Faithful Provision

Welcome to my first (hopefully first of many) blog entries! I can't wait to share with you all what God is doing in my life and in the city of Pittsburgh! I would love for you to look around and read about what I'm doing with this next year of my life while I take a step of faith in following God's call!

My Junior year in college I began attending Campus Crusade for Christ (or CRU) meetings. Through CRU I began to develop friendships that challenged me in my faith. I began to learn what it meant to personalize my faith and take it seriously. Through my involvement in CRU I was asked to lead bible studies and disciple younger girls and although I did not feel qualified, I learned to let God take charge. My excitement for seeing others come to know Christ grew and my discernment of God’s calling in my life became clearer. As a college student I saw the need for Christ on my campus. Every day, students on college campuses across the country seek to find fulfillment in their intelligence, social status, or drugs and alcohol, instead of finding fulfillment in Jesus. It is my desire and, I believe, God’s calling for the next year of my life, to work to help college students know Jesus. Because God has cultivated this passion for students in my life, I believe He is calling me to participate in a one-year internship with Campus Crusade for Christ.

In the fall I will begin my work with CRU in the Pittsburgh Metro area. Currently Pittsburgh Metro CRU is present on 6 campuses in Pittsburgh and will eventually expand the movement to the over 12 colleges in the area. The city of Pittsburgh is home to over 100,000 college students who are the future leaders of our country. Wouldn’t it be incredible if all of these students understood what it meant to know Christ? The heart of CRUs ministry is that every student on campus would know someone who knows Jesus. As an intern I will be training and raising up student leaders, through one-on-one discipleship, retreats, and conferences, so that they can be sent out to reach their campus for Christ. My hope is that through this experience I would build meaningful relationships with students in Pittsburgh and invest in their spiritual growth. Also, my hope is that I would begin to live out the call that I feel God has for my life.

Like many mission organizations, Campus Crusade for Christ staff members must raise their support. I am spending the summer building a team of ministry partners (both in prayer and financially). My desire is that others would want to invest financially in the work God is doing not only in Pittsburgh, but around the world. It is also my hope that my ministry partner team would know that they are giving back to God what He has given to us in order to expand His kingdom.

In Phillipians 4:14-19 we see Paul talking about churches in Thessalonica and Epaphroditus that supported his ministry - "I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God." Paul also had to trust that God would provide all that he needed in order to do His work. This is my hope for the next year; that I would learn to trust God to provide for my needs and that others would desire to partner with me in ministry.