God is doing some great things through our local Inland Empire Cru movements and we want to recount them for you. We hope they will give you even greater context for what God is doing in the lives of college students.
Our friends Leo and Jodi work with our Inland Empire Cru team. There are almost two dozen campuses and over 200,000 students! Last month, they “helped train and equip several young adults from one of our partner churches to launch a new Cru ministry at Chaffey College. Armed with free donuts, they initiated with dozens of students to tell them about Cru and invite them to an informational meeting. We had ten students, a faculty advisor, and a few folks from the community.”
Leo and Jodi also noted that, “God is opening doors to launch another new ministry at Crafton Hills College. We recently met up with several Crafton students and a local pastor who are hoping to launch a new ministry in the fall. In the meantime, they have formed a core group that is meeting to study the Bible and pray for the campus.”
Summer Missions
1,491 students are currently accepted to our 2023 summer missions! Over 230 are already taking advantage of our matching scholarships as they invite friends to join them.
We are about a week away from rolling out our new Summer Mission cooperative structure to our Cru staff. It will enable our staff to invest and recruit for specific summer missions. It’s very exciting to see the vision we have been working on for over a year come to fruition! Pray it rolls out smoothly and and serves our staff and students well.
Sabbatical Request!
We have been cleared to take our first 90-day sabbatical this summer as we enter year 28 of full time ministry! We are really looking forward to recharging, resting, and looking to Jesus and His purposes for us for the long-haul. We would love to be able to spend some of that time away from home and normal distractions of life. We are praying and planning for our time. If you have access to homes or vacation rentals that you would be willing to share with us, would you please let us know. Depending on the location, it might be just what the Lord would have for us. We would greatly appreciate it!
Praises & Prayer Requests
- Praise God with us for the new “outposts of the Kingdom” he’s establishing on campuses right here in the Inland Empire!
- Please pray for the Inland Empire Cru team as they seek to start a new movement at College of the Desert.
- Please pray for students as they finish the Spring semester/quarter and prepare for their summers and for wise and fruitful investment of their summers.
“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” – John 3:8
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