Pictures of what's been happening lately

This semester has started very well. Thank you for praying! Here are a few pictures of what's happening with the ministry here at the USM BSU!

28 students are on this year's leadership team. Prior to everything starting up this semester, we took some time to train our leaders. We spent one day at Challenge Country. It was a tremendous experience as our team learned about team building. The ropes course was awesome!

A group of new students enjoying each other and pizza at the BSU welcome party.

Former USM BSUer Chris James spoke at the first 12:01 of the semester. We served spaghetti, bread sticks and salad. The first 12:01 of a semester is always free and yes, it was nuts that day. Free food and college students tend to mix very well.

Survival Weekend 2009 large group shot taken on Saturday morning August 22. A great group this year. Not sure how the numbers compare to the past. We did have 40 international students this year.

Dr. Ken Hester was back as the speaker. Ken is pastor of FBC Pontotoc. He's a great friend of BSU. Thank you Ken!

Please be praying for:

• An international Bible study led every Wednesday evening by Nick. The response has been good. International students are hearing the Gospel. Many of these were not familiar at all with Christianity.
• Fridays at lunch: a group of about 20 students are going out every Friday on campus to share with their fellow students. Please pray for our lost students on our campus.
• 6:01 & 12:01: that our weekly large group meetings would bring glory to Christ and that His word would be taught AND obeyed by our students.

Thank you for praying for the USM BSU!