Remember Remember, RUF in November

Hello everyone!

I wanted to take some time to tell you about all the wonderful things going on with RUF at Emory! In the past month I have had the joy of going to fall intern training, planning a men's fellowship night, and playing in the inaugural game of our RUF Emory Flag Football Team, a.k.a the Ridiculously Underrated Footballers!

Fall intern training is a four day event in which all the RUF interns from all over the country come together to catch-up, encourage one another, pray, and be trained by campus ministers and area coordinators. I had a great time at training! It is such a blessing to come together with other interns and hear about how God has been at work in each of them as well as on their campuses! I also had the pleasure of meeting up with my prayer group one afternoon. We were all assigned prayer groups at orientation in June and have been keeping up with one another throughout the year. My group consists of interns from Savannah College of Arts and Design, University of Maryland, Jackson State, and University of Georgia. We were able to spend a good couple of hours catching up and praying for one another. It was a rich time for all of us! Training was a great time for me to recharge and refocus for the continuing work of RUF at Emory. Since then I have felt rejuvenated and filled with joy at what I have seen God doing in my own life and in the lives of Emory students.

This past Friday we had a very successful men's fellowship night called M.E.A.T, which stands for Men Eating Animals Together. We had over twenty guys show up as we carpooled the the Dekalb Farmer's Market, bought whatever meat we wanted, and grilled out at a house near campus. How awesome does that sound? Look for yourself!

A great shot of the delicious meats we consumed at M.E.A.T night!

Nothing brings men together like the grilling in the great outdoors!

M.E.A.T night was a time of great fellowship for all of us! Many of the guys who came had never been to an RUF event before, but were invited by their friends, and we were encouraged by the results. I was able to get to know guys I'd never met and have already seen God using this great event to help us reach out to the Emory student body in new ways!

Some freshman guys and I decided to make a late night Waffle House run.

In other news, we have formed an RUF intramural flag football team! We had our first game this week and played well, but ended up losing. Hopefully the next game will yield us a better result! It has been a good opportunity to get to know guys who would not normally come to RUF but are interested in playing flag football. I'll be sure to get a team picture up before our season is over. As always, have a wonderful day and please let me know if you have any questions. 

You can always email me at marlin.harris@ruf.org

God bless and please continue praying for the ministry of RUF at Emory!