Transfiguration trip

 A few weeks ago during spring break, I led a small team (three people) on a vision trip to East Asia. It was one of the best trips ever! For security reasons I cant be that specific on details. The whole trip was an amazing experience for me. Even planning and prep before the trip was a good learning tool. I helped make sure everyone had their passports and visas and help teach them a bit about support raising for such a trip. This process really helped me get more disciplined in being organized. A passport and visa process is very slow and annoying. :/ But it all worked out without a hitch. The Lord wanted us to go, and He provided and we went. :) ... On our second flight to our destination I watched 4 movies... thats right, 4!!The flight was 11 hours. I have never been on such a long flight. And it was a Huge plane! A B747. I was geeking out on just the flights.... anyway, upon arrival, I quickly noticed English was no longer a primary language. Luckily we found our way to our contact and introduced each other. We then proceeded into a funny little van. The team we met with that lives there calls them bread vans because they are shaped like loafs of bread. And it was a very tight fit for everyone.... a few minutes into the drive i noticed that driving there in east asia is insane... to put it simply. They cut in and out and honk at everything. No warnings, no blinkers, no traffic law reinforcements... though i was in a panic, i noticed everyone who lives there was perceiving all this driving behavior as normal.... took me a bit but i just let go on my understanding of this and put my trust in the driver.... Hmmm.... How often do we get distracted in the insanity in life and focus on others and forget whose in the drivers seat? I know i do this often and thanks to God Im growing more and more aware of it and trusting in Christ more and more. Its not that i lose trust in Him, its more i tend to avert my attention to finite things. This story just reminded me of this and its a good lesson, but back to the story... An hour and a half later and one trip down an on ramp in reverse (Yes... again, Normal in this area.. lol) we arrived to our hotel. We quickly unloaded our stuff and headed to dinner where we got to meet all the missionaries that serve there and live there. At this point i have been awake for 27 hours straight. So i was tired... very tired.... we ate at a giant round table with about 15 people sitting shoulder to shoulder around it. And in the center there was a giant glass lazy suzan. The waiters come in and put everything on this lazy suzan and we turn it to distribute everything... and yes, this whole week i used nothing but chopsticks. It was actually very fun... we ate, and heard the directer that lives there... on the return to my small room and rock hard hotel bed, i passed out. Thats all I remember.... the first day we toured, hung out and got acquainted to the culture and adjust to the time difference. I bought stuff using the ancient technique of bartering and realized im rather good at it. :) .... so, next day. Monday. I went to a college campus with a local missionary and he showed me around and taught me how to get into conversations there with the students. After this Krystal (she came up in our team from NMSU) and I went to and from this campus everyday, by ourselves and spent our time getting into spiritual conversations all week and gathering contacts for the team that lives there. The students there are so fun. They LOVE talking to foreigners. I have never made so much friends in such a short time. Shared the gospel about a dozen times, went to a karyoake place (KTV) saw amazing ancient history and locations, saw an amazing work the Lord is doing that i was previously unaware of.... at the end of this week i was starting to question if this trip was worth all the time and effort. Felt like it was a waste to come this far and spend all this resources for just 7 days in this country (including travel: 9). but on that last day i met with a guy who really wanted to have lunch with me. So i had lunch with him the day before we left. We talked, and talked.... and talked. We started talking about the gospel and really getting into it. So we moved to a little coffee shop and away from the cafeteria lunch rush and continued talking... and talking. I asked him deep questions that he has never thought through before. And the Lord opened his heart.... He took in every word. Near the end of the conversation, he told me that he wanted this life. He wanted a life devoted to Christ.... right there on the opposite end of the planet, i saw this student get transformed by the holy spirit before my very eyes. :) this trip instantly went from a waste to beyond worth it! That campus went from 3 Christians, to 4. My spring break trip to east asia was full of awe inspiring things but nothing compares to seeing a life touched for the first time by God..... His American name is Leo. So Please pray for his continued thirst for Christ and that he would grow and be a great salt and lite to his country.

