"The Big News": Summer Assignment

It is official, Mitch and I will be leading a summer project to East Asia this summer! We are extremely excited (and a bit overwhelmed) and it seems like May cannot come fast enough. For those of you who do not know, CRU sends students on summer projects every summer, all across the world; Miami, Jackson Hole, South Africa, Ethiopia, South Asia, Italy, Spain, and Bosnia, just to name a few. (To see a full list of all the summer projects available and if you would like to read more about the trips, you can go to gosummerproject.com)- Or, if you are a student reading this, COME WITH US!

Anyways, back to East Asia. Due to security measures, we are unable to disclose where exactly we will be stationed this summer other than, well, the East side of Asia. In addition, we are unsure of whether we will be allowed to bring a computer at all so I cannot guarantee that we will be able to do weekly blog updates like we did while we were in South Africa last summer. Enough of the things we cannot do, let me tell you about what we will be doing!

We will be living in East Asia for six weeks, from May 14th to June 28th. During this time, since we will be entering the country as students, we will spend each morning taking a language class at the local university. (On a side note, if you had told me 2 years ago that I would be taking a summer class in East Asia I would have laughed in your face- Funny how God works!) In the afternoons, we will spend time getting to know students, inviting them to spend time with our team, and hopefully getting the opportunity to share the gospel with them. Again, due to security measures, sharing the gospel is not exactly legal so we will be creating trusting friendships first.

Mitch and I will be attending a Summer Project Director's Training and Conference in Denver this January and we will be able to share a lot more information about our trip and specific prayer requests after that week. However, until then, please begin to pray for the Lord to raise up students to come with us on this trip, especially from Southern Miss.