It seems that there is constant transition being on staff with the Campus Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. Its true! Its part of the great adventure!
Now that our summer assignment is over, we have until mid-August to continue to trust God to build our ministry team of prayer and financial supporters. We'll also be continuing to work through our new staff development curriculum, gaining lots of insight and training from the Word and those who have been on staff for many years. This is a great time to learn and allow God to continue to expand our heart for the campus and world.
Please continue to pray that God would put us in touch with new families and individuals who would want to be a part of campus movements in the Capital Region. Also, pray that we would continue to grow in our own relationships with the Lord...and as a family. Jen and I are really looking forward to this time when life slows down and we can spend a lot of time together.
We'll continue to update you on stories of how God provides throughout the rest of the summer.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Passing the Baton
We're home! We left Wildwood to head home to Albany on Saturday. Its great to be back...and at the same time, we miss our students!
Thursday night was a great celebration of the summer and looking forward. The project director gave a talk from 1 Thessalonians (the book the students will be studying the second half of the summer). The staff had the opportunity to stand up and encourage individual students in front of the whole group. Later on, the students had the opportunity to stand up and encourage the staff. It was humbling to watch two of the guys I invested in stand up and speak about how God had used me in their lives this summer. By the end of the evening, as we all stood in a circle (staff on the outside), my eyes were filled with tears as we all prayed together for the new student leaders and the rest of the summer. After a few of the staff prayed, we quietly left the circle and the building. When the students were done praying and opened their eyes, the staff were gone. The realization that they are on their own (no more staff) and their need to trust in the Lord (who continues to be with them) is suddenly placed before them. Please continue to pray for them over the next month as they continue to take steps of faith and trust God with their lives.
Its awesome to know that for a few, short six weeks, you get to be a part of life change....lives that are going to continue to change the campus and the world around them through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Thank you for your prayers and support this summer. You are such an important part of this ministry!
Thursday night was a great celebration of the summer and looking forward. The project director gave a talk from 1 Thessalonians (the book the students will be studying the second half of the summer). The staff had the opportunity to stand up and encourage individual students in front of the whole group. Later on, the students had the opportunity to stand up and encourage the staff. It was humbling to watch two of the guys I invested in stand up and speak about how God had used me in their lives this summer. By the end of the evening, as we all stood in a circle (staff on the outside), my eyes were filled with tears as we all prayed together for the new student leaders and the rest of the summer. After a few of the staff prayed, we quietly left the circle and the building. When the students were done praying and opened their eyes, the staff were gone. The realization that they are on their own (no more staff) and their need to trust in the Lord (who continues to be with them) is suddenly placed before them. Please continue to pray for them over the next month as they continue to take steps of faith and trust God with their lives.
Its awesome to know that for a few, short six weeks, you get to be a part of life change....lives that are going to continue to change the campus and the world around them through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Thank you for your prayers and support this summer. You are such an important part of this ministry!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Men's Night 3.0
This past Saturday, we had a time for the men of the project to come together and be men. We had a great time. Below is an entry from one of my student's blogs. He can explain it better than I ever could:
"Saturday night was our final Men's Night and it was amazing! To start, they ran us through calisthenics for about 15 minutes, we then went for a run (with one arm) and we got to a point where there was a small wooden fence like 10 or so feet long and there was a line about two and a half feet high there. Our mission...to grab plastic bags from a dock we had to swim to, fill 'em with sand from a pit 20 yards away from the fence and save our family from the ravaging flood that's about to overtake our house and kill our family. No talking was allowed and we had 45 minutes to do it. It got done, but by the end of it, we were all exhausted and it was a REALLY close finish but the task was done. Then after that, we formed lines of 6 and the person in front of the line had to lead the rest of the blindfolded group through the woods with good communication and the others had to trust him. The only one who could talk was the one in the front of the line, whom was not blindfolded. Then a staff member led the group, with all six of us blindfolded and we got to a point where we were back at the lake house. All this to teach us men were meant to lead and trust one another, no excuses. One of the biggest problems with Christian guys is that we're often too passive and we don't take a stand and often times we don't step in and lead when needed, and that's not the way God intended for us to be, God wants men to be spirit-infused, fearless, bold, and loving."
AWESOME! I'm gonna miss these guys! We leave Saturday to head back to Albany. Tonight is the project turnover to our student leaders. Please pray for this time. We'll update you again in the next few days.
"Saturday night was our final Men's Night and it was amazing! To start, they ran us through calisthenics for about 15 minutes, we then went for a run (with one arm) and we got to a point where there was a small wooden fence like 10 or so feet long and there was a line about two and a half feet high there. Our mission...to grab plastic bags from a dock we had to swim to, fill 'em with sand from a pit 20 yards away from the fence and save our family from the ravaging flood that's about to overtake our house and kill our family. No talking was allowed and we had 45 minutes to do it. It got done, but by the end of it, we were all exhausted and it was a REALLY close finish but the task was done. Then after that, we formed lines of 6 and the person in front of the line had to lead the rest of the blindfolded group through the woods with good communication and the others had to trust him. The only one who could talk was the one in the front of the line, whom was not blindfolded. Then a staff member led the group, with all six of us blindfolded and we got to a point where we were back at the lake house. All this to teach us men were meant to lead and trust one another, no excuses. One of the biggest problems with Christian guys is that we're often too passive and we don't take a stand and often times we don't step in and lead when needed, and that's not the way God intended for us to be, God wants men to be spirit-infused, fearless, bold, and loving."
AWESOME! I'm gonna miss these guys! We leave Saturday to head back to Albany. Tonight is the project turnover to our student leaders. Please pray for this time. We'll update you again in the next few days.
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