Last week, Anne Marie and I gathered around a table with five other Cru staff members to pray for most of a day. We heard great stories about God’s work in people’s lives.

On October 1, Cru staff members around the world gathered in different places for one of our twice-a-year days of prayer. We usually gather with our teams in Orlando, but this time, we joined the Philadelphia area team. It was a refreshing opportunity.

We prayed for Heather, who worked at a club as an “exotic dancer” until Christ changed her life. She showed up at a church Bible study and connected with the women she met there. One of them, a Cru staff member, began a long-term friendship that has included a difficult journey for both Heather and the staff family. Now, Heather works in a department store and speaks at outreaches about how Jesus changed her life.

We prayed for a new believer from a middle eastern country. He grew up a Muslim, and spent the summer going through a “discover the Bible” study with a Bridges staff member. Bridges is Cru’s outreach to students from other countries who are studying in the United States.

We prayed for a burgeoning Cru ministry at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Established in 1837, that school was the first such institute in the country for African Americans. We also prayed for a new outreach at Temple University to sororities and fraternities. The staff member who leads that is seeing progress after a long time of praying and trusting God for open doors to these groups.

Praying for campus ministries fit with something we started this summer. At our Cru staff conference, we learned about an effort by 20 organizations to begin Christian movements on campuses that may not have them. The first step is for someone to prayer-walk each campus.

We stopped at three campuses in Nebraska where there was no record of a prayer walk. We walked and prayed for God to begin spiritual movements on each. There are still more than 2,500 campuses that need to be prayed for. You might find a campus near you on the website everycampus.com/.

We’re grateful for your prayers for us. We just returned from our trip to Pennsylvania. It was greatly encouraging as we connected with friends and two churches.

Over the next few weeks, please pray for Anne Marie in her new role with the International School Project. Please also pray for her mother, Helen, who is facing some health challenges.

Thank you for your prayers and partnership in our ministry.