Five years ago, a couple moved from South Korea to Mexico City to re-launch a Cru® ministry on a college campus. They knew very little Spanish. The move was an act of faith, one that many Koreans have taken as they’ve gone to countries around the world with the gospel.
You can read the whole story, “Two Cultures, One Home,” in the latest issue of Cru® Storylines at cru.org/storylines/. The campus ministry has grown, and now 15 student leaders and more than 40 students build disciples and proclaim Christ across the campus. My coworkers, Phil and Tom, wrote and photographed the story.
I’m grateful we can tell that story and others to encourage people as they see how God is at work around the world. If you go to that issue, you’ll also find a video about rapid church planting in Cambodia, encounter college students helping people in Houston still recovering from last year’s hurricane, and meet five students and staff members who are part of Cru’s Destino outreach to Hispanic students across the United States.
Thanks for praying for us after reading our last letter. Our 11-day, five-state trip to visit friends and ministry partners went well. We visited people in South and North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. Along the way we connected with several families, including a woman who discipled Anne Marie when they were both college students, two friends we first met when we lived in California and a couple who are missionaries with a branch of Wycliffe. One highlight was spending two days with Bethany in Nashville—in the photo above, we’re taking a hike near her home.
As you think of us in the next few weeks, would you pray about these two requests?
- Pray that we’ll effectively give and receive feedback in our teams at Cru’s headquarters. Each May, we meet with those we supervise and also with our supervisors to review progress on goals we each set a year ago. Please pray that each meeting will be encouraging and helpful.
- Pray that we’ll plan and prepare well for a short trip to Nebraska to visit friends and ministry partners in mid-June. Pray we’ll connect well with several families, even though we’ll only be there a few days.
Thanks for your prayers and generosity.