Blessed.

I want to start off by thanking you all who supported me financially and who are bathing this trip in prayer.  I wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for y'all being faithful to the Lord.  God is SO faithful!  I am $213 over the amount I needed to go on this trip.  The extra money will go to someone else on the trip who is struggling financially.  Praise the Lord!!! 

Throughout this summer we will be doing and going and sharing (we have already started this!), so I desperately need your prayers.  Three major things I am involved with this summer is McDonalds, the Outreach team, and D-groups.

McDonald's hasn't happened yet because I have orientation Monday.  I am supper excited to work here and share the love of Christ with my co-workers and customers.  Please pray I have a teachable heart and am filled with the Spirit every single day. 

The Outreach team is AWESOME!  The sixty of us college students who are on this project each have a team and these teams coordinate and plan different events.  For example we have a Development team who plans CRU meetings, a Community team who plans community time, and there are many others.  I was placed on the Outreach team and this team plans outreaches in the community of Charleston.  Knowing Jesus is the most important thing on earth and we all want to share His love with others and so each week the sixty of us go out and share with others this treasure we have.  Of course we don't limit when we share the love of Jesus, this is just a time to build relationships with the community and talk with others.  I love the way CRU teaches us to communicate with others what Christ has done in our lives.  CRU has provided great tools such as Soularium (a picture survey about life, God, and spiritual things) and some booklets that work through the Gospel.  They want to make conversations as natural as possible and encourage us to share our own stories with the people we meet.  Please pray for people on our team to be filled with the Spirit and for those we meet to be open with sharing. 

D-groups is another way CRU has created a safe place for us to be open and vulnerable with some really great people.  My discipler's name is Cristin and she is awesome and so filled with the Spirit.  There are also some really great girls in my group as well.  Pray we will hold each other accountable, live in the Spirit, and love each other in a Christ-like way. 

Over all it is truly a blessing being here.  To be able to have a summer where I have 10 weeks to focus on Jesus and learn what it means to grow in Him is CRAZY awesome!   

I hope you all are doing well and enjoying this warm summer!  Here is a verse that the Lord showed me this morning. 

"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people.  Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare Him fearlessly as I should." -Eph. 6:18-20

Grace and Peace to you all,
Sarah Massey