What is NSO, you ask, oh man I will tell ya!
NSO stands for New Student Outreach, and it is what I have been doing for the past week. This is such a great experience and I am so glad I get to be a part of something so huge. New Student Outreach is an Intervarsity Christian Fellowship (seriously check out this link <-- IVCF is my life) lead group of students who welcome other students living on campus and invite them to the Kingdom. It is really cool and also really tiring, in all of the senses of the word. I love love love getting to know new people especially freshmen/transfer students. These students are feeling uncomfortable, really uncomfortable. I mean who wouldn't? They are in a new place, trying to make new friends, and everything is just new. I recall my very first night in the dorms ever when I was a freshman. I was terrified. I didn't know anyone, my roommate left me alone and I was just really scared. I know exactly how these new freshmen feel. They are scared and they can be feeling pretty alone. My friends, that is why NSO is so important, these new students need a community they can rely on and that's where we come in. We are a community of believers who know how to have fun without being the stereotypical "college student." I am more than excited to see what God is bringing this school year. My heart has been set a blaze and I am ready to bring people to His Kingdom. But. It is not easy. It is very spiritually giving and just sometimes plain difficult. Inviting people to events every single day is not the easiest thing in the world to do. I enjoy it, yes, but sometimes you get doors shut in your face. Though, I have realized I am not alone in this has been very humbling this year. Last year was not in the slightest the easiest of years, I was battling a lot of my own demons while trying to do NSO and that my friends was a huge challenge. I was constantly drained both physically (YAY HALL RAISING) and spiritually. I was a hot mess that would've only lead to destruction, which it did. I was very weak last year and didn't really on my Father or community for support. But, lemme tell ya, this year has been so fruitful. I went into my summer knowing I needed to PRAY PRAY PRAY and then PRAY some more for a community who accepts my faults and helps me to get back to my center putting God in that center. I realized a lot this past week (wow, it has only been a week!!) since I moved back to college that my community and God are the only thing that can ever keep me going! So, I encourage all of you to dive into a community, where ever that may be. DIVE IN and REACH OUT. My experiences with NSO have taught me so many ways to become a better leader and role model to those on the 6th floor of Towers North (HOLLA).
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