Prayer vigil

Jason Gaboury

The first week of school a group of students stayed up all night (at a closed commuter school) to pray for the campus. We prayed about concerns of the fellowship, and we walked around the school praying for teachers, faculty, staff and the learning that takes place.

There were 12 students who showed up at 10:00 p.m. We divided the evening into periods of worship, prayer, intercession, breaks and the prayer walk. At 3:30 in the morning, as we walked around campus, we drew the attention of the janitorial staff and a few homeless people who were sleeping in the school. We walked to the club hallway and prayed for conversions among people from different organizations, fraternities, sororities and social service clubs. (So far we’ve had a few GIGs start up with an activist group, along with some open doors at the student newspaper.) We walked around the classrooms praying for students in their studies, for offices and administrators (we’ve been invited to meet with the president), and for outside groups, including a church, that use the school.

At 7:30 a.m. we went to breakfast, exhausted and exhilarated. God is answering the prayers of that night, both the ones for IVCF and the ones for campus!