We appreciate you. Your faithful friendship and giving to our family and ministry is humbling and encouraging. We could not serve here at Cru without you. We can’t express what you mean to us enough.
At my “end of the year” review with my director, there was an overriding theme that came out: lack of margin. As you may know, over the last year and a half, on top of my regular job of directing our HR team for our headquarters and Americans serving internationally, I’ve served as the “interim” LDHR director for our new Digital Strategies team. I also serve as the U.S. Crisis Manager, and am leading the development of a new feedback process for Cru staff.
The problem is, I like all of this. When I see a new problem, I want to solve it. Every time I meet with someone on my team, I think “I’d like to do that.”
There is a price to pay for saying yes to too many things. The pace is too fast for too long, and I neglect important things. One of them is keeping in touch with you, and I apologize for that. I want to ask your forgiveness for not communicating about our ministry like I want to do. Thank you for your faithfulness through this time.
I will say that I’m very encouraged about Cru and the part you and we play in the ministry. This summer, for example, 1,200 student participated in summer projects in the states and overseas. We had 17 students serve internships at our World Headquarters this summer in roles using their skills in finance, computers, and film making.
If you ask any missionary organization, they will tell you that while we always want to send laborers to the field, operational needs are among the highest. This project is to help students see they can use their skills in the ministry. Several are considering joining us after graduation.
I'd love for you to read the story of one outreach they had at the University of Central Florida HERE at Cru.org
In late July most of us went to West Tennessee for a reunion of my Dad's family. He is the youngest of 11 kids, and we had a lot of fun there, and traveling back and forth...but the car seems a bit more crowded with adult kids!
The next few weeks are significant for our family. Aubrey is moving to Boston to begin grad school at Brandeis (Musicology); Luke will begin his second year at Rollins (this year living on campus); Macy will get braces next week! Please pray for us and for me to live with more margin!
We love and appreciate you!
