VOLUME 3, ISSUE 1

PORTLAND METRO

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JANUARY 17, 2012

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Praise and Prayer

Pray for Australia! For the
new team as they all raise support and transition

HELLO PORTLAND
Well its been one transition to the next. Ive only been back from Australia for a month and a half, and now Im transitioning to a new role on a new team in a new city (which feels like yet another foreign country). the States to see if I want to commit to Cru long term. I will be working on campus at PSU and helping them out on the operational side of things as well. very excited to share his faith back on his campus. There is a Christian movement at UP called Fish that has about 80 students. He said that between the 80 of them, they probably know all 3000 students at UP. He has definitely caught the vision of a movement on his campus where every student knows someone who truly follows Jesus. If all 80 of those students truly follow Jesus and are outward focused with their faith, the Great Commission can definitely be fulfilled at the University of Portland very soon! Financial Update If you would like to continue partnering in ministry while I am in Portland, I would appreciate it! I do still need your prayers and financial support as I work here. Thank you so much!!

Pray for my transition

back to the US and to take the time to reflect on my time down under.

Pray for the city of Portland to be transformed by Jesus

Praise God for an amazing Cru Conferencethat students like Zach have caught the vision for the Great Commission

Portland Students and Staff at Cru Conference

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I arrived in Portland a few days I have joined the Portland Met- after Christmas just in time for ro team which is focused on Crus annual student conferreaching the 100,000 college ence. Over 400 students from students on around 20 cam- all over the Greater Northwest puses here. Our main focus is Region of Cru (Alaska, Idaho, on the campus of Portland Oregon, Montana, Northern State, a commuter campus Nevada, Utah, Washington). At similar to the University of New- Cru Conference, students learn castle, Australia. PSU has about God through great speak30,000 students. The team ers and seminars. They also here in Portland is also focused receive world class evangelism on campus like the University of trainingwhere students learn Portland and Portland Commu- to share their faith by going out to the streets of Portland and nity College, just to name few. engaging in spiritual conversaI will be working here in Porttions with the locals. land for the next 5 months at least. I want to gain experience One student named Zach with a Cru staff team here in (University of Portland), was

DEBRIEF FROM AUSTRALIA

Also, in Portland during Cru Conference, I was able to hang out with most of my old team. Shawn and Heather, who were in Australia my first year, led a debrief for us. Nick was here in the US visiting Stacey (theyre engaged), and Kara joined us too. Thats all of my team from 2010, minus Paul, who is busy trying to convert to Australian after marrying an Aussie. It was good to spend time together again and process our experiences over the last 2 years. Please keep praying for my transition as well as Kara and Staceys transition back to the US. My hope is that you continue to pray for Australia and the movement we began to build there.

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NEW CONTACT INFO

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The new year starts in late February and planning for it begins soon. The team is new and still in the process of raising support. Thanks for continuing to pray for them!

Most of my old STINT team hanging out in Portland