“Your name, O Lord, endures forever;
Your fame, O Lord,
is
known to every generation.”
-Psalm 135:13
Dear Friends and fans, These past 3 weeks in Santa Monica, CA have been amazingly full for us. We arrived
on our summer mission assignment on June 4, fresh off the plane from a
wonderful 2 week road-trip adventure around Ireland. There
are 24 CRU staff/interns and 80 college students on the 2014 Santa Monica
Summer Project. We are helping to give
leadership to the project, discipling the men and women staff/interns respectively and loving being with these 80 college
students. The students are here for 8
weeks. They vest in the community by working local jobs, volunteering with non-profits or taking classes at a local colleges and universities. They all live together at the Palm Motel.
Daniel is the employment and summer school coordinator, helping to
facilitate students finding good jobs, printing resumes, going off to interviews and giving counsel when discouraging things happen. He is also coaching 2 staff
men as they prepare for a significant men’s conference for the all the men this Saturday night. Margee is the “cook liason”- she works with
the 2 students hired as project cooks to plan, buy and prepare 5 dinners/week
for the 106 of us!! She is also develops
the Bible Study curriculum “cheat sheets” for the staff to use as they lead 14 weekly Action Groups on Tuesday evenings. It
has been refreshing to live near the beach and to explore a new area on our days off (Fridays).
Last weekend we made a quick trip back to the Bay Area to
celebrate Hannah’s graduation from UC Davis in Civil Engineering. We are so
proud of her!! We checked on both of our moms, loved time with our 3 younger
kids and celebrated Father’s Day, Hannah’s graduation (David’s too!) and Hope’s
upcoming birthday. Phew!!
Please pray for us to have Jesus’ strength, wisdom, love and
compassion as we minister to staff, students and the incredibly diverse peoples of Santa Monica. Daniel is speaking to the project tomorrow
night (Monday, June 23rd) on “Seeking the Lord” out of Psalm 27. He would love prayer for his personal prep and
delivery and for God to speak through him. We would also love for you to
pray for his mom MM, she seems to be a bit confused and out of sorts back up in NorCal. Thank you for praying for us and supporting
us as we are on Mission this summer! We are blessed by your participation in the gospel with
us!!
Shalom, Daniel and Margee
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