Prospective Staff Weekend!

Hello, friends! 

This Saturday, the Central Region (our Region) will be having its annual Prospective Staff Weekend (PSW). Men and women from all over our 4-state Region (Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri) will be gathering together to learn more about InterVarsity's vision and begin the discernment process of deciding whether or not to apply to staff. 

Much like so many other things this year, PSW will be different because of the pandemic. Instead of gathering in one place, it will be a virtual gathering. Because it's a virtual gathering, it'll only be a few hours on Saturday instead of the normal 24 hours it usually is. Instead of having all of the RLT present, only a few of us will be there to run the show. In fact, I'll only be there for part of the time (to talk about MPD, of course). 

Even though things are going to be scaled down compared to other years, I'm still excited for this year's PSW. I remember when I went to my PSW, 14 years ago. There were 6 of us from the St. Louis area who attended, including 3 of my best friends, one more fellow WashU student (#GoBears), and another good friend of mine. While only 3 of us ended up applying for staff (1 is now a teacher, one is a social worker, and one is doing anti-racism work), it was still such a blessing to be hanging out with friends, hearing about what God is doing beyond our little St. Louis Bubble, and beginning a discernment process that brought me to where I am today. 

So, friends, if you think about it Saturday afternoon, would you pray for our prospective staff? Please pray that God would speak to them during this time and make it really clear what He has in store for them during this next season of their lives. Would you pray that the technology would work and that community would still be established, even virtually. Pray for all those presenting (including yours truly), and that we would be speaking God's words, not our own. The harvest in plentiful but the workers are few. Pray that God would bring more workers to his harvest here in the Central Region! 

Have an excellent day! 

~Adam