School is back! Even here in the Republic of Texas school is officially rolling (we held on to summer as long as we could).  What now? You spent your summer, or part of your summer, or part of a past summer making Him famous overseas. So how do you continue that on mission lifestyle back home?

This week will feature a short series of blog posts to instruct, encourage, and equip you to do just that. You are on mission. There is an ancient work of God on your campus ready for you to join. Live to make Him famous.

First things first: In keeping with the start of school theme, we offer you a multiple choice question.

Q: Chances are you found yourself doing this way more than you expected while overseas.

A. Taking picture after picture of scenery and other really cool stuff so that you could bring them all home and build the most amazingly awesome scrapbook/photobook of all time.

B. Trying desperately to get directions to or at least find out where a good place to eat American food might be, but unfortunately finding that “all these foreigners” don’t speak enough English to tell you.

C. Praying. You prayed with your team, you prayed alone, you prayerwalked who knows how many miles. And all that time you found out that in praying there was more joy and fulfillment than you ever expected.

D. Asking your team leader when you would be able to exchange your money. Then asking again when you could exchange more money since you already spent your first batch on coke bottles to take home b/c they look so different than coke bottles back in Oklahoma.

If you answered C, you are correct. Side note school fact: Studies have shown that C is the correct answer on multiple choice tests about 28% of the time, slightly better than equal 25% distribution. So, if you are forced to guess…go with C. You have a little better than 1 in 4 chance of guessing right. iGo is looking out for you.

Speaking of guessing, you probably guessed at some point that prayer truly is an integral part of mission work. And if you spent time with any of the M’s overseas, you saw that their lives and their work are anchored in prayer. First time iGo students are typically amazed that they spend so much time praying. They are even more amazed that they loved it.

So what does this have to do with making Him famous on your campus? Prayer is crucial to your ability to join God’s work at your school. You prayerwalked around parks, neighborhoods, businesses, and all kinds of other places overseas where you wanted to see God work. Have you prayerwalked around your school campus? Get some friends together from church and meet up there tonight. Yes, tonight. Prayer walk around the campus. But don’t let it end there. The Bible instructs us to pray without ceasing. Maybe you could pray as you walk from English to Science. Schedule times to meet together with your friends and just pray for God to be famous at your school. Keep on praying. And as you pray, remember a few things:

1. Pray Scripture. As we pray we want to pray for the things God wants us to pray for, and praying verses and passages of Scripture is the best way to do that.

2. Pray Bottom Line prayers. Pray for God’s glory to unfold. Pray for Him to be made known. Pray for His will to be accomplished. Remember it is all about Him, so pray bottom line prayers.

3. Keep watch . God works when we pray. He answers our prayers. Watch for the ways that He begins to do that and be ready to join His work.

Finally, I would love to point you to a couple of resources to help you in your prayer life. The first one is A Praying Life by Paul Miller. This is an outstanding book on prayer that will challenge you as well as encourage you. Another one to check out is The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson. Great thoughts on prayer that can help you as you grow.

Let us know how it goes. Write a comment on this post telling us about your prayer walk or your prayer strategy. Or leave it on our Facebook page. Let us know how we can pray for you as you make Him famous this year on campus.