Mikayla Avard

“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” -Galations 5:1

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Where We serve

I am a third year missionary and have the honor, along with my husband and daughter, to serve at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. WOO Pig!

During my first two years on campus, I served at Texas A&M University and enjoyed my time in Aggieland. Our family is thrilled to continue pursuing mission with our new team and be apart of the Razorback community!

Our Story

I was raised Catholic, and had encountered the Lord in many ways growing up. However, it wasn’t until college that someone had walked with me and helped me understand how to fully live out the Gospel. That someone was a FOCUS missionary! Through God’s graces and missionary accompaniment, I formed a prayer life along with many other life changes and became a missionary myself! My desire is to help impact students just as I was impacted through FOCUS. Jesus changed my life! How could I not spend all my time being apart of His mission!?

I got married to the most amazing man, Jake Avard, on May 13th, 2023. We began our first year with FOCUS shortly after getting married, and welcomed our first little one, Lucía, in March, 2024! The Lord has graced us in many ways through mission and family life.

Your Impact

Jesus thirsts for every soul, and the impact on just one soul on campus is worth more than we can imagine! (Luke 15:7) Through the grace of God, the support of our mission partners, and both of our efforts in ministry, over 100 students’ lives were impacted in our first two years in FOCUS, at Texas A&M! This number is taken from the amount of students who have attended Bible studies, discipleship, SEEK, retreats we hosted in College Station, and more. We could not devote the amount of time and effort to this mission without the support of our mission partners!

As we look forward to this next adventure in Fayetteville, we pray countless lives continue to be impacted by our yes to mission. And we would love for you to partner with us in this!

If you are interesting in supporting our family on mission, please send me an email and I would love to schedule a time to talk with you. May God bless you!

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Host	Retreat Type	Start Date	End Date
Tulane University	Way of the Disciple	09/05/24	09/07/24
University of Nebraska Lincoln	The Sanctifier	09/13/24	09/15/24
Parish Outreach	The Father’s House	09/16/24	09/18/24
Kansas State University	The Father’s House	09/20/24	09/22/24
University of Delaware	Rec	09/20/24	09/22/24
University of South Carolina – Columbia	Rec	09/27/24	09/29/24
St. Francis University	The Father’s House	10/04/24	10/06/24
Nicholls State University	The Father’s House	10/04/24	10/06/24
Northwestern State University	The Father’s House	10/11/24	10/13/24
University of Memphis	The Father’s House	10/11/24	10/13/24
Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville	The Father’s House	10/18/24	10/20/24
Ohio State University	The Father’s House	10/18/24	10/20/24
University of Dallas	The Sanctifier	10/24/24	10/26/24
Central Connecticut State University	The Father’s House	10/25/24	10/27/24
Universidad de Monterrey	The Father’s House	10/25/24	10/27/24
California State University – Fullerton	The Father’s House	10/25/24	10/27/24
Sts. Anne and Joaquim, Fargo, ND	Way of the Disciple	11/01/24	11/03/24
University of Krems	Men’s	11/01/24	11/03/24
University of Mary	The Father’s House	11/08/24	11/10/24
DePauw University	Rec	11/08/24	11/10/24
Philanthropy Engagement	Way of the Disciple	11/15/24	11/17/24
University of Passau	Rec	11/21/24	11/23/24
Texas A&M University	The Sanctifier	02/07/25	02/09/25
FOCUS Greek Southeast	The Father’s House	02/14/25	02/16/25
FOCUS Greek Midwest	The Father’s House	02/14/25	02/16/25
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	The Sanctifier	02/14/25	02/16/25
FOCUS Greek Southwest	The Father’s House	02/21/25	02/23/25
Wayne State University	The Father’s House	02/21/25	02/23/25
University of Illinois-Chicago	The Sanctifier	02/21/25	02/23/25
Queens College of the City University of New York	The Father’s House	03/07/25	03/09/25
Nicholls State University	Way of the Disciple	03/07/25	03/09/25
Grand Valley State University	The Father’s House	03/28/25	03/30/25
University of Northern Iowa	Way of the Disciple	04/03/25	04/05/25
University of Nebraska Lincoln	The Father’s House	04/04/25	04/06/25
Arizona State University	Men’s	02/07/25	02/09/25
University of Nebraska at Kearney	Rec	09/27/24	09/29/24