A Wonderful Blessin

   First and foremost, I want to say THANK YOU! To all my supporters. Without you all, I would not have had this very incredible and life giving year. Saw three friends come to know Christ, been challenged and have grown immensely in my personal walk with Christ. This semester I've been out of town a lot, and my printer died, had my internet go out for a while, and my awesome desktop computer went down. :/ very frustrating. And it was all hard to fix or work around because I kept going out of town. But despite all that, I have traveled to boulder Colorado for a new staff field training. There I met with about thirty other new staff like myself and was very encouraged. On the first day we split into teams and wrote down what tough stuff is going on in our lives. And then categorized them. Was encouraged because I found that im not the only one having a hard time in specific areas. And the next day we had an amazing devotional and one of the regional staff talked about boundaries and how we can better prioritize our time. (where my main struggles were. Lol) we also had a 24 hr challenge. I was on one of the evangelism teams. We were given a location and some stats on the population of our location, and we got an idea and started planning on how to reach the students in this location with the Gospel. We built a giant chalk board for 12$ and set it up on campus the next day. We wrote a attention grabbing question on it: "How is your love life" we chose this because valentines day was very close. We also had surveys made up that asked relation ship questions and the questions led to whether or not one believe in true unconditional love, and if There was a God that loves unconditionally would they want to know Him?... I shared the gospel with 5 students and got 3 of them plugged into a local bible study. Two people on my team also prayed with a student to receive Christ as their savior. :) this all happened in an hour. One night and one morning of planning and one hour evangalising on campus..... It was amazing to see an impact one can make in a short amount of time. Christ really encouraged and lifted me up that week. There was a lot of other talks and such and heard a cool testimony by Andy Armstrong. On Thursday that week we went snow shoeing up in the mountains in 50 inches of snow. After three miles we got a group picture and prayed and thanked God for the day and each other...... when I got back I felt super recharged. Like I was on a month long vacation.... this was just one awesome week among many this year. God has blessed me and has used all of you supporters to do so. So thank you again. I really really really am thankful for all of you.

Heart Stuff

My hearts been all over lately. There has been a lot of options before me. Basically an infinite set of options. I easly let myself get overwhelmed with the possibillities. Dwelling on which direction i should go. Trying to list pros and cons.... Ive done this before and I ALWAYS come to the same conclution... To stop, shut-up, and listen to Christ. Keep my eyes on my Father. I always feel freaked out on the uncertainty of the future. Yet Christ has never let me down... Im the one doing the letting down. Im still young, and super flexible as far has health and ability. So yeah, I can just about go anywhere and do anything. But all I want is Christ. My Father God has brought me countless blessings, including my abilities and flexibility..... I pray that God will make clear the path He wants me to take, and I know He will. In the mean time I will just focus on the mission before me. Focus on where my feet are now. The lives that are around me now. Everytime I look and dream elswhere I rob my mission feild of my atention and calling. Im not here on accedent. My mission feild is always where my feet are and my tools are whats in my hand at the moment. One of the worst things I can do is to allow is for the Thoughts of figuring out a future to consume me. I know for a fact im in Gods hand. :) no better place. So I must keep my eyes on Christ and keep in prayer and persaverence, what the Lord has in front of me at the moment. If he calls I follow.

