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Introducing PathWay College Outreach Ministry

PathWay was created with three objectives and those are listed in our Mission Statement: 1. Encouragement. We aim to reach the current Christian College population with the objective to encourage students to a meaningful walk with the Lord through the adopting of godly habits: Regular Bible Studies Practice of a personal Quiet Time Bible Memorization Christian Service Discipleship 2. Evangelism. Fulfillment of the Great Commission - Acts 1:8. By reaching Non-Christian college students with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 3. Empowerment Equip and challenge participants to use their gain qualifications and skills in the service of our Savior: Practice personal evangelism Mission Trips Participation in a local church

Introducing PathWay College Ministry PathWay College Ministry Did you know?

Last year we started to report in our Newsletters the birth of a new ministry among college students. Did we intend to do that? The answer is No! Our objective since our car accident was to get well and return to Australia. However, every time that we made plans for surgery and a possible return day to Australia we saw the Lord changing our plans. At the same time, the Lord set this verse as a constant reminder: Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth Psalms 46:10. During a meeting with our WOL Director Dr. Joe Jordan, he shared some words of wisdom by saying: for God there are no accidents just divine appointment. We just need to pray for Him to reveal His plan to us Since then, our prayer changed to: Lord, help me to see and understand your plan for our lives, make it simple because I am not getting it. But Lord dont use any more car accidents The Lord started to use pastor friends of us to challenge us to consider the possibility that maybe the Lord had a different field for us. Not long after we started to pray, the Lord showed us a mission field right on our door step. There are more than 10,000 college students in our county alone and more than 70,000 college students in the NC Triad, but only a handful of ministries.

So, what is our next step? Prayer Prompters

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For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Ephesians 4:12

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* Encouragement * Evangelism * Empowerment Since we started this ministry, we have focused our efforts to open evangelism. Plain and simple street evangelism. So far we have distributed over 3,500 gospel tracts in the streets of Elon and around Elon University. It is interesting to see the reaction of students when they are handed a gospel tract. Many read them while they continue walking, some put them away, some others reject it. Only in a few occasions we have students being rude or tearing the gospel tracts in pieces. Some students reject receiving a tract by saying: ...no thank you, I am Jewish But in all those occasions I use the opportunity to tell them ...I am Jewish too what is your

Hebrew name? Amazingly in all instances they stop and ask: ...How is that? . How can you be Jewish and a Christian?

One of those opportunities I spoke with a Jewish student whose name is Hewitt. He was wearing a soccer jersey and using soccer I had the opportu- Through these experiences the Lord is showing nity to talk to him for about 20 minutes. At the end that this ministry is making a impact at Elon. he took the gospel tract with all my details and asked if he could contact me on his return back from his summer break. What a Blessing! In another occasion, my team and I went to give gospel tracts in a coffee shop close to the university. After leaving that place we noticed a young lady following us in her car. While we were giving tracts outside Elon University, she parked her car on the curb and called me and said: ...My name
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is Jackie, I am a student here at Elon and after being here for four years, I never saw anyone giving tracts as you guys you guys are bold! I just wanted to tell you that you guys have been a blessing to me Thank you! What a Blessing!

Did you know?

There are 4.5 million college

students in America.
30% of those 4.5 million

students will never graduate.

The most expensive college

As the ministry started to grow and take shape, we approached our authorities at WOL with the assistance of Mr. Rick Brooks (WOL South Pacific Representative) and proposed to adopt our college ministry as a Word of Life program. However, due to different circumstances, WOL decided not to adopt the proposed program. WOL has been very encouraging and supportive of what we are doing with the college ministry. After we realized that we needed to decide which direction to take, WOL offered to assist us in a transition if we decided to depart WOL and pursue PathWay College Outreach Ministry. After a considerable time in prayer, Jackie and I decided to take another step of faith and remain in the USA to continue working and reaching college students with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through PathWay College Outreach Ministry. This was not an easy decision for us to make. As a couple, this meant for us to surrender our families to the Lord in Australia, to surrender our teammates and friends, and to surrender our belongings that we have in Australia. Our calling is to serve Him, our commitment is to obey Him. We trust that the Lord will take care of our families. As mentioned earlier, we are taking a step of faith by changing ministries, but the Lord has been confirming every step. PathWay College Outreach Ministry has an active board of directors, so we are not without accountability. At present we are aiming to complete the transition as soon as our visas are approved.
PathWay 1st Board meeting May 20th, 2011

in America after room & board is Sarah Lawrence College. Students there can expect to pay $55,788 per year that is $223,152 for a 4 year degree.
4 out of 5 college students

drink alcohol Over half engage in binge drinking.

