Introduction

Hey Everyone!

Thank you so much to all of you who were able to support me. My goal was to raise $5250 and I made it to $4880 - just short. However, I was able to cover the difference from working at my job at Jimmy John's and I am incredibly thankful for what God has already been doing in my support raising.

I am now preparing to leave for Berlin on Sunday June 12th from Chicago. There is a briefing on Saturday also in Chicago where I will be able to meet the rest of my team members!

About the trip. It is 5 weeks long from June 12-July 17. Our team is made up of 31 students involved with Campus Crusade for Christ all over the United States. There are eight of us going from Northwestern (including myself) and the project director has been my discipler at school this past year. Primarily, we will be working on four German universities in Berlin helping out the one-year team that is currently there. From Monday-Friday, we will be engaging in initiative evangelism - sharing the Gospel with students in the university cafeterias. With that, we hope to develop friendships with German students while we are there to grow in our love for them as well as be a continual witness to them.

More specifically, I have been given the opportunity to participate on project as a "student-staff". Which means I will be discipling guys from our team and leading a Bible study as well. I'm extremely nervous for this leadership role but also pretty excited because I know I have no chance at doing anything right anyway unless Jesus is going out before me in the power of the HS.

A little background about the spiritual condition of Germany. Although a historically Christian nation, Germany has seen a large rise in nominal Christians and Atheism. Especially among the youth where out of those under 25, only 2% consider themselves Christian. Intellect is a barrier for many students as it provides a facade against acknowledging the implications of the Gospel. There is also a large number of international students that study in these German universities. The team from last summer got to have conversations with students from 46 different countries! Many people from these countries (such as Turkey) would normally have been closed off from the Gospel.

So that's that. I am PUMPED to go! Here are some prayer requests:
-humility in leadership
-unity among team members
-opportunities to share Jesus with students from closed countries
-softened hearts prepared to hear the Gospel

Thanks again to all of you! I will try to keep this blog updated as often as I can although I won't have my computer so it won't be as often as I would like. God bless.