Summer Projects!

Right now, thousands of college students are on a life changing summer experience. Take a minute, if you will, to check out our Summer Project website to see where students are going and what they are doing right now!

"Imagine a summer that could change cities, countries, and continents around the globe while also forever transforming your life.  A summer that propels you into a deeper walk with God and gives you greater confidence in making Him known, a summer that develops your leadership skills and begins friendships you'll take with you throughout your life.

For over 40 years, hundreds of thousands of students have taken advantge of summer mission projects--a life chaning, world rocking ministry opportunity through Cru."

Summer Mission Projects are going on now for Cru staff and students.  As a ministry, this is a signficant part of developing our students and staff.  Projects are often described as spiritual greenhouses.  Students might say it is "like drinking from a fire hose," but when they return to campus in the fall, it is with increased motivation and vision and being better equipped to introduce others to Christ and help them grow in their faith.

We are very close to two of these projects.  The Orlando Summer Project will once again bring students to intern at our World Headquarters and to grow in their faith.  The MK2MK (missionary kid to missionary kid) project, which is launched from my team, will be in Chiang Mai Thailand this year.  Seventy nine high school students will be participating.

Please pray with us for God to use the Summer Projects in the lives of these students, and for many to come to know Christ through their ministry.  Also, pray that God will lead many of the Orlando Project students to use their skills (accounting, programming, HR, etc) skills full time in our ministry.

Thanks for your part in changing lives and reaching the world.  It is an honor to serve with you!

What's new with all of us

We have had an eventful spring this year and as we enter summer, here's some pictures for an update.

Here we are at Easter with one addition.  We have loved hosting Emily Atkins, a Cru staff kid from England for three months this spring.  She has been interning in our Cru Digital Strategies team doing analytics before she begins at her university this fall.  She's been a delight

Aubrey performed her last piece at Rollins this spring, so we showered her with flowers.    She performed her own composition that you can listen to here.  

Macy took a volleyball class, and then attended a soccer camp this spring.  She has also taken up biking the neighborhood on her "loop" several times a day.  She's getting big and we're enjoying her new athletic endeavors.  She's ready to attend a slew of Vacation Bible Schools this summer.

Luke pitched during his freshman year at Rollins College on the JV team.  He did very well, and gave up only 1.4 earned runs per game.  He's recovered fully from his broken leg last summer and is looking forward to a year of healthiness this fall.

Aubrey graduated from Rollins and is headed to Brandeis University in Boston this fall to study Musicology!

We stopped in Baltimore to visit Cara and Perry and spent some time at the waterfront.  Perry is in this picture, he just made sure he was squarely behind Catelin.  But you can still see his left leg!