Deep South Outreach
I LEAD MY FIRST OUTREACH! January 11th - March 15th. Our team saw salvation, healing, and university students step into their missional calling where God has placed them on their campus. I’ve learned that organizing ministry, takes much more administration work than I thought. I recognize that the momentum of seeing university students being mobilized on their campus, moves at the speed of relationship.
It was very empowering to be covered in writing a message and delivering one, God taught me much on what it means to lead people into an understanding of the word of God, and a life that will take action on the word God spoken to them. Actually executing the outreach revealed so many areas of my leadership that need improvement, yet at the same time revealed Gods hand over the work we were doing in such a powerful way, revealing to me how much more involved He is in the work on drawing young people unto a revelation of Jesus.
With our team partnering with students and ministries, we our gatherings reached 17 universities and 17 high schools . That's nearly 2 campuses per week, all woven between Jesus Rallies, Bible studies, and long driving days! Here are a few stories while we were on the road.
Location: University of South Florida
Date: 01/17/2026
People Involved: Brave Love Team, Craig, Nick (Student)
Story: After our Brave Love and Men Who Lead gatherings, I walked into the community room Brave Love was meeting in probably 15 minutes after they finished up. There was a guy in the same room doing some homework. I felt like the sparks some conversation with him about Jesus. He told me he grew up Catholic his whole life and is still catholic, out of curiosity I told him “I say this to everyone I meet on campus’s ““how confident are you in your salvation“he went on to share. He wasn’t very confident, that sometimes it was difficult because he had to do more things for God to earn his salvation. by the end of our conversation, I asked him how confident he was if he was saved, he replied with “100% confident “I asked him why he said “because I’ve faith in that what Jesus has done in the Cross is enough to give me eternal life. When he said that he sparked with such joy. Prayed over him, and we went on our way! The simple gospel is so good!
Location: Southern Florida College
Date: 02/05/2026
People Involved: Nina, Tori, student Alexis
Story: Near the end of evangelism, we ran into a friend group in the girls dorm. They invited us to lunch and we talked more about their majors and shared about our lifestyles as missionaries. Near the end, another friend joined us who leads worship at her campus ministry. We asked them for prayer requests and ended up praying for all of their family’s health. Both Nina and I felt that last girl be highlighted so as the rest of her friends left, we pulled her aside. Nina had a verse of encouragement to her and she absolutely broke down, feeling burdened by anxiety and pressure. We spoke into several points of freedom, and she exclaimed “This is so God. I feel like things like this only ever happen in the movies.” We commissioned her onto her campus back into her friend group as she said “I’ve never thought of myself as an evangelist before.” We led her through the 4 Rs and she was deeply encountered repenting for fear and receiving the love of God. She left as a different person, confident in her identity in Jesus!!!
Location: Mississippi State University
Date: 01/16/2026
People Involved: Lex, Craig, Nina, Charlie
Story: The day before, Nina during our time tabling and handing out flyers for the event that happened tonight, handed a flyer to Charlie and ended up sharing the Gospel with her. She rededicated her life to Christ in her conversation with Nina, and brought her boy Lex to CTL. I ended up speaking with Lex after the gathering, I asked him a few questions, then proceeded to ask him if someone has ever explained to the gospel to him before gospel. He replied with no, no one‘s actually shared the full gospel with him before. He’s been to church and has heard plenty of opinions from different pastors and “religious people “ but he said no one‘s explained to him the gospel. I proceeded to share with him the gospel of the good news, that through everything Jesus has done, he can have full assurance that by the blood of Jesus we can obtain righteousness through his faith. And it’s an invitation to intimacy with God. After I shared that with him, he said he’s never heard such a presentation of the gospel before, he said the version that I explained was really good and it’s something he really loved to hear. He didn’t end up giving his life to Christ, because he said you know if I were to do this I have to go all and I can’t dabble I can’t kind of step into it. I have to fully commit. And I just affirmed in him that God has made him that way, and I allowed him to understand the fresh invitation, whether it’s at church, whether it’s in his car, whether it’s in his room, that there is full invitation to receive the love and grace of Jesus. I prayed over him that he would keep his knowledge that Jesus is available.
Location: Jesus Rally Orlando (Multiple High School)
Date: 01-30-2026
People Involved: (Student) Adam
Story: Adam attended the Jesus Rally and felt from the Spirit to leave the worship service to find baseball prayers to evangelize to. Sure enough the HS baseball had just finished practice and he found a student sitting alone. He shared the Gospel with the student and right then he gave his life to Jesus. Directly after he ran over to a car of 3 more students who were heading home, he witnessed to them as well and all 3 gave their life to Jesus. The hunger in Adam to hear the voice of the Lord and be obedient to it is unreal, 4 extra High Schoolers got saved by his obedience in the middle of the service.