She loves Jesus. She is outspoken about her faith and full of compassion. She spent most of last summer working with many of the underprivileged in Haiti. She would love nothing more than to see the few thousand students at her Cégep see the love of Jesus for the first time.

Last Wednesday, the first meeting of "Le Lounge," her brown eyes were troubled. As every other 17-year-old in their first year of Cégep, she is taking Philosophy. Last Monday, with the approval of many in her class, one student got up and said "Jesus Christ is a bunch of &*%?!?... as well as anyone who believes in him!" And this without any rebuttal from the professor.

A story from another class... the first day of the class the philosophy professor asked all of the students who believed in God to stand up. She proceeded ridicule them in front of the rest of the class, saying how ridiculous their belief in God was.

Another story... from a student at our church who attends a local high school: his religion professor began the section on Christianity with this statement: "It's a sad thing to see that people who believe in God still exist."

Back to the brown-haired, 17-year-old Jesus-lover. It was a difficult thing to endure such a direct frontal assault in front of her entire class... to realize the truly hostile environment she studies in. She felt rattled, and understandibly so. I've e-mailed several helpful resources to her, and we will continue to pray together as a group.

Will you pray for the students in this hostile environment, that even such a hostile environment could be the seedbed for a movement?