Staff meetings in the new conference room are wonderful and very inspiring overlooking campus.  It is not uncommon to find student leaders having one on one’s in the conference area as well.

In addition we got some very good news this week, the Stuller Family Foundation has awarded Chi Alpha a $50,000 grant toward the building – now you can shout Glory!  With the amount of overages and the purchase of the new lot – we now owe $250,000 to pay the addition completely off.  We are believing God to continue to touch the hearts and lives of individuals to see this miracle come to pass.

If you want to be a part of the miracle you can do that online now by hitting the donate now button on the left. Of course you can still walk over cash or send checks made payable to Chi Alpha to P.O. Box 44588 Lafayette, LA 70504.

The Chi Alpha Library will be a place for students & interns to study.  It will also provide another location for Chi Alpha classes that take place during the course of the week.  The Library is stocked with great Christian literature and theological reference material.  Most of the books in the library were donated by our former faculty adviser Dr Fred Walters.  Dr Fred has taught at UL for over 25 years and recently retired.  His love for books and especially good theological books will be a blessing to UL Chi Alpha for years to come!  Thanks Dr Fred!

Please note that we are still in the process of raising the funds to pay the new addition off.  We currently have raised just over $60,000 with a good way to geaux.  If you would like to be apart of investing in the lives of reaching UL students for Christ prayerfully fill out the pledge form to the right. Thanks!

Needless to say the staff is extremely ecstatic about getting their own personal offices!   Currently, we have up to three staff persons occupying one office – to have any kind of personal talk with a student is very difficult to say the least.  The addition will help everyone to be more productive.  The new library, which will be available to interns and students, will also be an extreme blessing.

So, all that to say, we are a few weeks away from completion.  We have had a few weeks of dormancy due to multiple reasons.  However, the work pace has picked up and we are starting to see the finishing touches coming together.  We definitely are hoping to be finish in time for the fall semester break.  The entire staff is getting more excited with each passing day to get into the new digs.  We are also prepping the current offices for their new uses, the main use will be to have a theological library for student and intern use and some much needed storage.

We are also making some good progress on the financial side of things – we are hoping to have a meeting with a major foundation in town to follow-up on our request for a grant.  Please be in prayer for a favorable response.

The Zydeco Benefit Breakfast was outstanding!  Chubby Carrier and his band were a treat and the joyful faces of friends and family were the icing on the cake!  Some of the current interns shared testimonies of God’s grace extended to them through Chi Alpha, and new head football coach Mark Hudspeth even made a visit to greet everyone.  When the dust from the dance floor settled over $7,000 was contributed that morning with another $13,000 pledged by May 31, 2012.  Can somebody say “Praise the Lord!” This now puts us over $50,000 toward meeting the goal of $310,000.

If you would like to be apart of the future of UL Chi Alpha you can fill out the pledge form to the right or just drop us a check (made out to UL Chi Alpha) in the mail to: Chi Alpha, P.O. Box 44588, Lafayette, LA 70504.

The electrician is just about to wrap up his part of the project and hopefully we will get an inspection by metro code early this coming week.  Upon completion of the electrical inspection than the sheet rock and insulation will begin.

I hope you will makes plans to attend the Zydeco Benefit Breakfast coming up Saturday September 17th at 9am.  This will be a great opportunity to see the addition in person, have some fun and become a part of the future of UL Chi Alpha.  If you desire to attend or sponsor a table call the office at 337-261-0028.

We are continuing to believe God for the finances to pay off the entire project.  We just had a great weekend of services at Crossroads Church to help raise support and awareness.

If you would like to be a part – feel free to fill out the form to the right and become a part of the future of UL Chi Alpha.  In addition we want you to be a part of the upcoming Zydeco Benefit Breakfast – Saturday September 17 at 9am.  Table sponsorships are still available and of course your presence is desired!

In some good news we have all the windows in and two exterior walls have been successfully stuccoed!  The interior is taking shape,  all the offices have studded walls and now we wait for brick and doors so that the electrician can come do their job.

You need to put the Zydeco Benefit Breakfast on your calendar and make plans to be a part.  This will really be a way to put a little fun into the fundraising!  You have a few ways to be involved: 1) Sponsor a table for $300  2) Host a table – invite people to fill a table of six  3)Sponsor and host a table – the best of both worlds!  We will pass a good time as we pass the buckets!

On the good news side of things – the windows are in and we have 75% of them installed – should be 100% by the end of the week.  The stucco job is 80% completed and should be at 100% come sundown Wednesday of this week.  Please pray that the afternoon showers will take a bit of a break and let the guys start bricking the remainder of the exterior.

We are continuing to press on with the fundraising for the building! As a matter of fact we have scheduled our first major fund raiser for the building and you don’t want to miss it.  It will be our Zydeco Benefit Breakfast and it will take place September 17, 2011 at 9am at Cafe’ Chi Alpha.  It will feature a great Zydeco Band and breakfast – table sponsors, host, and individual tickets can be had by calling 337-261-0028.