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.

March Ministry MADNESS!

Kean leader, Maria, and I

“Breaktona” Praise!
469 initiated conversations 

309 spiritual surveys 

233 Gospel presentations
32 Holy Spirit conversations
43 decisions for Christ & 16 rededications 

The Evangelism Model

"If we pursue knowing the many cultures on campus, and, in a sense, seek to learn their language and try to understand life from their worldview, then we will be moving effectively in the direction of true communication of the gospel."

http://crupress.campuscrusadeforchrist.com/green/index.php/resources/the_evangelism_model

This week was called "QuEST" week, where all the students across the state of NJ take the initiative to step out in faith to share the gospel by the power of the Holy Spirit and leave the results to God. Our goal this year is to have 2000 Gospel conversations! Last year we had over 1200! At Kean University, the students had several events planned to reach the campus.

• Monday they had a prayer walk through the campus.
• Tuesday they did 5-question spiritual surveys call QuEST with several students around campus. 
• Wednesday they took out the trash of residents on their dorm floors simply out of love.
• Thursday they set up a table in the University Center to share their faith through a picture survey called "soularium" with 50 pictures. This day, I was with them and able to get into quite a few gospel conversations. One daughter of a local Pastor plans to rededicate her life to the Lord after straying away.

Praise God for the things He is doing in and through these students who will ultimately return to their churches, trained to share their faith through various methods! Christa & Liscet (pictured right) are Kean Resident Hall Assistants and are already starting multiple conversations with students in their buildings! Now their students know where they can turn to when they simply need prayer! :0)

Sharing God - QuEST week

(Kean ladies at Fall Retreat 2010)

Tuesday I took Sharon, the student Cru president at Kean University (far right in picture), out into the campus to share our faith at the Latino Heritage Day. After a few QuEST surveys, we were able to pray with a young woman to come to know God personally!

This week, students are sharing their faith all across the state of New Jersey as a joined effort in something we call QuEST week. Last week, I was able to train students to share their faith using different conversation starters and tools. A few members of Campus Crusade for Christ at Kean (KUCru) will be conducting a "Prayer Walk" across their campus today and engaging in spiritual conversations with those whom they come across.

Praise God for students who love Him & live for Him!