Summer Project has Begun!

As of today, 84 summer projects have begun! From Clearwater Beach to Breckenridge, Prague to Tokyo, students are starting to bond together, take steps of faith and share about Jesus with others they meet. This summer 1800 students will take part in state-side projects, and almost 1000 will be overseas, not to mention the 450 that Korean CCC is sending as well!

I am now in Acadia, Maine for 5 weeks to experience God's grace and truth through outdoor adventure! I am thrilled to be apart of the Lifelines Ministry, a branch of CCC, for the summer. The goal of Lifelines is to help students (and staff :) ) develop:

1. Bonding and vunerability
2. Appropriate boundaries by learning our limits and when to say yes or no.
3. Accepting the good and bad in ourselves and others.
4. Move towards adulthood by taking responsibility for our choices and accepting the consequences.

I am here with 9 other staff members/interns. We are being trained on how to best guide the students this summer. Ten students arrive on Saturday!! I am very excited to grow and build into them over the month of June. Please pray for our relationships and time together.

Jess

Jess is a freshman nursing student at UMass Boston that I've been meeting with all year. In September, she emailed the Real Life Boston address to ask if she could met up with someone on a one on one basis. I was so excited to have a student who was not only teachable, but also willing to be available.

Jess is from Western Mass and lives in the on-campus apartments. Her roommates, Tiffany, is her closest friend at school, but they do not align on many biblical issues. Jess also has a serious boyfriend, Joe, at home. Between school work and Joe, Jess has not been able to branch out that much (but for the most part she is ok with it).

On Thursday, Jess and I had our last discipleship time till the Fall. We had a great hour together at Starbucks, laughing and sharing with one another what God has done in our lives over the past year. It has been great to see how much we've both grown. It has been a joy getting to know Jess over the course of the year.

Twenty Eight More Called to the Great Commission!

The Northeast is blessed to have twenty eight new Interns for the upcoming school year. These students gathered together for three days to bond with their team, support coaches, and others in the region. During their time together they were trained by senior staff member, Kevin Kimball, on how to raise their financial support. They are trusting God to raise a lump some of money, varying from thirty five to fifty thousand dollars!

I am very excited to have 4 new interns joining me in the office! I’ll be working side-by-side with Rachel, Kat, Lorenna, and Sydney. All year we’ve been praying for a graphic and web designer, photographer, and system analysts to help our Regional Team. Now, we’ll have people with those skills!

Many students were initially overwhelmed with raising support, but left the weekend feeling encouraged and prepared to invite individuals and churches to partner with them in ministry. Less than 48 hours after heading back to school, Kat D'Auria, a senior at Brown University, posted on facebook that "the excitement is building and I've been blessed with my first supporter!"

Planning this conference was one of my biggest responsibilities this Spring.

"And Jesus came and said to them, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Farther and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age" ~Matthew 28:18-28