(Sorry it has taken this long to post this. In case you are not on our email update list, please email us at mlkinnick [at] gmail.com, and we will add you! Thanks.)
Dear Fellow Workers,
Your labor in the harvest fields, alongside us, encourages our hearts and gives us strength. Thank you.
Thank you for your prayers concerning our travel over break. We were guarded & protected. The snow conditions were quite sketchy when we left Ithaca, NY on the 12th of December, but it cleared up right around western Ohio :) We had a wonderful conference with our fellow Staff-In-Training friends in Delavan, WI, Dec. 13-18. Lindsay and I enjoyed quality & restful time with both of our families! And our travel back to Ithaca, NY on the 10th of January was snowy in Chicago, but beautiful the rest of the drive on the 11th.
This semester in our Navigator ministry here at Cornell, we are seeking to develop more intentional one-to-one relationships. Specifically I am thinking among these freshmen men & women that Lindsay and I are connecting with and ministering to. We desire to see them more deeply rooted in Christ and in true Christ-like relationship with one another. Granted this will take time as they are young. But we are seeking to sow the seeds for a foundational life with Christ now, so that they are equipped to walk with Him for a life time in devotion & in community with other Christ followers.
Please pray with us over these names, that they might obediently dig deeper (Luke 6:48) into the foundation that is Christ and experience His steadfast love & faithfulness. Please pray that out of the experience of that relationship with Christ, they might extend the same love in friendship to those around them (those in and outside of relationship with Christ).
Freshmen Men: Mark, James, Andrew, John, Jonathan, Aaron, Tim, Larry, Sean, Jesseon, Jacob, Dan, Walter, David
Freshmen Women: Jamie, Susan, Laura, Lauren, Anna, Amanda, Rena, Debbie, Emma
Lindsay and I are both seeking to share a Gospel illustration with each one of these students individually in the next few weeks. We hope to get a sense of their understanding of the Gospel so that we can better minister to them individually. (Some have come to Bible study & other events regularly, others are spotty, others have only come once.) Please pray that these meetings & conversations would be divinely appointed and full of Grace & Truth.
We look forward to keeping you updated on how your prayers with us are being answered! Thank you again for getting your hands dirty with us in the harvest field here at Cornell University!
Digging Deep,
Matt & Lindsay
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