Killing the Giants

If you were to dedicate one week of your life to sharing the Gospel what would it look like? For you personally, what are the fears, distractions or hindrances – the Giants - that prevent you from doing so? Those are two of the questions we asked ourselves during Killing the Giants week at North Myrtle Beach Summer Project. Then, knowing that God is on our side, we made it our objective to overcome those giants and share Christ with as many people as possible.

A Clean Slate

Cat, one of the students on Summer Project, tells this story about her experience with Killing the Giants week: “I went out sharing Friday night with a reluctant heart, feeling an obligation to go since it was Killing the Giants week. We wandered Main Street for a while, initiating without a lot of success, when we got into a conversation with a high schooler named Julie. God blessed me with an awesome conversation. I have never had a stranger share her story in such depth and with such openness before. The first thing she did was hold out her wrists and show us the scars running all of the way up her arms. She shared with us how she came from a large family, and was in an out of foster care for certain periods of her life, and her struggle with depression. She had a spiritual background, but openly admitted she was far from the Lord. She knew a lot of the decisions she was making were poor.

It was amazing, because you could tell the conversation we were having and the questions we were asking were making her see the hand God has had in her life. She told us she had attempted suicide multiple times, but by bizarre circumstances survived. And we were able to connect those circumstances with God’s pursuit of her as His child. She excitedly shared that she had recently moved to a new town with her sister, and was hoping to make a new start in a place where she didn’t have a reputation. We shared with her the truth that just as she had a clean slate in her new environment- perfect and clean, that is same way God sees her when she believes in the work of the cross. We ended by praying with her. I was so blessed to have the opportunity to encourage her, and point out how God has been seeking her in her life. I stand amazed by God’s grace towards me in allowing that conversation, and to Julie, in the way He has loved her, and how I know He will keep pursuing her.”

Praise the Lord that He has made each one of us clean and given us new life! I hope you all had the opportunity this month to celebrate the freedom that we have as Americans and, even more importantly, the freedom that we have as believers in Christ. I would love to hear what is going on in your lives. Please let me know if there is any way I can be praying for you or joining with you in praising God for what He is doing. Thanks again for helping to make my ministry possible!

What Students are Saying about NMB 2010

Every summer students have the opportunity to take the good news of Jesus virtually anywhere in the world with Campus Crusade projects. North Myrtle Beach, SC, where I am spending my summer, is a project with 92 students, mostly from the Upper Midwest. Below is a taste of what some of them are saying about their experience so far.

“The moment I stepped out of the van into the muggy air of North Myrtle, the pace of my life has sped up significantly. My summer is full of new people, a new job, outreach, and growth. I am constantly interacting with people, whether it be my roommates, my co-workers, by Bible study, my Impact team, or people on the beach. I am surrounded by truth. My discipler pours it into me, speakers speak it, the Word breathes it into my life… I am challenged to be uncomfortable in the complacent areas in my life and step out in faith to change them.” Cat

“Here on project, God has been teaching me a lot. He has shown me different areas of sin in my life and he has shown me abundant grace. I am really learning what it means to submit my life fully to Christ, finding my satisfaction in Him. I’m excited to see how God will continue to work this summer. He has already done so much here.” Mike

“I’ve been so incredibly blessed to be on a project with so many amazing brothers and sisters in Christ. They have already taught me so much about the Lord and have encouraged me so much in my own walk with Him through the fellowship we share. I am being broken daily by the Lord, and am starting to walk with Him through it and being able to see what it means to really walk with the Lord. I hope and pray that I continue to be broken and that in my brokenness I continue to run to the Lord and His Truth. I pray that God would wreck my life this summer (in the best way possible) and keep growing me into the woman he created me to be.” Michelle


“So far, God has really been showing up in outreach. On our first official outreach night, I went out with another student, Dan, to talk to people on the beach. We got into a conversation with a guy who said that he believed in Jesus but was confused about certain things. We went through a survey with him and through a booklet about how to know God personally. He participated in the discussion and began understanding things he hadn’t understood before. When we asked if he wanted to pray to accept Jesus into his life, he said yes!!” Cassie

Thanks for helping make it possible for these students to grow in intimacy with God, share the sweet truth of the gospel with tourists on the beach, and build deep friendships with other believers. I am so grateful for your support!