Peace be with you! Are you at peace? When we heard about the Korean ferry tragedy on the news, we were saddened for our friends and family back home who are mourning along with the entire country. We ask you to pray with us that God sends encouragement to the families of those who lost loved ones as well as all those who mourn with them.
World Wide Day of Prayer
April 22nd was the World Wide Day of Prayer. All the missionaries of Cru in the world paused for the day to pray corporately. We served World Wide Day of Prayer at the world headquarters and connected our group of nearly a thousand via video calls with missionaries in overseas locations to hear from them directly and pray for their nation’s ministry priorities.
There is one Cru missionary who serves the Church led Movement in a middle eastern country who came to the headquarters for the Day of Prayer. This missionary was born in a muslim family. Twenty-five years ago he heard the Gospel from a Cru short-term missionary and God changed his life. Since then he has been sharing the Gospel in his 98% Muslim, home country. He has been to jail 4 times, and some of his co-laborers who shared the Gospel alongside him were killed, all for sharing their faith. Yet he continues to share the Gospel! He asked us to pray for growth in the Churches in his home country. Please pray with us for the expansion of the Gospel in the World.
New Staff Training
Cru has Four New staff trainings a year. Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. Jung Hye and I were recently asked to give leadership to the Spring and Fall New Staff Trainings. Typically, those who are leaving an established career with older children become missionaries through the spring or fall new staff trainings. They surrender their lives by God’s calling, giving up their careers and comfortable lives for full-time missions service. Please pray that God provides for their needs and that they are prepared well as missionaries through this training.
XTrack 2014 - Long Term Overseas Missionary Training
We will serve the long term overseas missionary training of Cru (XTrack) from mid June to end of July. The Xtrack leadership team has been looking for the right people to serve in operations for many months now, and after being asked on two separate occasions we decided to serve the training. They are thankful and excited to work with us as we are them.
Jung Hye and I are busier than normal now serving New Staff Training and Xtrack at the same time yet we are encouraged when we think about the lost in the world who will come to Jesus Christ through the missionaries we help train over the course of the next 3 months. Please pray that God gives us wisdom and power as we serve and that every process we are leading goes smoothly. People who don’t know our Lord all over the world are coming to Jesus Christ through your prayerful support.
Thank You!
PRAYER REQUESTS
1. New Staff Training (May 10 ~18th) Pray the training program goes smoothly, that the new staff from all over the country come to the training safely. Pray that they are prepared well to become missionaries, and pray that God provides for their needs
2. XTrack 2014 (June 20 ~ July 26) Pray for housing for the 70+ missionaries coming to the training. Pray the overseas missionaries are better able to settle and transition well in their new homes through the training.
3. Family: Pray that God takes care of our family living far from us, and that they grow deeper in their relationship with Him.
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