Over 50 years ago, Cru launched their first summer mission trip on the Jersey shore, at the bidding of the local Baptist church pastor.  The Ocean City, NJ (OC) summer mission trip continues to this day, and the impact has been phenomenal!  Here are two recent stories of how the Lord has used this single summer mission trip.

Carol recently wrote a letter to Cru:  “I thought it would be fun for you to know that I was one of the students who went to the first OC outreach the summer of 1967, and then 1968 (see photo), from Houghton College…Working with CCC that summer, which was a very short-term experience in many ways, showed me I wanted a long-term missions assignment…I joined Wycliffe in 1970 and went to Ivory Coast and then Togo (once I married), West Africa, working in Bible translation. The whole Lama Bible (Togo) should be completed within 2-3 years.”  Carol just retired from Wycliffe after 48 years!

Amy is a Cru staff member who grew up in NJ, but now serves in Central Asia.  Being on furlough this summer, she encountered the summer mission students out on the boardwalk in Ocean City.  She was so encouraged by their presence and ministry, that she wrote a letter to Cru and shared that her country director back in Central Asia is an OC alum from 1989!  Amy recounts, “He participated in 1989 and it changed his life!! You never know what God is going to do!!! We have been praying for you! May God do more than we could ever ask or imagine!”

Think of how many students have been launched into a lifetime on mission as a result, and OC is just one of over 200 mission trips Cru sends each summer!  We’re excited to be a part of leading this supernatural endeavor in our new role!  Thanks for being a vital part of this work as you partner with us!

Praise & Prayer Requests!

• Praise God for the incredible work he’s doing through Cru’s short-term mission trips!

• Pray for the Kingdom success of the over 200 summer mission trips that are currently going on this summer.

• Pray for safe travel to our National Staff Conf. in Colorado, July 15-26

• Pray for Scott to learn and function in the new role effectively.

Family Requests: 

• Pray for Sarah who will be on our church high school mission trip in Peru, from June 22 through July1!

“and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.”

2 Timothy 2:2