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Orientation week is over, and what a week it was! we spent the week having students fill out a "quick quiz for a chupa-chup" we experimented with having different socials throughout the week in attempt to minnight. Most first year students live off campus with their parents and commute to campus.
Orientation week is over, and what a week it was! we spent the week having students fill out a "quick quiz for a chupa-chup" we experimented with having different socials throughout the week in attempt to minnight. Most first year students live off campus with their parents and commute to campus.
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Orientation week is over, and what a week it was! we spent the week having students fill out a "quick quiz for a chupa-chup" we experimented with having different socials throughout the week in attempt to minnight. Most first year students live off campus with their parents and commute to campus.
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Praise for the success of O Week Prayer that those involved with Student Life (Missionaries and Students) would fully rely on Orientation Week the Holy Spirit for wisdom and strength during each follow-up phone call and appointment Orientation Week is over, We are a small and new min- night. (No, I have never Students to be willing and avail- and what a week it was! We istry, so during O Week, we heard anyone say, “throw able to meet up with someone spent the week having stu- experimented with having another shrimp on the bar- from Student Life dents fill out a “quick quiz different socials throughout bie”). The turnout wasn’t Students’ hearts to be open: —For Nonbelievers to be for a Chupa-chup.” In the week in attempt to min- very good for Frisbee, but we brought closer to Jesus, and American English this had fun nonetheless. We those that are ready would accept Jesus means “survey for a sucker had a better turnout for —Believing students to see the (or a lolly-pop).” The “quiz” the barbeque with 6 stu- need to bring their peers to Christ and make time to get consisted of 3 questions dents. That doesn’t sound involved and grow in their gauging student’s aware- like many, but most re- walks with God ness of Student Life as well turning students don’t go as their interest in spiritual to O Week. Part of the things. The idea behind the experiment was also figur- quizzes was to gather con- ing out locations and tim- tact information from those ing of the events. Most Aussie Words interested in order to call Student Life 2010 Team. Left to right, Back: Kara, Shawn, Paul, Grady Front: Stacey, first year students live off G’Day: Good day them to meet up later. We Heather, and Nick (Photo courtesy of 3.5 campus with their parents year old Evie Mitchell) did 1465 surveys total, of and commute to campus. Mate: Friend (I have heard both “G- day and Mate used liberally; however, which 615 surveys have ister to students relationally. This makes it a challenge to never together) some sort of follow up in- Tuesday we played Ultimate plan where and when to host volved! Praise God for Frisbee and Thursday we different events, Bible stud- Newie: Newcastle Chupa-chups! hosted a barbeque and game ies, and meetings. Can’t be bothered: Another way of saying, “I didn’t want to do it.” Basi- cally, it’s a way of saying, “I was too lazy to do it.”
Ute: A car/pickup. They used to have
A New Year at the University of Newcastle something similar in the U.S., but they are still widely popular in Australia, Students have returned from new things or just getting in- time for you to pray for the especially Newcastle. their summer breaks. Classes volved in groups during that ministry here, it is now. began yesterday (March 1). We time. After even 3 weeks or a are spending the majority of our month, the tone has been set for Contact Info time following up with the stu- the year and it is tough to break Address: dents who filled out the quick out of that routine. Thank you 29 Compton Street quizzes or doing walk-up evan- all so much for your prayers gelism with new students. The and encouragement. I cannot North Lambton NSW 2299 first three or so weeks on cam- stress how incredibly crucial Australia pus are the most critical to a your prayers are for these next Email: grady.toews@gmail.com first-year student’s year. They several weeks. If there is any grady.toews@uscm.org Bar Beach in Newcastle at low tide are so much more open to trying Blog: www.gradyt.blogspot.com Phone : 011 61 468 642 092