Tough break

Since I wrote last I have been to Albuquerque and visited with family for a while during Christmas. Then on the 27^th I headed up to Denver CO for DCC. Cru's Denver Christmas Conference. As staff I made it on the video team. This was my Fifth DCC and my first as staff. On the video team I recorded any short videos they needed and covered the events like the flash mob and Haiti meal packing. On new years eve in particular, I recorded all 1200 students going out on 16^th street and doing the flashmob and using that to get into spiritual conversations afterward. Here is a link to the news coverage of the event : http://www.kdvr.com/videobeta/?watchId=9c2061ea-024a-40cb-9ca1-2e9bc6b25069 .. after that I then recorded about two thousand people doing a wave all the way down 16^th street. Again it was used to get into spiritual conversations. After this second flash mob I recorded the fireworks going off in downtown Denver, then all the student went back into the main ballroom in the hotel and we heard a talk from Scott Nickel then had a very awesome worship till the countdown to new years. Once the new year hit we worshiped and danced and celebrated. This all was recorded as well. After Nick and myself finished recording all we needed to we then went into the video room and edited everything we shot and put it into a re-cap video to be shown first thing that morning. We finished recording everything at 1 a.m. And finished the video at 4 a.m. Went to bed at 4:30 and woke up at 8.... this was one of the tougher nights at DCC for me. But I helped make about 5 videos that were shown in front of 1200 students. And one that didn't get shown. I was in Denver working on the video team from the 27^th to the 2^nd. From the 2^nd to the 4^th was the staff conference. As you probably have an idea, working att dcc was tiring and a lot of work. So the staff conference is for the staff of cru only. Its after all the students head home and its a chance for us to sit in on our own seminars and not have to worry about work and videos.

I was approached by our campus directer recently about leading a spring break trip to east Asia. Cru at NMSU partners with East Asia as a mission field. We go there for spring breaks and have summer project opportunity there as well. So currently they had no one available to help lead the students there for spring break. I prayed about it and decided I will go ahead and lead a group from NMSU. So please pray for me and the students that will be going to east asia to share our faith and learn and experience experience a different culture.

I am currently looking for another part time job and would ask for prayer to find one. Please pray i get more consistent on getting news letters out and my blog updated. I am excited for a new semester and excited to see the Lord continue to work and transform lives at NMSU. Last semester was incredible. Pray this semester is more so.

Sweet

Hi! everyone. So sorry it took so long to update this.... again... The semester has ended here NMSU, Last week Cru had 20+ hrs of meetings for the staff to evaluate the semester and plan next semester. I also want to say THANK YOU! Thank you to all of you who has given me support. Without you I would not be doing what I do with Cru and growing in my faith in a astonishing way. This semester was my first semester working for Cru and any ministry for that matter. Every week we have intern training. Through this training I am challenged to take bigger and more uncomfortable steps toward the great commission. Through these steps, I am learning better on how to hold on less to myself and more on Christ. Most everyday I get to hang with college students and talk about Christ, through bible studies, disciple groups, evangelising, and our many social events. So thanks to all of you supporters out there. Cru grew a great deal this semester. We are averaging about 50 each weekly meeting, and three people have chose to give their lives over to Christ, and many have rededicated their life's, and turned from their current life's direction and turned to Christ. Its been a good semester, but we are all human and in need of constant growth. We are far from perfect. So please pray we continue to do Christs will and not our own. I would also love to have a job like this for as long as I can. So if anyone out there would like to support me on my mission to serve and witness to NMSU, I would appreciate the help, and feel free to tell tell others who may be interested in what I do. I love talking about it.  

Far too long

 Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't updated this in a while. Keeping people posted and up to date on my life in the form of writing is a bit unnatural for me... But I'm learning. Cru has kept me very busy and occupied. I love my job. It does have its challenges though. Like I've mentioned before, I only am getting paid part time. The cru team here has been through a lot of changes this semester. We lost Phil and Liz washburn in June, they moved to Ohio. Then of course, the Pelton family has been in Albuquerque because of all the medical conditions thier son Jude had and then Jude just recently passed away. So the Cru team basically just had two senior staff. Vince and Holly Hoppe. Nick, Sarah, and myself are the new cru interns. So this semester we lost 4 senior staff members and gained 3 part time interns. And Vince and Holly had a new baby. :) thats very exciting, but as you can tell through all this, I've been overwhelmed at trying to help out. Some weeks I've worked more than full time. I'm ok with that. The job is very awesome, but I still dont have a second part time job and I litrally am living paycheck by paycheck. So please pray that the Lord will provide more support and or a second part time job will arise. I feel like there is a million little jobs for me to do each day. Most of it is very tedius. All I want to do is serve this campus, meet with students, and teach them on spiritual things and talk about Christ to those who dont know him.... But support raising, paying bills, budgetting, and simply surviving one paycheck at a time, is all really stressful and distracting more than anything. I want those to all just go away... but its not. I know the Lord has me here for a reason. Though its very uncomfortable, its very good. Christ is leading me through this. I finally graduated and yet here I am, poorer than Ive ever been before... as far as wealth is concerned. My need for Christ is greater. My thirst for his guidence and wisdom is greater than its ever been.... If having money means loosing devotion toward Christ, than I dont want money.

