Hey all you folks out there in the blog-sphere, my name is
Hunter Davis and I have the opportunity to share with y’all the journey
of how 24/7 got restarted at Tech. I’ll ask y’all to bear with me
because writing is not my strong suit, so that being said I pray that
God is prevalent in this blog and that he shines through this despite
grammar or vocabulary.
For
those of you who don’t know I was blessed with the opportunity to be
apart of the leadership team for Foundation Retreat, and that’s where
this journey all begins. Bess Caldwell and I were asked to specifically
be the Ministry Chairs; our focus is prayer and service. For years now
Foundation has held Campus House of Prayer, or CHOP as it is more
commonly referred to, once or twice a year. Our goal and passion for
this was to draw near to the Lord through prayer as a body. The major
dilemma with that however was that we held it at The Wesley Foundation,
Bess and I had noticed in years past that this had scared many people
away from praying because they felt that you had to be apart of the
Wesley to pray. So, in order to accommodate as many people as possible
Bess and I began praying for a building to host CHOP that would be
inviting to any and everyone.
After
about three months of praying Bess and I were at our wits end with what
to do, so we were ready to just settle with having it at the Wesley one
more time. That is when God placed a true blessing in our lives.
In
February 2012 the culture for prayer at Texas Tech changed forever. A
wonderful woman of God by the name of Jill Hurley was called to begin
seeking out opportunities to restart an international organization
called 24/7 prayer. Through her obedience she eventually found out about
Foundation and our CHOP, Jill saw this as a perfect opportunity to
partner together in prayer. So she spoke to our director Adam, he was so
impressed with the vision God had blessed her with that he gave me her
number. I called her two days later and setup a meeting time. Bess and I
met with her and the three of just had a love-fest for the next two
hours. We all shared such a similar passion, which was just a complete
answered prayer.
From there we began planning
for the first week of 24/7 prayer. At this point in our journey we were
reminded that setup can't occur without prayer! Our first week went
amazingly, lives were touched across all sorts of people groups. We saw
high school freshman, engineering majors, and adults. The coolest aspect
of prayer is that anyone and everyone can participate.
After
that first week of prayer, Bess and I knew we were called to be apart
of 24/7 beyond this year. So after prayerfully considering things with
Jill, Bess became the new treasurer of tech 24/7 and I became the new
president! We are so beyond excited to see where things continue to take
us.
At this very moment I am typing this from
the prayer house during our second week of 24/7 prayer here at Texas
Tech. Personally this week I have seen unbelievable commitment from so
many individuals this week. I can truly say that God is moving this
week. One of our many goals is to see him move everyday regardless of if
prayer is in a specific place.
So in wrapping
things up, I would just encourage all of you that you mean so much to
us as 24/7 staff and that your prayers are carrying a lot of weight.
They are apart of what is changing this ministry and apart of what is
changing Texas Tech! I encourage y'all to continue to be in prayer each
and every single day!
Love you guys!!!
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