Campus Target

As we hop on the bus to take us across town, Leonidus sits down and says that his stomach is bothering him after dinner. Immediately, I feel like the Lord wants me to pray for him, out loud, in front of our friend Ed. Now, you have to understand, Ed is a very educated guy. He’s hung out with a lot of western people, has been to church, and decided it’s not for him. So I’m a little nervous to pray for a healing right in front of him.

I shot up a quick, silent request: “Okay, God, please do something, because this is going to be a pretty lame meeting if You don’t show up.”

Five minutes later, as our friend was shuffling the cards, he looked over at me during a lull in the conversation and asked, “So, do you read your Bible every day?”

“OK – now go out and make a friend!” And with that, Buttercup (our city leader), sent all of K-town’s teams out to their respective campuses to befriend a college student. It was only our third day in the country, and I was definitely intimidated.

“Just walk onto a strange campus where I don’t speak the language and make a friend?” I thought. “Crazy.”

I have a little secret: I’m rhythmically challenged.  Maybe you already knew this, but I like to think I hide it pretty well.  So imagine my chagrin when, during the last song of our commissioning service worship tonight, the worship leader (and my good friend) Jay-Z* pulled out a cowbell and looked right at me: [...]

Come on out to the Campus Target commissioning service, tonight at 6pm at Elim Gospel Church! The whole team will be there, and you can join them in worship, lay hands on and pray for them, and send them out full of excitement and anticipation at what the Lord is going to do this year. [...]

Well, it’s been about three years in the making, but version 2.0 of the Campus Target website is live! We’re excited about a number of new features, including: Meet a Worker – where you can easily see a picture of each worker, access their RSS feed, read their blogs, and learn how to support them [...]

I’ve been thinking about roller coasters recently because I feel like I’m on one right now. You know the feeling that you get when you’re being slowly pulled up the huge initial hill? Ka-chink, ka-chink, ka-chink. But of course, it’s too late at that point –– you’re already committed. In just a few seconds, you’ll crest the hill, and the craziness will commence.

That’s me right now. I don’t know if you’ve heard yet, but I’ll be joining a team in Asia for the whole year, and we’re leaving in just a few weeks.

At the retreat this week, I met a long-term worker. I’ll call her S. S is an Asian woman, and I believe she is in her 70′s. Over 20 years ago, she heard in her heart from the Lord that she was supposed to work in our country of operation, but no church in her [...]