The three phases of outreach that we concentrate on within FOCUS are Win, Build, and Send. Since we arrived in Waco at Baylor University, we have been focusing on the "Win" stage. This does not mean winning all of the Baylor football games, although this has happened thus far. Winning refers to winning souls for Christ and to our apostolate. In the "Win" stage, we meet students where they are at and form genuine friendships with them. That means eating meals together, playing and watching sports together, going on hikes, doing crafts, having movie and game nights, praying together, and much more. Basically, we must enter into student life here at Baylor to be influential later on in the "Build" and "Send" phases. Just as Saint Paul says, "For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win the Jews..." (1 Corinthians 9: 19-20). In our words, "To the Baylor students we became as Baylor students, in order to win the Baylor students."
Here are some ways we are building friendships and gaining trust with Baylor students:
Help freshmen move-in
Hike in Cameron Park
Dress like a Texan
Go to Baylor football games and cheer on our undefeated team
Go to the on campus Brad Paisley concert
Hammock together
Pray together