Dear Friends,

          It’s not an easy task to describe Denver Christmas Conference.  One moment you have 2,000 animated college students worshipping God through singing, the next moment you have a silent auditorium while gifted speakers deliver stretching and challenging messages.  There’s also the “Day of Faith”, where students saturate the city of Denver to share their faith and show God’s love to hundreds of people.
          Thank you all for praying for DCC 2007!  We were able to take five students from Mesa State to DCC, and we also met up with our Master Plan Ministries sister campus, Ft. Lewis College in Durango, CO.  As you may remember, DCC is a huge conference put on by Campus Crusade for Christ where students come from campuses all over the Midwest.  The theme of this year’s conference was “Fearless.”  Students were challenged to become fearless in their walk with Jesus Christ by developing a stronger prayer life, realizing that we are in a battle, memorizing scripture, and developing a life of purity and passion.  Students were also challenged to be fearless by considering going on a stateside or international summer mission project.

Day of Faith at DCC

Many students share their faith for the first time during the Day of Faith.  Students break up into groups of five and are given a specific assignment somewhere in Denver.  They then have a chance to serve people in the community by cleaning houses, shoveling snow, buying a homeless person a meal, etc.  The ultimate goal is to get into spiritual conversations with the people we come in contact with throughout the day.  Here are a few of our stories!
          Jesse:  The group I led was given an assignment to go to a specific home and simply ask if there was anything we could do to help them.  After catching the wrong bus, we made it to the address we were given.  We soon discovered that the owner of the home spoke only Spanish, so we did our best to communicate with her through her son, Angel.  We offered to shovel her driveway for her and she accepted.  We spent the next three hours shoveling and picking away the snow and ice.  Although we were not able to share the Gospel verbally, we know that God will use this act of service.   
          Rhonda:   The group I led was also headed to a specific residence.  At the apartment we went to, we met Juana and her 4 children.  As the students were helping rearrange Juana’s furniture, I was able to get into a conversation with Louizza, Juana’s daughter.  Louizza is 15 and far along in pregnancy.  Louizza shared with me that she was thinking about putting her baby up for adoption.  Through this conversation, I was able to share about God’s love for His people in that we are all God’s adopted children when we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior.  God opened a door and I was able to share the entire gospel with Louizza.  Please pray that this young girl would invite Christ into her life.  Pray that her child would grow up in a home experiencing God’s love.
          Joel and Faith (also in Rhonda’s group) were able to get into a spiritual conversation with Juana.  Faith handed Juana a flyer from the church we were representing, which sparked an interest.  Pray that Juana would come in contact with more Christians who will show her God’s love.

Support News:

          Before DCC, we struggled with the decision about whether or not to attend the conference.  We knew that it would be a great time to be refueled and to develop relationships with students, but we also knew that our primary responsibility was to continue raising support.  After praying and talking with our campus directors, we came to the decision that we would go to DCC- but also continue to develop our support team while we were there.
          God is exceedingly faithful.  During the conference, we set aside time to focus specifically on contacting businesses, churches and individuals.  We started the conference at 74% and ended the conference at 82% of our monthly support!  As we write this letter, we are now at 85%.  There are approximately two weeks before classes start up again.  Please continue to pray that God will provide the remaining 15% (or $462 per month) quickly so we can begin our work on campus. 

Because of His Faithfulness, Jesse and Rhonda Denison

“Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.  The Lord is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made.  The Lord upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.  The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time.”  -Psalm 145: 13-15