Where do I work?
I work for Campus Crusade for Christ. Right now, I work from home most of the time. When I am at full support, I will return to New Jersey and work on the campuses out there withing the Jersey Metro Campus Ministry. Pictured left is most of the team I will be working with in New Jersey. A few are missing because they are still raising support and couldn't afford the regional staff conference. We have 10 full-time staff, 4 moms (sorta part-time staff), 3 volunteers, and 4 raising support.What am I doing?
My job right now is to raise support through networking via emails, phone calls and other correspondence for 40 hours a week. A lot of my work is from my computer, printer, phone, or traveling to appointments. I often call people to meet with them to discuss (in person) the ministry I work with so that they can understand the need for people to support this particular work for the kingdom.
What happens when I raise 100% support?
When I have enough people supporting my ministry through financial gifts of $10 - $25 - $100 monthly, then I can report to campus because I’ll have enough money to support myself and the ministry. Once I meet 100% of my monthly support goal, then I can return to the campuses of NJ to work with young adults on their relationships with God and others. I will be meeting the the staff for prayer and planning meetings as well as meeting with students for discipleship and Bible Study.
Accountability?
Every Saturday, I send a weekly update to my “support coach” with a detailed account of what I did to raise the support that week. Every two weeks we talk about how I can better improve and what I can do to get on campus ASAP.
What will my full-time job be when I complete raising monthly support?
My full-time job will be to work with college students to train them to be life-time laborers for the Kingdom of God (building God’s army). Since this is all I will be doing, like the 12 disciples and Paul in scripture, I have to drop all other things. Our goal is three-fold: we desire to co-labor with the Lord to win students to Christ (so I go on campus to plan outreaches and witness), build students in their relationship with Christ (so I meet one-on-one with young women for discipleship, as well as teach students the basic foundations of the faith), and send them out to reach the world for Christ (so I train students in sharing their faith, evangelism, outreaches, etc.). ONE PERCENT OF THE WORLD is in college! Such a small amount of people that will soon rule this world and make the decisions that affect everyone’s life! Our vision is to influence them to be followers of Christ before they influence the world. (Strategic, huh?! ;o)
What are the funds for?
I do not have any other source of income, so the support that I raise is my income. I must raise enough monthly funds to cover my rent, utilities, bills, healthcare, social security, taxes and other missionaries overseas. Once I have these funds, I can report to campus without concerns of how to pay these things. I can give my undivided attention to God and His plan for the lives of 1% of the world!
I hope this explains to you a bit of what I am doing and will do. If you want to be a part of this in any way, please let me know. I am especially looking for appointments to meet new people just to at least talk to them about the need. Maybe your family or friends from church would be interested? Maybe your church itself might want to hear what God's doing with college students? I’d love to come down and meet them. I can even present to a small group of people who might be interested. Even if they can’t financially support, they can pray and maybe even recommend other people. In the past, I’ve done small group dinners or coffee parties at people’s homes. Let me know what you think God is calling you to do here. I’d love to have you partner with me in more ways than one.
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