Lee Chappel
Richie Mataafa
LaDrake "Drake" Roy
Mo Miliam
Nick Williams
Darnell Jackson
Since the semester started and one of my new brothers in Christ, Tommie Westbrook, got back at UNA to start the football season, God has been opening doors for us to get involved on the football team. It has been an incredible experience so far and Tommie has been able to share the gospel with many of his teammates. In addition, he has been having a great season on the field. He is second on the team in tackles and has started every game of the season at Outside linebacker. Just last night, him and I were hanging out and praying for these guys and hoping that God would be at work in their lives, revealing their sin to them and showing them their need for Christ. It has been awesome so far as we have seen the Lord work. Currently, Lee Chappel is working through the book of John with Chad Walker and investigating the claims of Christ. In fact, just a couple of weeks ago he asked Chad to teach him how to understand the Bible. Darnell has been going through the book of John with me and has told me that he wants people to begin to associate Christ with him. As we were going through the first book he came to the realization that Jesus was God for the first time in his life. In fact, he had never even heard that before, which was incredible to be apart of and tell him about. God is doing a lot in his life right now although he has not yet surrendered his life to Christ. Richie has gotten lunch with me a couple of times now and today was incredible. We talked through the gospel for like thirty minutes and he basically asked me, "What are we supposed to do to get right with God if we can't do enough good things or be a good enough person for God to accept us?" I was able to explain the gospel to him and how Jesus has done everything for him in order for him to be right with God. It was really encouraging and believe that God is working in huge ways in his life as well. Some of the other guys I have put on this post are guys that we have talked with and guys that we want to be able to share the gospel with this semester. Please pray that God would begin to open the doors for us to do this and invest in the lives of these men. We really want to impact Richie, Mo, Nick, and LaDrake because of their influence on the team and the fact that they are returning next year to play. If God could get a hold of these guys lives, there is not telling the impact that they could have on the next group to come in. What I ask y'all to pray in the same thing that Tommie prayed last night: "Let this be the most saved football team in the country and reach the nations through what you do here, Lord!" What an awesome request! Pray this with me and Tommie. Thanks team.