So, this semester, two people have accepted Christ as thier savior through cru. :) very awesome. I've had a lot of good spiritual discussions as well. There is one student and friend that is very close to accepting Christ as thier savior. He has come to me to find out who Christ is... it very amazing to see a life transform right in front of you. To see Christ moving in someones heart directly through you is very awe inspiring. Its very exciting to see Christ work... And all us new interns are a bit stressed at times. We all have training thats crammed in a part time schedule.... Now though all this seems crazy. Its been really neat to see the Lord working through it all. Christ has been moving in great ways. The peltons baby, Jude, Though only living to be 67 days old, inpacted many many lives. Through his short little life i've seen first hand, Christ move though his story. And I'm sure he will continue to move using Judes story. And us new interns are having to step up and take on stuff a lot faster than normal because of the lack in manpower. But its helping us learn a lot and fast. :) though there is struggle, its always followed by a greater amount of growth.... I'm very excited to be on the nmsu cru team.

This is what Christ is teaching me in my life rigth now. Hes been really teaching me more about prayer.When I fail to pray, my best is all I can offer. When I do pray, its no long the best I can do, its the best God can do. How arrogant can I be to think that doing my best is good enough. I want to be the man Christ wants me to be. I want to rely on the paower of God and not the power of me. So I've been really trying to be more conciouse of prayer... Prayer has always been very present in my life... but recently I haven't been praying as much and have been working harder... I want the exact oposite to happen. I want to stop trying to fix the world myself but allow God to fix the world through me. I need to stop trying so hard. Who am I compared to God... thats right, nothin. But with God, there is nothing I cant do.

Christ, my muse

     So interning for Cru is going well. Been on campus a ton, been in a lot of meetings and have talked to a lot of students and am lovin it. I am currently seeking out two students to disciple and looking for possibly one more. I hope they to will disciple 3 students and so on and so forth. I officially got hired to work with Cru as a part time staff this week and thats all based on my support. I am about a third of the way to my final goal, so please continue to pray and if you can help me with any referrals and or support, please contact me.

Christ is continueing to bless me. Continuing to help me increase.... this week I started going to a doctrine study with Vincent Hoppe. Good stuff. Talked about how we have personalities because we were created by one who Has personality. How can personality come on its own? Also that God is usearchable and no one has the authority to challenge Him. (Rom 11:33-34, 1 Cor 2:16 ) We were created by God and given personality. God is also Infinite, unsearchable, never ending, ect.. Now, how can we know God? How can we know Christ if he is unsearchable, infinite, and never ending? We only can because He gave us the ability to know him. Created by Him, for Him and given the ability to know Him. Not know Him fully but only learn that in which he reveals to us. So the BEST and GREATEST thing for us to do is to dwell in Christ. Its what we were made for and we are at our greatest in doing what Christ made and called us to do. We can only learn pieces of the infinite God only becaus he reaveals himself to us. The more we learn of Christ the more we grow, the greater we become, and the more we realize that there is even more to learn. The more we dig the more is revealed. The deeper we go the greater our joy goes and the deeper our love goes. Its like a never ending path to paradise, and the only way to get there is because of Christ.... Anyway, amazing stuff. I thought I'd share something I wrote last week.

My Hero

I know this guy
This guy has never lied
He never stole or lusted
He never had pride
He can always be trusted

I know him to be caring
I know him to be compassionate
I know him to be worth sharing
I know him to never quit

He gave of himself for others always
He loved those who hated and glared
He always prayed and gave praise
He never ran and was never scared

Never impaired and always prepared
Never did sin, and always has been
Always loved, praised, prayed, gave, and saved
Is ever watchful, thoughtful, merciful, and delightful

He is the son of the living God
He is the firstborn of every creature
He is the Lord and savior
He is Jehovah and redeemer

He is my life, muse, and savior
I live for Him, care for Him and love Him
He tought me the best behavior
He is my ever recurring whim

He is the friend that doesn't leave you
He is the guard that always protects you
He is the relationship thats always worth it
He is the well that never runs dry.

