What Changed?...Generosity!

Hampton Beach Summer Project

New house, new staff, new project, same God!

You’ve probably noticed in the past two letters that I’ve asked for prayer for my summer project trip to Hampton Beach. The reason I hadn’t gone into too much detail about this trip is because I had never been on one! As a student, summer project always scared me because I knew I’d have to raise support to live away from my family with 20-30 other students for 10 weeks! In my mind, these were four extremely uncomfortable and nearly un-American things to do!

So here I am, sitting in a small quiet room on the second floor of the Hampton Beach Summer Project (HBSP) house! What changed? Well for one, I’m no longer a student but am on staff with CCC. And since interning in 2007 this is the first summer I’m available because I’m not raising support full-time! There were many different projects I could’ve been on but I think God knew what He was doing when He assigned me to this one. A summer project is basically a summer long missions trip through Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC).

Training in our house on how to clearly communicate the Gospel

Here at HBSP, staff train college students in the three modes of evangelism: initiative, relational, and body. Students and staff go to share their faith on the beach (initiative), with their co-workers at the local Dunkin Donuts (relational), and through group outreaches like ice-cream socials or scavenger hunts (body). 

We may not have been able to do all of this if it wasn’t for a local church member who decided to help support our ministry by purchasing a house in which our students could stay for the summer! Through prayers and this man’s generous answers to our prayers through God's power, HBSP exists!

 You may not be able to purchase a house for us or even a car, but some church members have donated couches, bikes, and all kinds of food. Some families in certain churches have even adopted the students that attend their church by taking them grocery shopping after church or inviting them over for a home-cooked meal. Our project has truly been blessed by those who are willing to love their neighbor and not leave the world the way it is.

These students want to reach the lost New Englanders of Hampton Beach who believe they are "all set". All they need is help to get there. They are willing to spend their summer serving God. Will you help them stay? 

Maybe you are not local and can't give items, but your prayers and finances are always essential. I currently only raise enough monthly support to cover my basic needs, not extra trips like Summer Project or our National Staff Conference in Colorado this July. Project expenses including housing and fees from May 23rd to July 1st costs $1500. Currently I’ve been able to pay $300 of this $1500 expense but there is still much more due.

Would you prayerfully consider giving a special one-time gift of $50 to help build and transform Christian students into life-time laborers for Christ so that everybody knows somebody who truly follows Jesus Christ?