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“He Makes Everything Beautiful in His Time”
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Ministry Update from John and Ellen Fleming April 2016
Leading and Serving Cru’s Ministry to
Teenagers in over 22 cities and beyond!
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Did you Know?
Cru’s collegiate, high school, and middle school ministry has set a
goal to raise up more than 1 Million disciples by the end of 2020
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“My heart it is so empty, I feel so alone and I don’t know what to do. I have never felt this way before.”
These are the words from a student named Violette** tearfully shared with Cru staff member Kassie one evening at our West Coast “FastBreak” student conference in Southern California. The following was written by Kassie: “Violette is one of the three exchange students from China who came to Fastbreak with us this year. I explained to Violette that the reason her heart was empty was because there was a Godsized hole in her heart. We talked some more and then I asked her if she wanted to ask Christ to fill that hole. She said, “Yes, but I don’t know how to pray.” “I’ll show you,” I answered as we bowed our heads and I lead her in a prayer to ask Christ into her heart. “My heart is full, thank you so much!” Soon after Violette prayed with me, her friend Euphie pulled me aside to ask how she could accept Christ too! The third exchange student Ester was already a believer and now all 3 of them will be joining me for a weekly Bible study. You may know that it's illegal and dangerous to practice the Christian faith in China, so it's a huge testament to God to see these 3 young women so willing to become warriors for The Lord in their country! Our ministry is very quickly expanding and I can feel God’s presence! It's very exciting to be able to share this with you all and I ask for you to pray for these 3 girls to grow in their faith.” **names changed for privacy.
Winter Conferences Help Students experience Jesus!!! Please Pray: ➔ For many new believers who came to
faith through our winter conferences ➔ As we continue to work on increased
monthly financial and prayer support. We have seen an upward trend in the last several months so we are encouraged, but we still have lots of work left to reach full support, while working full time simultaneously.
➔ To take time to be together regularly as a family
➔ PRAISE GOD WE SOLD OUR ALBANY HOUSE within 30 days! Thank you so much for your prayers for us in this! We are still looking for a new house in the next month.
➔ A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO PRAYED and GAVE GENEROUSLY to us over the holidays. You all surpassed our year end goal!
➔ That Jesus will always be our FIRST Love
➔ We are expecting baby #3 in June!!! (gender a surprise!)
At our 11 winter conferences, occurring from December to March, we saw the Lord do amazing things for teens across the nation with Cru! With only half of our conferences reporting in so far:
Almost 500 conversations initiated by our staff and students, 146 of them turned to spiritual things, 60 of them included a gospel presentation, and as a result, 19 students decided to follow Jesus with their lives! Beyond this, our teams in over 4 cities showed the Woodlawn movie this school year to more than 1000 students and over 100 decided to follow Jesus!
Pray for these students to grow in their faith and share it with others. In His Gracious Grip,
Our girls with John on a Ellen teaching a group of teens about EXPECTING #3 IN Daddy Daughter Dance! Evangelism at the Florida winter conference JUNE!!!
FLEMING FAMILY