Thought for the night

Stress and anxiety take you away from the living in the hear and now; worrying about unknown possibilities instead of having faith in the Giver of blessings.

Nothingness.... really.

So many times, I get about once sentence in to a blog post, then stop. Save the post. Or erase the whole thing.

Sometimes I just have one thing to say, but feel it isn't enough.

I like to add pictures or video - you know, spice it up besides letters of the alphabet forming words, thoughts, ideas and perspective.

I love this picture.

The end.

Happy Easter

On this Easter Sunday, remember not only the power of His resurrection, but the amount of love God has for us through Jesus' death on the cross.

This video is a Jesus Film production. It is available in several languages: http://tinyurl.com/MyLastDayMovie

2011 National Leaders Conference Celebration Video

Week 3 Statistics

Praise God!!

Initiated spiritual conversations: 3,540
Presented Gospel: 1,384
Accepted Christ: 94
Satisfied: 355

Sharing E stories!!

Sharing some great stories from the beach Thursday March 15th:

"They kept saying 'We want to be closer to God'."

"I realized I don't have to be at Panama City Beach to share my faith."

"He wanted to pray, and I said we could do it with our eyes open. He then said, 'No, let's do it Tebow style!'"

"It blew my mind he had gone to church but had never learned about the Gospel."

"I felt convicted to call my dad after an hour conversation, he shared he wanted to talk more about God when I get home."

"I had lunch with a friend from high school. I used the Solarium to share my faith with him."

Week 2 Review:
Engaged conversations: 5,830
Gospel presentations: 2,304
New Believers: 187
Redeicated their life: 430

Marketing with Jesus Film

Hindsight is always 20/20 right?

As I have continued to process and reflect on my STINT year, I have remembered specific situations and life events which have led me to applying to join staff with Campus Crusade for Christ.

In high school, I had heard of Cru and considered trying it out once I was in college.

Once in college, I tried it out and heard about Christmas Conference, Big Break and Summer Project. Check, check, check.

At Christmas Conference, I learned about STINT - working internationally for one year.

Last year on STINT, I served the 40/10 Window, resourcing Christian minorities in North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. In May 2011, I helped administer a conference for Virtual Ministry in North Africa. It was probably one of my favorite conferences all year. Leaders from 30+ countries were represented, sharing their strategies and plans for using the media in ministry.

During one of the main meetings, (through random events), I ended up sharing a 10 minute presentation on Search Engine Optimization Marketing. The summer of 2009, I had a marketing internship where I learned lots of new ideas and concepts, which I was able to share with these national leadership teams.

Among those attending, leaders from Jesus Film, based in Orlando, Florida, were at this conference also. After my presentation, they pursued me to talk about working with Jesus Film in the fall. Their dream was to start up a new marketing department, focused on digital media. As interested as I was, I had already committed to my current internship, Year One, and felt I needed to fulfill my commitment to them.

Fast forward to November 2011. My friend, Nifer - who had recently joined the newly formed Digital Media Distribution team with Jesus Film, gave me a call. After a meeting with her supervisor, Matt (whom I met back in May), they wanted to meet with me to share their new vision for this newly established department. This being my second and final year of interning (you can only intern twice), I was considering my options for the future.

During our lunch meeting, the vision they shared with me sounded so exciting and right up my alley. I would be able to use my Marketing degree, utilize social media (I like social media :) ) and share the gospel with the nations. Basically what it boils down to: Jesus Film is creating a digital platform anyone can easily access. On this platform, they have the capacity to upload the Jesus Film in 1,100+ languages, Magdelena - a women's focused film, Rivka - a women's bible study, Jesus Film for kids and short films. People from every nation will have the ability to hear the gospel with the click of a button!

Around this time, God also was orchestrating other conversations in my life to relieve my fears and doubts about joining staff with Campus Crusade for Christ. Talking about the eternal perspective, receiving financial support for the Mid Year Conference and prayer -- God seemed to make it clear to me this is where He was leading me. When my mom said "This is a great organization and a great opportunity - you should do it", I started thinking more seriously about this offer.

It wasn't until Christmas Conference, at a breakfast appointment, that I said it out loud "I'm joining staff." It started sinking in! What am I doing?! Is this real life? (I felt a little like David Goes To The Dentist).

So, now it is March 15th at 1:52 p.m. and I am sitting in the "Tech Cave" at Big Break, realizing in a few short months, I will officially be on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ. It's nuts!

But as my pastor back home often says, "If you can explain it, God didn't do it."