Leadership Project

I am going to be back at Myrtle Beach this summer, one because it is my job to be there and I will be a team leader again. This past weekend at the team leaders meet in Greenville to have some pre-lp meetings. One thing we wanted to do was create a mission statement for the summer that reflected the needs of each campus and our hearts for what God would do in the students. After about an hour and a half of thoughts and deliberation we came up with this, that we would be: "A Community Compelled by a Kingdom Vision Reaching the Campus." Our desire is that the students would not just take what they learn at the project and use it there, but that it would all flow out of the summer, because we see God as bigger and worth living for, that it reaches the campus.

Bible Studies

So a quick update on the bible studies that have started in the past couple weeks. I have ended up only doing two but they are amazing and going great. The first is on Tuesday nights in Scott hall, a freshman dorm on campus. It has 3 guys that consistently come and a couple others that are around. The other bible study is with football players and African American guys from Scott as well. We have been studying the "Test of True Belief" bible study. This basically talks about how we can know for sure whether or not we are Christians. I have been talking to the guys and they say they love it because they are learning things they never knew before. Last week I had the football bible study over to the house for dinner and 11 guys came at 7pm and didn't leave until 10. They came over and hung out which is good because it means they are beginning to trust me and feel comfortable to stay and hang out. Be praying that these men would stay committed to knowing more of God and that I would lead them out of my weaknesses. (1 Cor. 12:9) Also I am praying that Dee and Miles (both African American) would come to the leadership project this summer at Myrtle Beach, so if you can be praying for that as well. God is Big.

With Hope,
Josh

Gettin' After It!

So as you know the tournament went well. Since then, I have been following up with people who said they were interested in a bible study and the response has been overwhelming. Only 12 people signed up but after spending time in the dorms and meeting people, God has graciously provided. I will be leading 3 bible studies. One on Tuesdays, another on Thursdays, and one Sunday nights for the basketball and track teams. Just pray that God would speak through me and I would not speak of myself, and that these men would be radically transformed by the gospel.