His words stand through time
His power unmatched

His name is Christ Jesus
His comands are unstoppable
His burden is non rigorous
His mind is immovable

His workers are few
His field is very great
No one he doesn't pursue
Nothing he didn't create

We were created to seek Him
Designed to love Him
Called to represent Him
And true peace within Him

To follow Christ is my life
Nothing else is even an option
Why continue in lifes strife
When Christ is accepting you in adoption?

Deep is His JOY

So I'm back in Las Cruces and have started working with Cru part time. I did not hit my goal for the full time position in time. But I have enough to jump on board as part time. So thanks everyone who helped support me. Its been a real blessing.

Since I've been back I have been in a ton of meetings. Been planning the weekly meeting for Cru, and the High Country Adventure trip we have each fall semester. We also have started a freshmen only group called Fresh. This group is a very social group where we have free food parties, games, trips ect... And will be getting them plugged into Cru as well. The freshmen class this year is the biggest one NMSU has ever seen. So please pray that we have a good positive influence for these freshmen by letting Christ shine more than us. 80% of the habbits college students fall into start thier freshmen year. So we desperatly want them to get into the habbit of serving Christ. Get them in a habbit and hunger of uncovering our Lord and Savior.

Cru had a few tables set up this week that had info on Cru and we were passing out Cru discount cards we put together as well. The tabling was a huge success. Talked to hundreds of students and passed out hundreds of Cru cards. I hope the word spreads and we see those students coming to Cru. I've been tabling so much that i have a very crazy flip flop tan and my exposed skin got a few shades darker this week, and its been in the upper 90s and lower 100s this week. But it was all worth it.

A story I thought I'd share.

After our first Cru meeting this last thursday, we went to Village Inn to hang out and socialize. I was running late because I had to load all the Cru equipment and drop it off where we store it each week. So as I was pulling into the parking lot I saw three of my friends from Cru talking to a man I've never seen before. So I parked and walked over to see whats up. The man was named Martin, and he was from Denver. He had a lot of trouble in Denver and met a women who gave him $100 to travel to Las Cruces, NM to get into an amazing ministry here. So we quickly found out he was a follower of Christ. He also said once he got to Las Cruces, he coulden't find that ministry he was looking for, and that lady didn't actually have one for him. And she just left him to fend for himself once he was here in Las Cruces. So Martin is now in a city he has never been to before and knows no one and has no place to go. But he had Christ. He met someone that was kind enough to let him stay at his place, and he found another kind soul that gave him a bike. And then he found us in a Village Inn parking lot, a group of three that turned into four.... than five... then six... So six of us heard his story, bought him groceries and prayed for him and he prayed for all of us. Running into Martin was kind of a reality check for me. Here I am with a house, a degree, good health, a job, and great friends and family and there are others less blessed out there... a lot of others. Running into Martin reminded me of that. I am blessed with so much, and I know I'm blessed with it all from Christ himself. But did he bless me so I can stay comfy and cozey? No, I'm blessed with more than I need so I may help those who are in need. After helping Martin and giving him my time and some groceries, guess what? I still have a lot I'm blessed with. This little encounter helped remind me of a lot. It was very humbling. Helping Martin was a small feat for us, yet made a huge inpact on his life. So much so, that Martin was in tears when we helped him. Every time he thanked us (Which was a lot) he would tear up. Helping people as Christ helped people doesnt actually take much out of you. So why arent we helping more?.... Thats a question I"ve always have been asking myself. And its a question Christ has been helping me with. And the greatest thing I've learned that helps me help others, is love. I know it sounds cliche but its true. Its not a love like you have for a friend or family. Its a super natural love that I know can only come from Christ. A love that equips you to love your enemies, love total strangers, like Martin.... So this little random meeting with Martin didnt just inpact him... It inpacted all 6 of use that were with him. We saw Christs love at work right before our eyes and it was one of the most beautiful things that I've ever seen.

