!

- Nick Kwok (Greek InterVarsity Staff)

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Posted in Conversion in Students, Fraternities & Sororities

Catalina Spring Break

Posted on March 27, 2012 | Leave a comment

This week 41 students from SDSU are studying the book of Mark on Catalina Island. InterVarsity has a camp there called “Campus By the Sea” and we go there every spring break to study Mark and learn more about Jesus and the Kingdom of God.

Students are broken into three groups, Mark 1, 2, 3. Mark 1 is the first four chapters of the book, Mark 2 is the next four chapters, and Mark 3 is the second half of the book. It takes three years to complete the book. Students will do inductive Bible Study for the week and spend about 30 hours in groups digging through the scripture. Therefore, a student in Mark 1 wills spend 30 hours in just four chapters! We are truly teaching them to study scripture, think for themselves and learn to discuss what they seen in the Word of God. When you hear the testimonies of students after Spring Break they always say their mind was blown, Jesus was much bigger than they ever imagined, and they had the most fun ever studying the Bible.

Please pray for them as they will be there until Friday April 1!

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Posted in Retreats

No Secrets

Posted on March 6, 2012 | Leave a comment

POST YOUR SECRET: this week, come by the tent at Hepner Hall or in front of Cuic and anonymously post your secret. Every half hour we will put them on the tent and you can see the secrets of SDSU as well. Every person will have an opportunity for prayer and to hear about how God can bring freedom to them if wanted.

THE EVENT: This Thursday, we will have an event in Tula Hall (Tenochca Residence Hall) where there will be free food, spoken word, live music, a short play, and a talk on how to find freedom from a hidden life. 7:00pm!

Take a look at what the Tent is Like!

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Posted in Outreaches, Reaching The Campus

Greek Conference (Indianapolis)

Posted on March 1, 2012 | 1 Comment

Friday Night Talk

Saturday Night Talk

Kristina and I (Beau) had the privilege of speaking at National Greek Conference a few weeks ago. 650 students from 43 campuses showed up! We saw God move powerfully that weekend as hundreds stood to come home to the Father. Ultimately 50 students at the Indianapolis conference marked on their card that they were going to start following Jesus!

We preached three talks, Friday & Saturday night and then again Sunday morning. Every talk we did together and it was really fun! Friday night, we spoke out of John 2, Jesus turning water into wine, and we challenged students to “Be open to God, and he will reveal himself to you this weekend” You can watch Friday’s talk here. Saturday night, we spoke on Luke 15 and the two sons that are distant from the father. One son is distant because of his badness (the younger son) and the older son is distant because of his goodness (working to be moral). Both are missing the fathers heart and both need to come home into relationship. You can watch Saturday’s talk here. Sunday we stayed in Luke 15 and talked about the servants in the passage and how they understood the heart of the Father and celebration. We talked about how we need to be a community back on campus that can communicate the fathers heart to others and celebrate the things and people he celebrates. Most importantly, lost people coming home!

During the day on Saturday, students were in concentrations led by other staff from around the country. Concentrations were for various types of students. Some were for seekers and skeptics, while others were for Christians who are stuck in bad life style choices. There is even a concentration for leaders who want to stand out in their house for Christ and they learn to lead bible studies and ministry right in the fraternity and sorority.
Kristina did all this while being 36 weeks pregnant and she did an awesome Job. We both are surprised she made it, but God really sustained her through this. We had a ton of fun, and more importantly, God used us mightily that weekend as well as all the staff and volunteers who led at the conference. Thank you so much for the prayers!