Melissa Dorrance Disciplemakers Spring 2013 Exciting New Steps

Exciting New Steps! God's work in Spring 2013 It has been a whirlwind year since I first joined staff with DiscipleMakers back in August 2012 and God has been at work in huge ways this year, both in my life and in those of college students!  I am so thrilled and captivated by the vision and mission that I now have before me to “Go and make disciples of all the nations!”  Here are a few recent highlights from this past semester: Focus: DiscipleMakers just held its week-long end of year student conference Focus!  We had a combined 240 students across both weeks.  Not only did several students give their lives to Christ, but also many others were deeply impacted by the Gospel teaching throughout the conference and the heart seeking community.  One student remarked, "The reminder God gave me this week about how I'm called to walk by His grace was really refreshing. I often forget that God gives me grace because HE is good...not because I'm good." Gettysburg Graduation: After 4 years of academics, fun, and friends, it was hard to say goodbye to Gettysburg, but also immensely exciting!  I am very thankful to have graduated on May 19th with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies, and am now excited to begin full-time with DiscipleMakers!  It was bittersweet to say goodbye to all of my close friends from Gettysburg especially the dear brothers and sisters whom I met through DM and who have gotten to know my heart, failures, and joys these past 4 years in a deep way. Baccalaureate: The day before Graduation I had the privilege of delivering the Baccalaureate address to the senior class.  Not only was this a huge testament to how God has been at work in my life building me in influence among the professors and students of the institution, but it was even more exciting, because I got to share the Gospel with my graduating class and was able to exhort them to root their identities in something less temporal than academic success or temporary jobs and relationships.  Here is a link to the brief speech if you are interested in listening! Support-Raising: God is at work in powerful ways!  I began full-time support-raising on May 21st and God has really blessed those efforts by building up a prayer and financial support team.  Currently I am 46% of the way towards achieving my financial goal for my ministry with DiscipleMakers.  Praise God for providing people like yourselves who are eager to pray for or financially support this mission.  I am so blessed to have you all as partners in ministry! Engagement:  There have been even more changes in my life!  Just this past week on June 13th I got engaged to Andy Cimbala!  Andy works for DiscipleMakers and leads the ministry at Shippensburg University.  We couldn’t be more giddy and excited about where the Lord has been leading our relationship and are eager to get married and begin ministering the Gospel together as a team! Andy and I right after engagement!  Here is a link that tells more!

Prayers: Thank you for supporting me with your prayers and finances!  I am deeply awed by how God has worked in all of your hearts and am so encouraged to have you as fellow laborers for the truth! Please pray for my continued support-raising: that God would raise the necessary funds swiftly and that He would refocus me on the true purpose of support raising, to encourage people with the Gospel and with how God is at work in the world.  Please pray for current students as they are home over the summer.  Often students are returning to broken homes and communities where they must experience and wrestle with shame, loneliness, anxiety, or the lure of false “idols.” Please be praying for Andy and I as we plan our wedding and continue to grow in relationship with each other!  Pray we would grow daily in our love for Jesus and that He would remain the foundation of our relationship.  Only Jesus will keep our relationship flourishing and grounded for the years to come!

~Melissa

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