Praises @ La Fe

From the organizer of La Fe this year...

Thank you so much for your prayers for our recent Northern California La Fe Conference. Latino students were blessed! God moved in so many ways!!!

- Everyone traveling from LA and around the country arrived safely, Praise God!

- All 57 students arrived safely. Praise God!

- About 15 students (so many hands went up I could not count them all) made commitments or recommitments to Christ, Praise God!

- Worship had been a big need for this conference in the past. This year the Urbana worship team came and ministered to us in a culturally appropriate way. On Saturday night they invited the students to come to the altar and worship God in freedom. Everyone left the pews and at the altar jumped, danced, lifted their hands and their voices in worship of God. It was a wonderful picture. Praise God!

- Many miracles happened Friday before the conference even started. I know they were responses to your prayers. Praise God!

One Example:
Since our conference was at a church we needed to move Sunday because of the church services. I had put in a request for a room on the Berkeley campus a couple weeks prior. The Friday of the conference I found out that our request had been rejected. We were not informed prior. I started to think and to pray and subsequently use up all my day time cell phone minutes. I thought of the Westminster House, a place we had used before. However when one calls the Westminster house their phone directory is set up in such a way that you need to know the name or extension of he person you are call, or you just leave a general message. That would not help me. I thought of other options. My supervisor called again and hit a random number and it was the reservations desk! He came running handing the phone to me and I told the person what we needed and it was taken care of immediately. God opened the door for us. Praise God!

There is so much more I could say about the fellowship, the food and the fun. It was a ministry to our students, it was a ministry to my soul. I trust that the Lord will allow our paths to cross soon, there is so much more I could say.

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La Fe is a group of Chicano/Latino students exploring God, our Faith,
and the experiences of our People

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind." Romans 12:2