God Is Busy At Christmas Too!

I just wanted to say Merry Christmas to you! This is a special time of year when we celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ! Not simply because He is Emanuel, God with us, but because He came to die that we might have life! Thank you Jesus!

We are excited about the coming year and all that God will do build His kingdom! Thank you for the privilege of laboring with you. Please be in prayer with us as students from all over the world will invest time to learn how to have a relationship with Christ and how to grow in their relationship with Christ at strategic New Years Conferences scattered across the US. Literally thousands of students will participate and many will commit to following Christ and others to becoming laborers for Him! It is such an important and strategic time.

It was at a New Years Conference in 1986 that I gave my life to Christ and accepted Him as my Lord and Savior. After almost a year of studying the bible with our CO staff and guys on my football team, I began to realize that I called myself a Christian, but I did not really know Christ. For me, it had all been about what I believed and not what God says about Himself and me. It was so liberating to finally know Him, His  truth, and His life. I am thankful for people just like you who prayed and gave to help make that possible for me and want to encourage you that it does make a difference! An eternal difference!

How did Jesus impact your life?

Missionary Pre-Deployment Conference

December 10-14 we hosted nine missionaries preparing to serve around the world for a Missionary Pre-Deployment Conference. It was so encouraging to see how God has called, equipped, and now prepared these men and women for their ministries.

During our training sessions we focused on topics like:

• Gospel Identity
• Gospel Community
• Gospel Mission
• First Term Expectations
• Cross Cultural Communication
• Cultural Adaptation
• Campus Outreach International Network Field Services
• Longevity In Ministry

 Above: Brain and Abbey Harper and Melanie Rogers who are deploying to Belo Horizonte, Brazil to work with the Campus Outreach ministry and Church we helped launch there.

 Above: Bobby and Katie Hamlett and Bob and Courtney McGregor who are deploying to Khon Kaen, Thailand to work with the Campus Outreach ministry and Church there.

Not pictured individually is Brian and Jennifer Phillips who are deploying to Brisbane, Australia to work with Campus Outreach and the church there.

Praise God for His glorious mercy and grace that is answering our prayers to send out laborers into His harvest field! Pray with us that God would meet anything that is lacking for each staff as they prepare to leave the USA for new lands!