LSU Fraternity Outreach - A Blessed Evening! 

FORTY-ONE indicate desire to trust in Christ as Savior and Lord

Members of Five Fraternities met at the Kappa Alpha House

Thank you for all of your prayers and for your encouraging notes about the LSU fraternity outreach on Wednesday night.  What a blessed evening it was!

103 filled out comment cards, and FORTY-ONE indicated the following:  "Tonight I realize my need to put my complete trust in Christ and what He has done for me on the cross and to follow Him as Lord of my life."

Campus Director Darin Travis and the CRU (Campus Crusade) staff men did a wonderful job of organizing the event.  It was also evident that, over some period of time, they had established solid credibility with the fraternity men which enabled them to be very effective in their recruitment to this somewhat unique outreach meeting.  I give thanks to our Lord for their good work at my alma mater.

Also, the panel members, Jason Greene, Eric Danos, Ben Heroman, and Dr. Bill Russell were excellent both in content and in their manner of presentation.  I wish that there was a video of the evening.  I can assure you that you would have been quite moved by the substance of their comments about their experiences in business, the winsomeness and humility with which they shared words of wisdom, and their honesty, even vulnerability, in discussing their own spiritual discoveries and development.  The 103 young men in the room hardly moved.  They sat in rapt attention.  It was just that impactful!

I'll conclude with the thoughts that Darin Travis shared in a letter yesterday:

• We were hoping the Lord would use the night to work in those young men's hearts.  I believe that He did.  I assume that most of you read the last question on the response card.  The Gospel was shared, they were quiet, then invited to pray:  41 of the 103 indicated that they made that decision to follow Christ. Pretty incredible!

Please pray not only for the 41 but for all 103 of these young men and for Darin Travis and the CRU staff as they are already beginning to do the follow-up work.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS!

Rodney

LSU  

Fraternity Outreach Tonight 

Businessmen's Panel Discussion 

Tonight I will be moderating a businessmen's panel discussion at the Kappa Alpha Fraternity House.   Men from a number of fraternities will be in attendance.  A couple of fraternities have made attendance at this meeting mandatory for all of their freshmen.  About 100 are expected to participate.  

Four men will serve on the panel:  Ben Heroman, Jason Greene, Eric Danos, and Dr. William Russell.  Each of them will address topics of vital importance to these young men as they will soon be launching their own careers.  This will be followed by a Q&A period at the end of which I have been asked to present the Gospel of our Lord Jesus.  PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO PRAY FOR THE SALVATION OF THESE YOUNG MEN.  

Bec and I drove over to the campus earlier today and took the pictures below.  I also had the opportunity to do something I have wanted to do for a long time.  As we visited my fraternity (Theta Xi  - on the right in the pictures below), the Lord walked me right into a group of Theta Xi's who listened very respectfully as I told them about what the Lord did in my life when I lived there in that house.  I also invited them to come over to the KA house tonight for the panel discussion.  One young man said that he would definitely be there.  Please pray that he and others will come.  

I am very grateful to Campus Crusade director Darin Travis and his team for inviting me to be part of this outreach.  It is interesting that recently I had been so full of desire to share Christ with the fellows on fraternity row that I had actually been thinking of just going over there and introducing myself and engaging with them.  What a joy to know that the Lord was planning to open this door of opportunity for me.  

Please see the pictures below.

KA House and Theta Xi House

Bec and I in front of the KA House

 A little gathering of polite listeners out on the patio of the Theta Xi House at lunch today

Pointing to the upstairs room where I lived for two years