Summer Project 2010

We are counting down!

40 college student and Crusade staff from Texas and Oklahoma will arrive in Moscow on May 26! They'll spend a whole month serving in ministry teams with one another, praying for the city, and stepping out in faith to help reach the 1.1 million college students in Moscow with the message of Christ's love and forgiveness.

We are so grateful to have this group coming to serve alongside us in Moscow this summer. Here's what some of them told us recently about their hopes and prayers for the summer:

From the Students...

"I am so excited to help open the eyes of students to a whole new way of living, just like my eyes were opened last semester. I haven't ever really shared my faith with people I don't know before, so it's going to be a huge step of faith going overseas and sharing it with people that I won't be able to fully communicate with. I know that He'll give me the strength I need to open up with the Russian college students." ~ Todd~

"I am excited to experience another culture, but also connect with students who may not have had the opportunity to hear the good news that has brought me so much joy! That is that God loves us and wants to have a relationship with us! I am praying that God will give me a heart for the Russian students and that we are able to impact lives and connect students with one another so that they may grow and walk with the Lord! I also pray that the Lord moves within our team to create unity and godly friendships that build eachother up and help us all to strive to be more faithful followers of Christ!" ~Kalie~

"I am excited to see how God works in the hearts of those who are willing to serve Him by sharing His story, and ready to see the Gospel change the hearts and lives of Russian students who have never experienced it before. I want to come to a new level of trust in Christ." ~Brett~

"I'm looking forward to building some great friendships, with both my teammates and the Russian students. I'm also excited to imrove my Russian and evangelism skills! I want the Lord to develop in me a genuine love and compassion for the lost. I hope the Lord will raise up new Christ-followers who will themselves become disciple-makers." ~Hannah~

From the Staff...

"I think of the verse in Isaiah 6:8 "Here am I.  Send me."  I'm excited to be the hands and feet of reaching Russians for the Lord by saying "Here am I."  I'm excited to meet students that yes might speak another language, yes might have another culture and yes might be way more trendy than me, but students that need Christ just as much as any other student, or person, all over the world.  I'm excited to watch the Lord bring others closer to Him whether in hearing of Him for the first time, coming one step closer, or trusting in Him for their life!

I'm praying the Lord would deepen my heart for prayer for the people I minister to.  That He would make me realize that prayer is the foundation of everything and to make me leave with a deep passion to continue praying for the city of Moscow.  I am also praying that we would be an encouragement to the students of Moscow and that they would see Christ through us." ~Katie~

"I am excited to serve in Moscow this summer because of all God has done over the last 2 years there since we went in the summer of 2008.  Back then, the number of known believing Russian college students having ministries on their campuses could be counted by the long-term team almost one hand.  Now, they have city-wide meetings to gather believing Russian college students who want to influence their Universities for Christ!  It is so exciting to see the ways that God is moving and working in Moscow and I cannot wait to be a part of what God does there this summer.

I am really praying for God to move in the hearts and lives of the US students we are taking over there in changing their perspective and giving them a vision for how He wants to use their lives long-term to reach others with the gospel.  I am praying that by interacting with lost Russian college students, God will use this dramatically in each of their lives to help them take steps of faith throughout their lifetime to reach those that don’t know Christ around them with the gospel.  I also think it would be amazing to see God raise up a STINT team from this summer project to go back over to Moscow within 1 to 2 years!  In my life, I am praying that God will expand my vision/eternal perspective once again to consider how those without a relationship with Christ are in desperate need of the hope that Christ offers and that God will use my life however He desires to bring that hope to Russians this summer. ~Heather~

Please pray with us!