Summer has officially begun for me! I finished up with finals this past week and left on Thursday the 19 for home. Leaving college is always a little bittersweet for me; I love UW-Stevens Point and have made so many great memories there. However, I'm glad to be done for a little while with tests and studying, and I'll be back in just 3 months to work again on staff in the residence halls. And of course, ending the school year means that I'm getting closer to one thing...Summer Project!!
Coming home last night I looked through the support letters that had come in since the last time I was home, and I realized that I had reached my support goal!! Thanks to a providing God and all of you as team members, I am able to go forth on this mission trip. I was SO overwhelmed looking through each and every card,-seeing your encouraging personal letters and your willingness to support me in this. I've never had to do anything like this, so seeing firsthand the body of Christ come together and help each other out was astounding to me. I can see now why the support-raising process is such a necessary preparation time because it shows God's awesome provision.
And now the process of packing and re-packing begin. I leave on this Wednesday, the 25 with a 9:00 am flight out of Milwaukee. I am flying with two other friends from UWSP, which is a huge blessing. This summer will not only be different for me but my family as well. Each member of my family will actually soon be in a different state-Curtis and Tricia in Colorado, Tim and Bailey moving to North Carolina, Dad in Ohio for work, me in South Carolina, Mom in Wisconsin, and Grant moving back to Minnesota in the fall. Would you keep our family in your prayers as we are undergoing a lot of big changes lately? We know that God is in control and that His plan is best; we have already seen Him providing.
God has also started providing opportunities for when I get back from project. I have been asked to lead the women's Bible study in my residence hall next year, and I'm hoping to use what I've learned on project in this. Campus Crusade is re-looking at ministry in the residence halls in order to make it more of a mission field and not simply an exlusive Bible-study. I'm excited as well as nervous to take on this leadership role within the hall, but know that God will work on campus with or without my help, so I want to be a part of what He's doing. If you would like to be praying for something specific, please pray for UW-Stevens Point--for the leaders of Campus Crusade who have such a heart for outreach, for the new look into residence halls next year, and for God to work and expand His followers there.
I want to end with a verse that I've had up on my computer since the beginning of the year: "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end" (God's timing is perfect) -Ecclesiastes 3:11. This verse has been so encouraging to me this year-His timing is perfect, and I'm looking forward to what lies ahead...
Friday, May 20, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
The journey has already begun...
Hello Followers of NMB Summer Project 2011!
I am very excited to be able to update you throughout the summer so that you can follow me on my journey to North Myrtle Beach. As I sit here writing this, there is a little more than a month left before I leave on Summer Project for 10 weeks. It's exciting to know that after such a long process I will finally go where I've been planning to for so long.
My Summer Project journey has already begun, starting as far back as my freshman year of college. When I first started getting involved with the Campus Crusade for Christ movement at UW-Stevens Point, I learned of many opportunities to get involved, one of which was going on a Summer Project. I was very interested in it and saw myself participating during one of my college years. However, as a freshman I did not feel God calling me to go at that time. I committed to praying about it and seeking the Lord for when the time was right for me to go. Looking back, I see how much I have grown in my faith since that time and am thankful that God called me to go this year instead.
By the beginning of my sophomore year I knew that I wanted to go to North Myrtle Beach, and I have never been so sure about His leading me than this. This year has been an incredible year of growth! I have gotten very involved with my Bible study and have been "discipled" by an amazing upperclassmen girl this semester (who actually went to North Myrtle Beach last summer!). She has brought me so far in my faith and God couldn't have placed me with a better mentor. I have also gotten opportunities to share my faith with people on campus, and it has strengthened my faith and specifically prepared me for what is to come this summer. I have begun to actively seek the Lord and spend time in His Word, and it has made all the difference this year. I am blessed to be able to further my walk in Him this summer.
My time lately has been filled with preparing to leave for Summer Project, and that includes support raising. Campus Crusade stresses it as "Ministry Partner Development" because it is a process of trusting the Lord to provide and inviting others to partner in the project to impact eternity. I want to thank you all again for being a part of this project with me through your financial and prayerful support. It is still an ongoing process that is sometimes scary but at the same time a great opportunity to fully rely on God.
As the time draws near I grow more anxious to leave for North Myrtle Beach. Until then, may God continue to bless you as you have blessed me.
I am very excited to be able to update you throughout the summer so that you can follow me on my journey to North Myrtle Beach. As I sit here writing this, there is a little more than a month left before I leave on Summer Project for 10 weeks. It's exciting to know that after such a long process I will finally go where I've been planning to for so long.
My Summer Project journey has already begun, starting as far back as my freshman year of college. When I first started getting involved with the Campus Crusade for Christ movement at UW-Stevens Point, I learned of many opportunities to get involved, one of which was going on a Summer Project. I was very interested in it and saw myself participating during one of my college years. However, as a freshman I did not feel God calling me to go at that time. I committed to praying about it and seeking the Lord for when the time was right for me to go. Looking back, I see how much I have grown in my faith since that time and am thankful that God called me to go this year instead.
By the beginning of my sophomore year I knew that I wanted to go to North Myrtle Beach, and I have never been so sure about His leading me than this. This year has been an incredible year of growth! I have gotten very involved with my Bible study and have been "discipled" by an amazing upperclassmen girl this semester (who actually went to North Myrtle Beach last summer!). She has brought me so far in my faith and God couldn't have placed me with a better mentor. I have also gotten opportunities to share my faith with people on campus, and it has strengthened my faith and specifically prepared me for what is to come this summer. I have begun to actively seek the Lord and spend time in His Word, and it has made all the difference this year. I am blessed to be able to further my walk in Him this summer.
My time lately has been filled with preparing to leave for Summer Project, and that includes support raising. Campus Crusade stresses it as "Ministry Partner Development" because it is a process of trusting the Lord to provide and inviting others to partner in the project to impact eternity. I want to thank you all again for being a part of this project with me through your financial and prayerful support. It is still an ongoing process that is sometimes scary but at the same time a great opportunity to fully rely on God.
As the time draws near I grow more anxious to leave for North Myrtle Beach. Until then, may God continue to bless you as you have blessed me.
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