Notes on Laboring

Hello!

It has been a crazy month since I last wrote. We have been working hard to get the Spring semester started off well. Since I last posted we completed our Spring semester kick off retreat, got Nav nights going again, kicked off this semester’s Bible studies, completed the first weeks of our student leadership training series, and are gearing up for our annual Spring conference.

Thanks so much for your prayers for our Spring kickoff retreat. We had most of our key student leaders join us and had a great time of preparation and planning for the upcoming semester. Nav nights are going really well this semester so far as well. We are doing a series titled “Jesus is _____”. Each week the speaker presents an attribute that Jesus displayed while on earth and then shares with the students how they might follow suit. I was able to speak one of the nights and presented on Jesus is a Healer. This is surely not surprising to many of you, but what I focused on is likely not what you imagined. I shared with the students the story of Jesus healing the paralyzed man, but focused instead on Jesus’ statement “Son, your sins are forgiven.” In each of the stories where Jesus heals someone physically, he first heals them spiritually. The physical healing is most importantly a physical sign of this spiritual truth. What an amazing thing that Jesus recognizes this vastly more important need in our lives and takes the initiative to reach out to us in both the way we want most and the way we need most. I then challenged students that as it says in 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, we are then to be ambassadors of Christ’s healing, sharing how He has healed us and extending the offer to those we come into contact with. I hope this is an encouragement to you and that you may see the stories of Jesus healing in a new light!

I want to ask for prayer for this upcoming weekend for our annual Spring conference, called the Laborer’s conference (Named for Matthew 9:35-38). We will be taking 12 students in addition to our complete staff team. Praise the Lord for so many students being willing and able to dedicate a weekend to their spiritual growth and encouragement. Pray for our safety on the long (~7 hour) drive, as well as for the conference itself that it would run smoothly. Also, pray for our staff team as we will be spending an extra week in Colorado for additional training. I am so excited for what God is going to do this weekend! Thanks for your prayers!

Cameron