March Madness – Missions Style

All month long, students in the Jersey Metro ministry of Cru have been making famous the story behind the name, the man, the living – Jesus Christ!

Big-Break (Panama City, FL)

While students from around the nation made their way toward the sun for Spring break, our students looked for ways to connect them to the Son for every season that may come their way.

Gas for 1250 miles - $650, sitting in a minivan with 6 other women - 0 leg room, caravanning with another minivan of 6 women - 10 pit stops, sharing the Gospel with over 2000 students  --- priceless.

I had the privilege of accompanying 12 student women to join about 1200 others in Panama City Beach, FL to share the good news of Jesus. We started conversations with over 5000 people and it led to over 2000 Gospel presentations, which then led to 157 beach goers indicating decisions for Christ!! 
The week was long and I am still recovering, but God is so great!

BigBlitz (Ramapo, Rutgers, Stockton, Montclair - NJ)

Students preparing at MSU to share

During the same week, the students who were on Spring Break but couldn’t go to Florida went to blitz two campuses who were not on break. The following week (Spring break for the other ten campuses we work on) the other students blitzed two new campuses! 

Campus Blitz - Where a large group of people post flyers, take spiritual surveys, prayer walk, and start spiritual conversations with as many as possible within a day!

Staff and about 20 students who participated visited a total of four universities and had 158 spiritual conversations that led to 68 Gospel presentations and 1 decision for Christ!

Quest Week - #getoutthere (NJ)

Soularium, a picture survey used to
start spiritual conversation

Just before Spring Break, an alumni panel came to Kean Cru to share how they live out their vocation (to know, enjoy & share God) through their current occupations (what occupies their time). 

During that week many students were challenged and made efforts to start spiritual conversations despite what occupied their time – midterms!

Although there are many obstacles to living out our vocation, we must keep intimate connection with the King who calls us and has gone before us into the field.

February 2011

Something I painted Valentine's Day

God has been lavishing His relentless love upon me every week this month! We sang a song in the church I grew up in (Patmos Fellowship) that describes my heart all month: “I just keep falling in love with Him over and over again. He get’s sweeter and sweeter as the days go by. Oh what a love between my Lord & I. I keep falling in love with Him over and over again!” To those of you who have been faithfully praying for me and seeking to encourage me—THANK YOU!

Candy Grams!

Each year, the staff encourage students from around the state to partner with each other in ministry beyond their schools. We call this a “campus cross-over event” and the purpose of this event is to encourage students to recognize they all have a common goal now and when they graduate: To take the state for Christ!

This year, Farleigh Dickinson University (FDU) invited Kean University and County College of Morris to make “candy grams” together. The students gathered at FDU   with printed scripture to cut out and candy to pack into small bags. They prayed together and learned new things about one another before working together to share God’s love with those who don’t yet know Him .

What Happened?!

· Feb.21-24th I took a much-needed vacation in Miami with a sweet friend of mine. Praise God for God’s sovereignty and provision for our lives!

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     Feb.25th The 1st Jersey Cru of the semester was packed out with students from all over New Jersey including a few High School students checking out what it looks like to be a Christian in college! Praise God for the works He’s done through JCru!

Upcoming Schedule!

· March 12-20th - Panama City Beach, FL - Spring Break missions trip where we share our faith with thousands of students on the beach. (www.BIG-break.com)

· March 28-April 1st - Quest Week— Staff and students around the state of New Jersey make it a point to share their faith each day of the week using tools like “Soularium” and “Quest Survey” along with the “4 Spiritual Laws”.

· End of May-July 5th - Hampton Beach Summer Project missions trip where we teach college students how to share their faith while at a full-time secular job and in community with other believers. (www.gosummerproject.com)

· July 17 –26th - National Staff Conference at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, Colorado where thousands of staff from all of the ministries of Campus Crusade for Christ join together for the sake of unity and refocusing on the vision to “build spiritual movements everywhere so that everybody knows somebody who truly follows Jesus Christ.”

Thanks for your prayers and support!

 

“And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the LORD.” Hosea 2:19, 20

More BIG Break PRAISES!

Students came back with amazing stories! Since they all can't fit into a monthly newsletter, here's a quick insite to the many things that happen at BIG Break!

1. Eric and Andrew, students from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, went hitch-hiking one night at BIG Break! These student leaders hopped in the back of a truck and shared the Gospel with 4 people! All 4 of the people they shared with entered into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ!

2. Jen, a Monclair State University student I formerly discipled (pictured left with me at BIG Break in 2007), helped lead someone to Christ on the beach during this conference! That night he joined some of our New Jersey students sharing his new faith! She also has recently made a decision to go on a Summer Project to Botswana this year! If you would like to read more on Jennifer, click here. Jen Lee needs to raise support for this missions trip to be possible so if you would like to help support her trip to Botswana, click here.

Another Awesome Story:

After Big Break this momentum to share the gospel continued on campus! Two of the girls that Karen, my co-worker, works with (Michele and Lindsay from Monmouth University) made a pact after the conference to share their faith with their parents over Easter. Michele, who accepted Christ in December shared with me that she had a great conversation with her parents about how they could know God personally. Both of Michele’s parents came into a relationship with Jesus on Easter Sunday! Praise God!