Walking by Faith

We are having an evangelism conference this weekend to learn more about sharing our faith. One of the most challenging talks I've ever heard on evangelism was given last night by one of our staff guys on why we don't share our faith. Here are a few of my notes.

1. Unbelief
2. Fear of REjection and Failure
3. We lack compassion for people
4. We lack love for Christ.

Remember what God has done in your life!
1 Peter 2:24-25
24(A) He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we(B) might die to sin and(C) live to righteousness.(D) By his wounds you have been healed. 25For(E) you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to(F) the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

"If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for."
— Charles Spurgeon

This video has well known athiest Penn asking "How much do you have to hate someone not to tell them what you believe is true?"



I was really challenged by Luke 21:14-15 and reminded not to trust in my own words but rather to trust in Christ who has the power to change hearts!

verses 5-8

5 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my hope comes from him.

6 He alone is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

7 My salvation and my honor depend on God [a] ;
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

8 Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your hearts to him,
for God is our refuge.

Ecclessiastes 5:12 says the "rest of a laborer is sweet" boy has that been true over the past week at Beach Project!!!
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2 beach projects
6 major universities represented plus several others
260 people
about a million bunk beds (ok maybe that's exagerating a bit)
lots of hard work!!
SBP SIDE

haha here are some pics from this week. The majority of the students got here yesterday and are searching for jobs today! Let's pray they find jobs! We cleaned out motel rooms and set up bunk beds for everyone so here are some pics from one of our work days. The facility was repossed by the bank a month ago and in pretty bad shape. IT was known to be used for drugs and prostition. I've never seen people work so hard in my life and was encouraged to see a place (motel) that was once used for evil be redeemed and used for building God's kingdom. It looks pretty great now if I do say so myself! The students seem very excited to be here. Some are nervous about what the summer has in store and some are more than enthusiastic. Some are not believers and many are.....all here to learn more about a relationship with God....we are praying this summer will have eternal impact for God's kingdom.

South Alabama and Troy girls cleaning!
Cindy painting a montevallo banner
Decorating the resource room

Carrying some mattresses
I definetly carried a couple of mattresses to the third floor by myself! I was very proud of myself!
We tried an assembly line for awhile
Regristration Line
The finance Team
Regristration girls

Campus Outreach Birmingham partners with Campus Outreach Austraila. We are on a college campus in Brisbane and hoping to expand to other campuses in austrailia in the future. We are actually also praying that God would raise up some Aussies who would become missionaries in the 10/40 window. In hearing about and learning more about the desire to labor in Austraila I have learned more about the vision of campus outreach to labor towards reaching the world with the gospel. We labor so that people from every tongue tribe and nation will one day sit before his throne and worship him. It's super cool that I also get to be a part of this by investing in college students in the US...I'm praying that God will send them out! We also have 3 teams of college students spending their summers on cross cultural projects in austraila.

Here is a video explaining more of what's going on with campus outreach austrailia. I just thought it might be cool to check out.

I leave on thursday to go to the summer beach project! I'm so excited! There will be about 240 students from Berry College, Troy, South Alabama, West Georgia, Montevallo, Samford, and University of North Alabama

Prayer Requests:
1. That there will be plenty of jobs for our students despite oil spill
2. For all the planning for the project (structure, schedule, talks, training, meals. etc.)
3. For spiritual growth of all students that go and desire to love the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength and love their neighbors as themselves.

Student's raising money to go on their mission trip this summer to Thailand a place where some people have never before heard the name of Jesus.




Here are some of Cherish's thoughts (while she's carwashing:))

School year is wrapping up....I convinced LJ and Cory to share their thoughts on why they have decided to go to Summer Beach Project this summer. This is our discipleship program where students get full time jobs in destin floridia. Through Bible studies, weekly training, and life on life discipleship they will learn more about what it means to grow in their relationship with God and practically walk with him for a life time.



Laura Jo's thoughts


Cory's thoughts