God is simply amazing

So a few days ago was the move-in day for USC and all of us at Christian Challenge (the staff and student leaders) were helping out all the new freshmen unload and find out where they were staying. It was a long day, but a surprisingly fun and productive one! We were stationed at 3 different spots on campus to make the most of our time and I was with 2 of the guy students, Robbie and Matt. We basically walked up to people with large amounts of boxes and things and offered our services carrying things in! We were also at the New/North dorm, the only dorm, nay, only building on campus without an elevator! But that also gave us more time to talk with the students and their parents so I didn't mind (plus it was my workout for the day - some of those boxes were heavy and I was able to work on my biceps :)

The coolest thing happened within the first hour too. Robbie, Matt and I had met a guy named Nick and we were helping he and his mom carry things to his new room. We learned he was from Hong Kong even though his parents grew up here in the States. When we arrive at his room, however, his name on the door read "Nick Shmitt" and my jaw dropped. Why would I care about a freshman guy's name you might wonder? Glad you asked!! Last weekend was our staff and student leadership retreat and on Monday morning, right before we got started with our day, my boss Neil read aloud an email he had been sent by some parents. The email basically said that they found our group from our website and wanted us to pray for their son who was coming to USC in the fall. They said his name was Nick and he was going to be a cinematic arts major. They also mentioned that while they were both active in their faiths, their son had walked away and they wanted us to pray that he would find Jesus again. They were also from Hong Kong. Now, don't worry, they did not ask us to find him or weird him out by knowing his family history! They just wanted prayers for their son. So when I saw Nick's last name it was *the exact same guy* we had prayed for earlier!! I didn't say anything to his mom or Nick, but when we were finished I told Robbie and Matt who it was we just helped and they were floored at God's providence!!

We moved in a lot more students that day and when we were done, we prayed for all of them, and made special mention of God's good humor that out of all the thousands of people who were on campus that day, we met the one guy we prayed for!! God is so good!!