48% of alcohol is consumed

by underage students.
1,700 college students die

every year from alcohol related injuries.

The average college student

Prayer Prompters
Pray for strength and encouragement as we endure trials. For our college ministry team. Bible distribution day at Elon University. Answers in Genesis Seminars at Elon, UNCG and UNC Universities.

has a $2,700 in credit card debt.

Source: www.anycollege.com

For Jackies physical therapy and recovery. For volunteers for our events. For new contacts among college students. For our visas - Our lawyer told us that is harder for Christians to get visas under the current administration.

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Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it:...Psalms 127:1

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We are amazed to see how the Lord is blessing PathWay College Ministry. Since the beginning of our college ministry we aimed to reach Elon students, but the Lord brought students to our bible studies from UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Chapel Hill and Alamance Community College. So as a team we started to pray on how to reach those campuses. Bible Distribution at Elon University. Aug 26 In our last newsletter we reported about this event and requested prayers and assistance with Bibles. Well, let me share with you what the Lord has done. The Lord blessed us with a good number of Bibles, NT, Tanach (Hebrew & English Bibles for Jewish Students). However, if anyone still wants to help us, we need assistance to print gospel tracts, brochures, flyers and information about our ministry to hand to students. Please let us know. Thank you to Pastor Black, Pastor Tim Teboe, Pastor Milton Wilder, Ms. Jackie P. & Bible Baptist Church Burlington (adult Sunday School Class) for your generosity & support.

Answers in Genesis - September 24 28 The next activity that we have in our calendars is Answers in Genesis workshop, seminars and open forum. By the grace of God we will be in three universities: Elon, UNCG and UNC conducting seminars and open forums. The Lord opened doors for us to Elon University via the sponsorship of a Christian sorority. In the same way the Lord open the doors at UNCG via Campus Crusade and we are working to get into UNC. We are also organizing a workshop for pastors, youth pastors and Sunday school teachers on Saturday September 24, venue to be confirm. Even Schedule: Saturday, Sept 24 - Workshop Sunday, Sept 25 AM - Baptist Temple of Alamance Sunday, Sept 25 PM - Agape Baptist Ch. Mebane Monday, Sept 26 PM - Elon University Tuesday, Sept 27 PM - UNC-Greensboro Wednesday, Sept 28 PM - UNC-Chapel Hill

Recently a pastor friend of ours told us: Santiago, for the past 10 years we have tried to reach the students at UNC-Greensboro, but after so many tries we gave up... However you have been able to achieve more in a short time than us in 10 yearsKeep up the good work my friend, we are covering you in prayers as trials will come your way... If you wish to have more information about our events feel free to contact Santiago at the number or e-mail listed in this Newsletter.

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Speaking at A Christian Sch.

Our Passover Seder was a great success. Our guest learnt how Jesus is revealed in the Jewish Passover

Learning on How to Study your Bible

Jackie doing physiotherapy for her wrist.

Bible Study and Ice cream at Smittys

Speaking at a Bilingual VBS - South Carolina

Jackies wrist surgery was in February this year. However, her recovery has been with many ups and downs. Jackies doctor told her that she is among those patients that are slow healers.

We send frequent updates via e-mail. If you have not been receiving our updates or Newsletters and would like to receive them, please send us an e-mail with your contact details and we will update our database. We also post our Newsletters on Facebook and Scribd. In order to have access to our Newsletters or Updates through Scribd, you will need to subscribe to the Scribd website. The service is free, secure and virus free. www.scribd.com/solortegui Santiago & Jackie Olortegui E-mail: SantiagoOlortegui@wol.org - SantiagoOlortegui@pathwaycom.org 1053 Quakenbush Rd. - Snow Camp, NC 27349 Home (336) 376-1710 - Cell (336) 480-4755
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