Staying for a second year....Support Raising! :)

G'day! :)

So, I just wanted to announce the exciting news that I have officially been accepted to re-STINT for a second year here in Newcastle this last week! Since moving to Newcastle, I have been praying about staying on the team for a second year and have definitely felt called to one more year!

God has been moving in Newcastle in some crazy and big ways and it has been so awesome to see people's hearts changing for the Gospel. Next year we have the vision of creating multiplying disciples of the Christian students. This means that they will not only take their faith seriously, but that they would then go out sharing their faith and leading Bible studies and stepping up into leadership positions. This has already been happening, but we are wanting to challenge the students even more next year. The second vision we have is to continue to develop authentic community within our movement. This has already begun as well, but we want to continue to grow so that all people would feel welcomed and loved through our movement.

So that is a very brief vision into next year and what our goals are going to be...we are also looking at starting up some student prayer movements and lots of other exciting things!

So here is my plan for the next few months. I am currently on a 2 week break from campus...the students have a 2 week spring break so I am currently beginning to support raise again for next year. I will then go back to campus for the last 3 weeks of the semester working and then will plan on coming back to the states beginning of November to support raise from there!

So for next year, I will need to raise a bit more monthly and a good amount of one off support. So I just wanted to ask you to pray about either continuing on in your support or beginning to support this movement. It has been such a pleasure working with you all and would love to continue or begin to partner with you in this. For monthly support I am looking for people to start now and commit through December 2012 at $100, $50, or any other amount. For one off support, I am looking to have it fully raised by the 1st of December 2011. Please pray about giving a one time gift of $1000, $750, $500, $250, or any other amount. (You can go onto my website directly to donate at https://give.ccci.org/give/View/0628731 let me know if you have any questions)

Again, I would love to ask for all of you to pray just for God's provision. Also, pray for the last three weeks on campus, that our students would continue to grow closer to the Lord and just finish up this year well! :)

Thanks everyone and please let me know if there is anything I can be praying for you about!

Erin

Prayer for Newcastle

Hey everyone!

So I just wanted to share with you guys about how Newcastle ministry is going and how I am finding it here! It has been really good and being on campus has been so awesome! It has been amazing seeing how God is moving in Newcastle and just really cool to be a part of His plan and be used by Him each day.

So I just wanted to share with you some names of students and how you can be praying for them!

Briony: She is a girl I am mentoring and is so full of life and Jesus it is amazing. Just pray that God would continue to grow her heart closer to His and she would continue to be challenged by Him.

*Molly: This girl comes along to our social events every once in awhile. She is really fun and energetic and is just asking questions about faith and Jesus and just searching. So pray that God would open her heart and just that she would continue to come along to things and ask questions.

*John: He is a guy who comes along to random events and really enjoys talking to us. He is content where his life is right now and has been kind of hurt by religion in the past so just pray that he would begin to ask questions and opportunities would come to share with him.

*Jessica: She is a girl who we met on campus and is searching so much for Jesus. We meet up with her each week and she is just asking so many questions. She really wants to know God and just has all these questions about trusting whether or not He is real and all of that. But she is so searching and just prayer that she would experience God's love for her through us and that God would show Himself to her!

*Melanie: She is a girl who I have met with once and is again really interested in God and who He is and just asking so many questions. She is definitely seeking after Him, but has a lot of fear in her life that is holding her back. Please pray that I could meet up with her again and that God would be reaching into her heart and just pouring His love into her life.

*Matthew: He is a guy who is learning so much about God and going to church and really growing. He is figuring out whether he wants to surrender his life over to Jesus, so just pray that he would continue to seek after Jesus and that God would work in his heart.

Brooke: She is a new sister in Christ!!! She accepted Christ into her life about a month ago and is just growing heaps! It is so exciting seeing her trust Christ and just pray that she would continue to grow and God would continue to deepen her faith!

*Renee: She is in a place right now where she says she used to be into Christianity, but has fallen away. She says she doesn't really want to go back into it right now, but at the same time is asking heaps of questions about God and coming along to different events. Pray that God would show her His deep and never ending love for her and that she would know she is precious to Him.

So yeah, these are a few of the main students and some stories of what is happening at Newcastle Uni with our students....so please join us in praying for them and praying that God continues to work in hearts and continues to move on Newcastle campus!

Thanks so much for all your prayers and support.....I appreciate you all so much!

Erin

*Names are changed due to confidentiality.