Newsletter September 2008

You would think that almost 3 months in the Pacific Northwest would be plenty of time to meet with everyone I needed to see during my summer furlough. NOT!!! But I did get to most, including four of my supporting churches. The summer ended with a campout in the Cascade Mountains with Elim Evangelical Free Church. See photos on the second page – fishing, swimming, kid’s crafts, youth group, potluck . . . .What fun!

When I arrived back in Florida, I finished setting up my home office. Talk about a nightmare! I spent way too much time with tech support but most of the problems are now fixed. On the good side, I have been able to keep up with reading my email and answering inquiries forwarded to me from evangelistic websites of Campus Crusade for Christ.

Soon after I returned to Florida, the Miami Metro Campus Team met with student leadership to get started with the new school year. I met with Dr. Marlene Groomes at Miami Dade College (MDC) –Homestead campus to plan out what we want to do with the students for the year. During October’s Hispanic Heritage month we will host an informational table about our CRU student group and opportunities for Bible studies and one-on-one discipleship. We will look for opportunities to share the Gospel during this time and hope to identify students who have potential to become leaders in CRU.

In mid-September I drove up to Orlando to meet with Dr. Steve Clinton and the team from Campus Crusade’s “The Orlando Institute.” He clarified the vision of building the online portion of the training program. My first project is to help produce a databank for our students of resources on the worldwide web on topics such as evangelism, discipleship, theology, defending our faith, biblical archaeology, Old Testament, New Testament, etc.

Please pray for the following:

Ø Outreaches at the MDC – Homestead Campus during Hispanic Heritage Month
Ø Hurricane and flood relief for the Caribbean and Gulf Coast states.
Ø Wisdom in the upcoming elections and the economic crisis.
Ø My need for more financial partners. New support raised during furlough was not as much as I hoped, but I am confident that God will provide. When I watch the news about people suffering after the hurricanes and families losing their homes from foreclosures, I really appreciate how fortunate I am. The Lord is faithful.