Fall Retreat 2013 - Mark's Story

In John 5:19 Jesus says “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the son does also.”
 

It's awesome seeing students passionate about worship!

 

God is working and so are we! In the last month hundreds of students have come to know Jesus and many have been empowered by the Holy Spirit. One amazing story we had the honor to witness and wanted to share with you was a student named Clayton.

A freshman from Missouri Clayton was one of NDSU’s top wrestling recruits. I actually had the opportunity to speak with him and his mother last year during his recruiting visit. My head coach mentioned to me “He’s like you Mark, you’ll get along with him.” – his way of hinting that this kid probably knew Jesus.

Little did I know that God would have us cross paths again. I was working the contact table during the first week of school when who walks up but Clayton and two other freshmen wrestlers. My heart stirred as I knew God was moving and answering prayers.

Throughout this semester I have had the opportunity to sit down with Clayton over lunch and attend our weekly Chi Alpha services together. We have even had the opportunity to wrestle in the NDSU wrestling room, as brothers in Christ of course.

Fall Retreat was incredible as students got to experience incredible worship, teachings, fellowship, healings and growth in their personal walks with Christ. During the end of the evening services at Fall Retreat Clay found me at the altar praying for other students. I saw his face

glowing with a smile and the next thing I knew I was wrapped in a hug by this young man. I hugged him back and he told me, “Thank you! I’ve never been closer to Jesus in my life!”

Clayton had been touched by the Holy Spirit at Fall Retreat. He is set to not only go to school and win wrestling matches but Clayton is ready to share the love of Jesus with his classmates and teammates! If you could keep this man in your prayers we would greatly appreciate it!

Clayton and I with Senior Pastor Bob Ona at Mama Deb's

Clayton is only one of the many students that are being impacted by Jesus Christ. Danielle will share one of her highlights of fall retreat as well.

From the both of us we thank you for your continued support and being a part of our team! We are forever grateful that God has placed you in our lives to help support our mission!

Are you wondering what fall retreat is? If you have any questions or prayer requests please feel free to leave a comment or email us at mark.erickson.2@gmail.com.