Stroy number two:

I dont know if you guys know the Peltons but they are part of the Cru staff here at NMSU. Brandon, Mandy, Caleb and Jude Pelton. Thier newest edition to the family is Jude. Cute little guy. But Jude isnt your typical baby. He was brought into this world about a week ago. His story is very intense and still ongoing. I ask all of you to check out Mandys blog: Mandypelton.blogspot.com if you want to hear the whole story. Jude has down syndrom and had to get sergury on his brain, he has blood pockets in his brain, and he has a heart defect. He was born with a very low platelet count so they could do surgery right away but they needed to. So he got a blood tranfusion and that was a tough ordeal but he made it through and then he got his first brain sergury, again that was very rough but again he made it through..... I just told you a quick snapshot on whats going on but i ask you to please read Mandy's blog so you can pray and hear from someone who is there every step of the way.... I cant even imagin what the Peltons are going through. Even when I try I break down in tears, so I know the Peltons are really filled with all sorts of crazy emotions through this intense ordeal. But every time I read her blog, I see Christ right there with them. No matter what happens they have Joy. It clear proof that Joy runs deeper than pain and sarrow... I am humbled evertime I read her blog. I pray evertime I read her blog. I feel a bit more of Christ every time I read her blog.... Some people ask, Why is this happening? Why is Christ doing this? ... I don't know why Christ is doing this but I do know a little of what he has done through Jude. Jude isn't even a week old and he has brought people together in prayer, has humbled many people and alowed Christ to reveal himself in a very vivid way. I've prayed more this week than I have in a long time because of what Jude is going through. I've seen groups of people stop in thier bussiness to talk to Christ because of Jude's situation.... So even from a new born Christ is moving.... Every time I think on this I cry. No matter what, Christ moves. There is an emense amout of joy and love that pours from Christ. And no matter how bad things get, Christ always covers it with love and joy. It really does run deeper than anything I've ever witnessed before.

About time

Ok, so I should of updated this a long time ago. I'm sorry for all of you who are actually trying to follow this. So.... Support is still tough as ever. In fact, I think its at its toughest. Im coming up to the end of the deadline and am still far from my goal. But I'm still learning a lot in this process and learning to let go and let Christ handle things in day to day life more than I ever have before... and you know what? I love that! I want to keep giving Christ control more and more.... back to whats tough, one of the reasons support raising is tough and slow going for me is because I've never done this before. Another thing is I'm a major doer more than a talker... I love serving in church, at cru, on campus and off campus. I love making videos, animations, art, poems, and getting projects going ect. I can do that stuff forever. And I do it natrually all the time. But in order for me to continue with the awesome ministry in las cruces, I need to raise my support. In order to raise the support, people need to know about it, and for people to know about it, I need to tell them, and to do that I need to talk... I need to talk to person after person after person. So, thats why its kinda tough. I have a tough time just talking. I get antsy and want to just make stuff or setup something, ect... And this is the very reason why support raising is very good for me. Its really making me grow in an area I'm weak in. So for all of you reading this please pray that the growing continues and that I continue to be moldable. I dont ever want to get to set in my own ways that I block out Christs voice even a little. Again, any help would be appreciated, and please pray! One of the most powerful thing you can do to help me is to just pray for me. ;) Also, if any of you know someone who would be interested in supporting a missionary like me, let me know. THANKS!

