April Prayer Letter

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Night of Elegance

This past weekend we had our annual Night of Elegance. This is an event where the gentlemen of Cru show the women love and honor. The men serve the ladies dinner and provide entertainment (funny skits, songs, and dance numbers). For many of our girls, this is the first time any man has show them love without the expectation of anything in return. It’s so fun to see the girls light up as the Cru men show them the love of Christ. It’s an wonderful opportunity for the guys to step up as men and serve their sisters. Davy’s manhood Bible study did an excellent dance number and received a standing ovation from the 100 girls present! It was a spectacular evening.                             

Members of Davy’s manhood Bible study with some of the ladies that attended the evening. 

   

Ask the Lord of the Harvest

The need for more laborers is always present. Earlier this month fifty seniors (pictured above) from our region gathered in Colorado to receive training to become Cru  interns. Four of these fifty will be joining our team next year at Missouri State. They will serve alongside us as we share our faith, mentor, and train students in Southwest Missouri. Six of those fifty will be heading to Cote d’Ivoire, Africa, our overseas partnership, for a year. Praise the Lord of the Harvest for sending more laborers to college campuses in the states and all over the world!

We also are thrilled to share that thirty three of our students are heading all over the globe to share their faith this summer on Cru mission trips. We love these trips because students experience a greenhouse of growth in a short period of time. They get to live in close community with each other and put into practice all the things they are learning. Not only that but God uses them in huge ways to advance His kingdom. Students often come back from these summers ready to lead movements on campus. 

McBaby is a... BOY!

We are so excited to announce that in August we will be welcoming a baby boy to our family.  After the ultrasound, the gender was kept a complete surprise from everyone except our sister-in-law until our gender reveal party the next evening. We got to find out with family and friends as blue balloons and streamers rained down on us. Other than the exciting gender news we were happy to hear that our little man is developing perfectly and both momma and baby are healthy and doing well. Now McBaby finally has an actual name. We are happy to now refer to him as Aiden, which means “fire.” We pray that he becomes a passionate young man who sets the world on fire for Christ. 

Prayer Requests

• We are at 80% of our monthly financial support goal.  Please pray we finish next month so we can help out with Cru in Springfield this summer. 
• Pray for the students that will be leaving on summer mission trips with Cru next month. Pray God uses them in huge ways to advance HIs kingdom and uses their summers to grow and equip them in their faith. 
• Please pray for us as we prepare to become parents. Pray God equips us to be the best mom and dad for Aiden. 

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