Coming from Cypress, Texas, Olivia is another co-leader of mine on the Young Life College team at the University of Arkansas. She is on staff as a Student with Young Life and has a huge heart for the adoption and foster care systems, pursuing her passions through her social work major.

Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome & Olivia’s introduction
00:34 Faith, family, and favorite books
01:50 Growing up near Houston
03:15 Galveston stories and beach trips
05:26 College, Arkansas, and finding her path
08:13 Foster care, adoption, and social work
14:18 Why Olivia joined student staff
18:11 Senior-year hopes and what’s ahead
18:43 Guest nominations & closing conversation

01:25 — Meet Evie: Memphis, family, and Young Life

01:59 — What Young Life College looks like

05:05 — The weight of discipling peers

06:56 — Why Arkansas—and how all roads led back to Young Life

10:11 — Lost Canyon and learning to lead

14:53 — Growing in love for peer-to-peer ministry

27:34 — Truth vs. our experiences...

30:13 — Evie’s story of faith and loss

42:47 — Closing thoughts and final reflections

Luke Barlow is a Young Adult pastor and staff member at Fellowship Bible Church in Fayetteville, AR. The reason I'm living where I'm living, Luke dispenses some wisdom that I found wonderfully impactful. We discuss the Gospel and sharing it, living for Christ alone, and much, much more!

Timestamps:

0:00 — Meeting Luke Barlow and the roommate story

12:01 — Church leadership, trust, and church hurt

19:48 — How to explain the gospel to someone new to faith

38:56 — Grace, freedom, and the pressure to perform

46:28 — Why the resurrection changes everything

53:59 — Sin, death, and the renewal of creation

57:56 — Heaven and earth: God dwelling with his people

63:06 — The gospel as a story, not just a set of facts

70:23 — Christ as the real treasure for young adults

78:09 — A practical approach to memorizing Scripture