Thank you for praying for my health. For more than a year, I’ve been battling myositis, an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness. On August 17, I’m having an outpatient procedure at a local hospital that will repair damage done by the disease. Please pray for a successful surgery and recovery.

This year, I celebrated a milestone. I have now been on staff with Cru for 40 years. How can anyone do anything for 40 years? For me, I get out of bed each day, get dressed, look around and do the work God has called me to do.

Sometimes it has included interviewing people who trust the Lord to live in them and through them as they teach others about Jesus.

Mark and I traveled to Nepal. We met a man whose wife miraculously recovered from cancer. She prayed to Jesus, and He healed her. Everyone in the village decided to follow Jesus, too. (In this photo, Cru’s leader in Nepal helped me wade across a river to an isolated village to meet new Christ-followers.)

When our staff members heard the story, they traveled to the village and taught them that Jesus offers more than physical healing. Then, they showed the new pastor how to care for his people. What a wonderful story.

Another day, it included walking the neighborhood with my friend Donna, knocking on doors and asking neighbors if they wanted to join us for a Christmas Coffee. Twenty neighbors accepted our invitation. One of our friends explained the true meaning of Christmas. Twenty-five years later, the Bible study that started that night still meets.

Sometimes, it included teaching elementary, middle school and high school students how to write. It also included teaching classes for adults. Now, Mark and I are preparing to teach another writers training class for Cru writers in mid-September.                            

You have been an important part of that story. Your prayers

and gifts through the years have allowed us to create content for our print publications, Cru Storylines and Cru.org that students, educators, staff members and lay leaders use to share their faith and make disciples.

Thank you for your kindness and your friendship through the years. Please let us know how we can pray for you as well. We’re so grateful for you.

Sincerely in Christ, — Anne Marie, for the Winz family