How do you move from having a passion to serve the Lord, to living it out as a missionary?  Where are the opportunities?  How do I apply?  Will I get trained?  How do I get funded?  Will I fit in on my team?

Or how does a missionary continue to grow and thrive after 10, 20, or 40 years in the field?  How does she stay engaged with her calling through the seasons of motherhood?  Where does he find help during the seasons of conflict, or desolation?  How do we finish well?

The answer to these questions with Cru, in large part, is found in the calling of the Leadership Development and Human Resources team.  Recruiting, evaluating, coaching, training, strategy, structure, opportunities, development, and care.

We love this team!  Already this Fall, we’ve been involved with evaluating new Cru staff members, choosing next summer’s mission leaders, planning a conference for our Moms leadership team, navigating a part-time seminary request, and working on a crisis protocol for our missionaries.

And God is producing fruit as we mobilize these missionaries.  During the first week of classes, Sandra, a student leader at UC Riverside, was calling back students who had filled out survey cards and set up a meeting with three freshmen. After getting to know each other, Sandra shared the Gospel message. Two of the students, Esmerelda and Madison, prayed to receive Christ!  Madison expressed that she was “ready to make God my own thing, not just my parents’ thing.”

Thanks for partnering with us in these very crucial components of mobilizing 250 missionaries to reach college students in the Pacific Southwest, and our partnerships around the world!  We love doing so together with you!

Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”  John 21:16

Prayer Requests!

• Pray for Becky as she leads the care of our moms throughout the region.  Especially as her team plans now for their efforts this year.
• Pray for Scott as he challenges some of our Cru staff to lead summer missions in 2017.  Those challenges begin now!
• Pray for our staff conference Nov. 16 & 17.  For the care and connection of all our missionary staff.
• Pray for our Crossroads Conf Nov. 18-20.  For hundreds of Junior and Senior students to attend and learn to make Godly decisions with their careers.