Heritage Weekend 2008

LeTourneau University. February 8, 2008. The creme de la creme descend upon campus to compete in Heritage Weekend, LeTourneau's vehicle to discover and reward top students with scholarships. Highschool students in suits and ties nervously await the next round of interviews and pray that their competition essays receive high scores! Do you need something for which to be thankful? One look in their terrified eyes and God got my "thank you I've graduated!" all day long...

The LeTourneau Experience: Have you been to the S.E.Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center? It's awesome...best acoustics you will find! And some of the friendliest staff as well - from ushers to the boxoffice, you'll be treated to a smile. The Belcher Center hosted The Annie Moses Band last night...if you have not heard this group, you are missing out! Check them out! For more events, visit www.belchercenter.com.

How Can You Pray Today: Please pray for our Heritage Weekend participants. It is a stressful time for them and many have traveled far to attend this scholarship event. Please pray for traveling mercies as they head home on Sunday.

35 Seconds

LeTourneau University stands united today in prayer and thanksgiving with Union University in Tennessee. For 35 seconds, tornados tore through the Union campus and left it in shambles...and shining trough it all is God's grace and mercy. All Union students survived and when you look at the photos of campus, you wonder how??? And God's omnipotence shines through...we know this, "all things work for good for them that love the Lord." His hand of protection and provision over the Union student body and staff is a miracle and we would all be fools not to bow down and worship him.

How can you pray today? Many area residents were killed or injured in last night's storms, many lost their houses and possessions. Please pray that through it all they might feel God's peace...that if they do not know Jesus Christ as their savior or that if they have moved away from him, that this moment might draw them near. May God continue to bless Union University family in the weeks of rebuilding ahead.

Another week begins...

...and it is hard to believe that January is already behind us and February is barreling ahead. The spring term is a busy one on campus as we host Heritage Weekend, Parents Weekend and Hootenanny...This April, we also begin celebrating Homecoming the same weekend as Hootenanny. Some have asked me why we moved Homecoming from the fall to April and the answer is quite simple: we wanted our alumni and friends to enjoy Hootenanny and rope-pull and all the other events we have on campus! If you would like to join us for homecoming, you can register and get more information at our website http://www.letu.edu/ under "Alumni." We hope you will join us in making this Homecoming one of the best yet!

How you can pray today: Pray for our LeTourneau Alumni and family who are missionaries around the world. Pray for God's continued protection and provision for them.