God's Reminders: Life is precious and short

Today God gave me a good reminder that life is too short and precious to worry, waste or be too serious. I never know what will happen tomorrow. I want to be thankful for what I have today.

Today July 24 I was worrying about being late to a fundraising meeting and driving around pissed off and lost. And only one family came who were helping host and they were later than me anyways. Haha. But it was actually a great night and nice hike with Mon, Dad, Dave and Lulu. But we hiked ahead and lost Dad. We couldn't did him for an hour after and panicked as it became dark. I was praying. Mom called 911 and some very kind police officers came to help. I went up on the trail. Eventually we found him and all was well. God kept him safe! Thank you God for the reminder to not worry so much. To take things as they came, laugh, work towards our passions, be with the people we love. So I want to hold my family and friends close. I want to enjoy the moments more. Like Golf at Lutheran Family services best shot golf tournament. Thank you God for life, family and each moment. Please God help me to be grateful. Help me to be loving and joyful even in bad moods and times of tension.

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Here is a picture of the fellowship from last year.

Colorado pride!

You might notice almost all of the students are Asian American. That is one unique and beautiful aspect of this group of students. They are very open and share their community and the Love of God with all people around them and a few students with different background are involved. One way God has used this is that these students really reached out and poured into other Asian American students who had never gone to church or followed Jesus. Because of their common background they were able to get these students involved in InterVarsity.

Mmm grabbing a bit to eat with IV friends.

These students love to hang out talk, play games, eat and have fun together. This is a great way to build community and get to know each other. In order to go deep and grow in faith it is important to trust your friends and community. InterVarsity is serious about scripture but is a fellowship that has fun!

Why am I doing this Ministry?

My life and faith were transformed by being a part of InterVarsity (IV) at Colorado School of Mines(CSM). Together college students become a fellowship of believers. Now that I have graduated I believe that God has called and prepared me to impact college students’ lives through IV. Starting in August I will be leading a college ministry group with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at the University of Colorado Boulder(CU IV)

Though I am now an engineer I wish my degree also said InterVarsity leader, because I poured my heart out for IV at CSM. God has used my time at CSM to grow and develop my ministry skills. I was able to help start the InterVarsity group at Red Rocks Community college this spring and summer (the group now called Red Rocks IV now has over 15 students). I have found that I love working with people, particularly college students where personal and spiritual development is incredibly fast. Engineering is critical to society, but I feel that God has called me at least for now to engineer a college fellowship.

Now is the time for CU, last year over 20 students with open hearts who had never called themselves Christians joined InterVarsity at CU. However, most of these students left over the year I believe due to the lack of strong spiritual leadership. Kim (on the right in the picture) a student leader at CU in IV told me, “without full time staff last year we as leaders in the group lost vision and direction”. Jesus spoke of the same challenge:

Matthew 9:37 “Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.’ ”

Jing and Kim - students in IV at CU Boulder

God’s harvest is plentiful among the hearts of college students at CU Boulder. God has sent me to bring in his harvest as I raise up student leaders to reach new students and lead the IV fellowship to become a movement for the kingdom. I believe God has called and equipped me with the skills and passion to lead the CU IV fellowship.

In my calling to IV staff ministry I cannot go to the college campus alone. I need you and others to partner with me in order to reach God’s harvest among the 30,000 students at CU. With your support I can commit full time to God’s ministry at CU Boulder by fundraising $40,000. I will need a team of 20 partners supporting 100$ per month and 28 partners at $50 per month. Please pray to the Lord of the harvest for my ministry at CU. I ask that you consider partnering in my ministry at CU Boulder by giving donations monthly. To donate see the post called to Donate to My Ministry with InterVarsity. I believe this is a partnership and not another charity. If you believe in this ministry please contact me and I would love to tell you more and talk over the phone or in person. 

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(A few of those students at CU last year, including a girl I met named Jing ( in the picture above on the left) who is from China accepted Christ and started following him. Praise be to God for that!)

Who is Daniel Harrison?

I am a graduate from Colorado School of Mines (2012) with a bachelors degree in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering. For now I have decided based on God's call to pursue ministry and a career of serving the Lord and sharing the love and truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am serving with a team through InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. For the academic year 2012-2013 I will be at CU Boulder working with the small fellowship on that campus to grow personally and to reach out to more students. I grew up in Evergreen, Colorado.