January is a big month in the summer mission trip realm with Cru. We pull all of our upcoming trip leaders together for a three-day training conference at the beginning of the month. They receive vision, direction, resourcing, and equipping for their summer mission trips, as well as build relationships with others who are leading trips like theirs. 

From upfront, we give the vision of a summer mission trip, the heart of a leader, and wisdom on leading teams. During the middle of the day, team leaders could chose from over 30 breakout seminars ranging from “Welcome to the Operations Team Leader Role” to “Sending Multi-Ethnic Teams to the World” to “Best Practices for Leading Internationally.” Scott lead a seminar on reviewing student applications, and co-lead two others; “Addressing Mental Health Challenges” and “International Risk and Crisis Management.” Here is what a couple of team leaders said were highlights from their conference experience:

“Learning each step of planning for the summer, learning priorities of things we want to plan, and being reminded of the vision for summer mission.”

“Seeing so many leaders in one place made me feel like everything didn’t depend on me alone, and that there were people in place to support me and others that were going alongside me as well.”

It is a humbling experience to be among these new and seasoned leaders. Last year, God used men and women just like these to lead teams of students to share His gospel over 26,000 times and saw over 3,800 people proclaim faith in Christ! Imagine what God will do this summer!

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PRAISE & PRAYER REQUESTS!

• Praise God for the 300+ summer mission team leaders in place, and for a successful training conference!
• Please pray for these leaders as they review student applications, develop summer calendars, and plan outreaches.
• Please pray for God to bring over 1,800 students on mission trips with Cru this summer.

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