Feeling some pressure

     Ok, so its been more than a week since I've updated this blog and for that I apologize. MPDing ( Support raising) isn't going so well for me.... At least when you look at the numbers. I've been meeting with a lot of very awesome individuals, and talking to quite a few people about my ministry but when I start looking at the numbers I realize I'm pretty far behind. A big part of me really wishes that money would have never came into existence. I wish I could just do what I was made to do, worshiping Christ through the talents he gave me and bringing his kingdom down the best I can at no extra work on my part. I just want to do what I enjoy and that's it. At least that's the selfish desire in me. Me just wanting everything to be hunky dory and working out at little effort on my part. These have been some of my thoughts lately. Going through this MPD process, I have realized that its actually been one of the greatest challenges in my spiritual growth. Its been very rewarding in my spiritual growth as well. Some times I forget that some of the best ways for us to grow and get closer to Christ, is to do something that is very hard and uncomfortable to do that the Lord himself has asked us to do. With this MPDing, I actually have to work, but not to much or I get caught up in trying to do everything on my own and not fully trusting in Christ.

Proverbs 3:5-6

 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
   and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
   and he will make your paths straight.

But I cant just sit and pray, expecting the Lord to just give me all I want. I know that Christ knows whats best for me. He knows what he is doing. Who am I to complain about my life in which Christ has made and designed, and in which Christ knows all I am and what is ultimately best for me.

Isaiah 55:8-9

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 

   neither are your ways my ways,”
            declares the LORD.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
   so are my ways higher than your ways
   and my thoughts than your thoughts.

I know from personal experience that the times in which I have grown close to Christ in the greatest of ways have been through hardships and very uncomfortable situations, but not just going through them, but going through them with Christ. So going through this little thought process lately, I started complaining and whining in my heart, and the Christ went in and helped bring me back to reality, and humble me. He is really good at doing that.
    Everyone who is reading this please pray for me and pray I don't try and take thing into my own hands. Pray also that I can step it up without putting Christ on the shelf. On this same blog I will be figuring out a way to show how much support I have and how much more I need. I am not entirely sure how to do that yet but I am working on that. 

2 Corinthians 12:10

That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Week three of MPD

     Sorry for not updating my blog sooner. I had the internet shut off at my old place over a week ago as I moved to my new place. Im moving into a really big nice old house with 3 other guys. Before Moving in the family that bought the place had a welcome Bar-b-que. It was extremely nice of them to do that. They are great Christians, very kind people, so I feel very blessed in having the opportunity to live in a house like this. So anyone who is reading this, please pray that the house I just moved into will be a very safe welcoming place where anyone who enters will feel the love of Christ.
    Now, to keep everyone updated on my Support raising. Last week was a very blessed week for me. First off, I called and met with someone I have never met before and by the end of the meet he decided to give me monthly support! And thats not all, he gave me three good references as well. The very next day I called one of these references and met with him and he decided to give me monthly support as well! Christ rocks. From two people I've never met before Christ has blessed me through them and they are already my best supporters. But its still hard and uncomfortable for me to support raise. So please continue to pray for that.
    This Saturday (the 4th) I will be hiking up a fourteener with my dad and two of his friends. I LOVE hiking fourteeners. We will be summiting Mt.Shermin ( http://14ers.com/photos/peakmain.php?peak=Mt.+Sherman ) please pray no one gets injured. I believe Mt.Shermin will be my 11th fourteener. I would strongly suggest everyone to climb a fourteener at least once in their life. Some of the most beautiful views when your hiking one.

The start to support raising.

     Hi everyone. I just went through my first week of MPDing ( Ministry Partner Development) and I have to say, its going to be a learning experience for me. So far Ive just been doing all the prep stuff: getting supplies, gathering contacts, writing letters, ect. This week I have just started calling people to meet and talk to them about become my business partners. I have to say, I've been very nervous, but I know the Lord wants me here doing this now. "Philippians 4:19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus." Its already been a great learning experience. After going through the Intern training in Brighton Colorado, and my first week of support raising, I have an even deeper appreciation of Campus Crusade For Christ staff. Seeing their willingness to serve Christ whole heartily is very encouraging. In a world where its all so very materialistic, its very nice to be with and work alongside fellow Christ followers who are here to serve and not here to get more stuff and climb as high as they can. I can safely say, Campus Crusade for Christ has been the best decision I made in my College career. And now thinking that I could be helping people as much as they have helped me through college, gives me a lot of joy and thanks in my life to be given the opportunity. So please pray that I get my support raised by August, so I can start serving the NMSU campus.