August 2007

A Summer of Preparation

The summer is always a time of training in preparation for reaching the students on the campuses of southeast Michigan. For me this meant getting training in my new role as campus director.

The training I received was excellent and I feel much more equipped and ready to lead my staff team and these campuses this year!

The most important thing I learned about this role is that I need to make the role fit me and my unique strengths. I cannot try to do it like other directors might do it. I need to lead according to the way God has gifted me.

The other significant point coming out of the summer is the necessity for us to focus our energy and time as staff on building into students who are committed to being a part of Win, Build, Send. That is, of all the things we teach our students, the unique thing we, as Campus Crusade for Christ, can impart to them is the ability to win people to Christ, build them up in their faith and send them as laborers for Christ. By focusing on these things we can best prepare them to have an effective ministry in their churches, their workplaces or in full-time ministry.

As I was receiving training, many of our students were being equipped on summer projects. From Virginia Beach, to Ocean City, NJ to Pusan, South Korea, to Budapest, Hungary over 25 of our students were learning how to share their faith and walk with God. We have already heard some fantastic stories of how God used these students this summer and they are very excited to see how God will work this coming school year!

The U-M Crew on the Virginia Beach summer project, including a number of men from my area of campus