It’s
not always easy being on mission for the LORD all the time. Andy Mineo, a
Christian rap artist, has released music that I think communicates the
feelings, dangers and blessings of being on mission with God. A busy
lifestyle, even for the LORD, can be the downfall of a Christian. If we don’t
stay focused, we can lose sight of the vision and of God’s heart. My life has
been busy, but God is still working on me. Thank God! ;)
NEW YORK CITY
(Oct.
5th – 8th)
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| Rockefeller Center, NYC |
The first week of
October, I spent four days learning first-hand about the mission and vision of
the campus ministry of Cru in NYC. Many of you know I am from New York
originally and only came to NJ to study Deaf education. As a native New Yorker,
Puerto Rican woman, and trained leader with Cru I can be an asset to the team
of 30 working to reach 1 million students for Christ.
On Tuesday, the Worldwide Day of Prayer,
we prayed at Brooklyn College (historically difficult to access) and the next
day prayed for the entire city at “Top of the Rock” in Manhattan. Please pray
with me as I careful consider this option for my future with Cru.
NJ-NY CRU
FALL RETREAT (Oct. 9th – 11th)
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| Fall Retreat with Staff Women |
The weekend following, I gave leadership to the New Jersey / New
York City Fall Retreat with the theme “Community”. We had ministries from New
York City with the Campus Ministry of Cru, Epic (reaching the campus through Asian-Americans), & Destino (reaching the campus through Hispanics
& Latinos) join the New
Jersey Campus ministries of Cru and they definitely put the word “community” to
action.
Cru is a caring community, passionate about connecting people to
Jesus Christ. It was beautiful to see all these communities with individual
stories from various ethnicities & cultures come together to share in the
great story of Jesus’ life and death that makes us into one community. Praise
God for 150 in attendance!
ORLANDO, FL (Oct.11th
– 17th)
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| SLI6 Participants |
The second week of
October, I spent 50 hours with the participants of the 6th Senior
Leadership Institute (SLI). We discussed the importance of a strong spiritual
foundation to our leadership, cultural intelligence of a leader, the roles
& responsibilities within the framework of a leader, the growth model,
& how to coach students and teams. We also worked on a team to interview a
Christian chief investment officer (CIO) to learn about his leadership style.
One thing I am excited for is that I get
a coach who is Christian and who doesn’t work with Cru but will pour into my
leadership development for the next two years.
I am also part of a small process group with whom I’ll work with to help
bring improvements to Cru.
NJ #LIGHTUPJERSEY Evangelism Week (Oct. 19th
– 23rd)
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| Large Jersey Light Brite (Each Gospel conversation is a light) |
The third week of October, New Jersey students canvased their
campuses, spreading the Good News of Jesus to all who would hear! One day, I
got to go to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to train three
students involved with Cru in how to share their faith. These days, technology
is key to communicating with this younger generation and even more so at an
institute of technology like NJIT.
After teaching these three young men how to use the “Perspectives”
app, “God Tools” app, and “The Jesus Film” app, we walked onto campus and
shared the Gospel with 5 different students.
Although none of the students put their trust in Christ, they all were
intrigued with the subject of Christianity and indicated an interest to
continue learning about who Jesus is. J The conversations also inspired those three
young Christian men to continue to share their faith with peers and family as
well as train others to do the same!
Kean Homecoming (Oct.24th)
That following Saturday, I attended the Kean homecoming event
where our student leaders set up a table where families of faculty, staff &
students could make masks & get to know more about Cru.
The student president of Cru at Kean decided to keep her brother
entertained by playing a picture survey called “Soularium” where she asked him
questions about God and his spiritual journey.
At the end of this Gospel conversation, Brandon gave his life to Christ!
Mid-Atlantic Team Leaders
Conference (Oct. 26th – 29th)
The following week I attended a Team Leaders conference in
Winchester, Virginia with staff like myself. There were about 50 team directors
in the room and I was the only one who was an ethnic minority.
Sometimes this particular conference
gets me down because I feel so alone but this year I grew even more passionate
about what could happen if the demographics of the room changed to more
accurately reflect the scope we are hoping to reach.
Please pray for me as I consider where
God may be leading me to serve in helping make Cru more accessible to every student and faculty.
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