Merry Christmas from the Browns

Merry Christmas!

We wish you a wonderful time celebrating the amazing love of God.

With love, 

Barrett, Dayna, Macy and our other offspring who no longer live with us (see below)

Our Christmas 2021 Update

 

Macy is 18 and is taking her classes at Valencia CC for her senior year. 

She is applying to a lot of colleges and is looking forward to playing softball again this spring.

 

Luke is nearing the end of his graduate program at UVA and plans to defend his thesis this spring. 

He played on 4 rec sports teams this fall, then strained his foot.  He has been sad about not

being able to storm the field at UVA this year.

 

Aubrey has mostly worked from home this year with Cru’s compensation and recruiting team and

runs Cru’s LinkedIn presence.  She requests that you follow Cru on LinkedIn! She lives nearby

and we see her often.

 

Cara and Perry Johnson are extremely busy with Zeke (3), Titus (2) and Bowen (8m). 

Perry is in his second year as a professor at UC Irvine and they are settling into their new home,

neighborhood and church.

 

Catelin lives just down the street and works with Orlando Health’s Talent Management. She worked

to improve their onboarding process as they hire 100-200 employees each week! She bought

a new car this year and enjoys solo visits to Disney.

 

Dayna continues to volunteer one or two mornings a week as a nurse at a Shepherd’s Hope clinic. 

She is also helping Macy in her college application process.

 

Barrett coached Macy’s fall softball team this fall to an undefeated season.  He is helping

with a lot of different projects with Cru.  At home he laid sod, and then destroyed a lot of the

yard trying to kill weeds.  So, yeah.

 

God bless you as you celebrate God’s wonderful love!

The Browns

Giving at the end of the year

A couple of weeks ago we enjoyed Dayna's birthday present: the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit.  It was very nice and a great beginning to the Christmas season.

Beautiful, and the music was awesome!

I sent the following letter to our partners in early December, but it case you didn't see it, I thought I'd post it here. 

Bayang Mognanguele from Chad shared the response of a church leader who received Cru's church planting training.

"I have been a leader in my church for over twenty years, but when I look back, I don't see even one disciple I have trained.  Instead, I have condemned people because of their behavior.  Through this training, I believe that God is giving me the grace to rectify myself by training at least one."

We have been reminded so often that it is one invitation, one conversation, one training, one changed life that can make a world of difference to help  people experience God's grace and truth. 

We appreciate your partnership with our ministry.  Your prayers and gfits allow us to impact poeple here in the U.S. and all over the world in the little ways that change lives.  It is our honor to partner with you to help every person know Him.

Every year a large portion of the support we need with Cru coms in December.  Many people do their giving during this month, and some give special gifts.  We know this has been a challenging year for many, but if you are able to provide a gift in December, it will help us stay engaged full time next year.

The easiest way to give is to visit give.cru.org/0374749 and indicate how you would like to help.  You can also send a check made out to Cru to our address (4126 Stonewall Drive, Orlando, FL  32812).  If you need a tax deductible receipt it needs to be received or postmarked by December 31.

We are grateful to you for your faithfulness to the Lord and your friendship with us as we serve with Cru.  We love partnering with you and hope you have a wonderful Christmas season.

With love and thanks,