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Boulder Summer Mission

We had a great 5 weeks in Boulder, Colorado, helping with Cru’s Boulder Project Summer Mission! This summer mission for college students was unique in that it combined a tech project with evangelism, discipleship and training. The students “interned” with a local tech company that has produced apps for different Cru ministries. They worked in […]

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Family on Mission

This summer will be especially busy as the members of our family prepare for various mission opportunities. I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth. – 3 John 1:4 Here is a brief summary of what we will all be doing: Mike and Amy: We are helping to

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Ocean Swim

[x_video_embed no_container=”true”] [/x_video_embed] Last month I, Mike. completed my longest ocean water swim event, a 7-mile (or 11.2km) swim around Lido Key island in Florida. Watch the 2-minute video of my race. Take note of how I look before and after the event. A gorgeous barrier island adjacent to Sarasota, Lido Key boasts some of Sarasota’s most beautiful

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Farida’s Story: A Nomadic Tribe

Farida should be dead. Although a widow in a nomadic tribe, she was pregnant.  Tribal law required that she be killed to restore honor to the family. Hoping to save her life, Carl, a missionary, shared the story of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery with those who would listen, but his words failed to make

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Global Tech Leaders

Fueled by candy, soda, and meat (apparently a staple food group in South Africa), 13 software developers worked long hours during our annual Global Technology Leaders conference to deliver the beta version of a next generation mobile measurements application. This app and the systems behind it represents a significant enhancement to the way our ministry will collect

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Film School Begins

Five years ago we began working with our staff in the Middle East to develop an indigitous Short Film Training. Starting in 2006, we began doing two week conference of intense training in film making and short film ministry. The Middle East plan, called the Film Strategy School, is designed to develop leaders in the creation and use of

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Hope for Easter

One of our partners is Emily, from Jesus Said Love. I spoke with her Friday. She’s planning to give out several hundred Magdalena DVD’s this Easter to women who work in the sex industry in the Dallas area. Not only does she want to put Magdalena in their Easter gift bags but she also plans

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JESUS in the Middle East

“One day, when we finished the Magdalena movie, “Khawla” a 21 years old smart Middle Eastern woman, asked many questions. She didn’t know about Jesus before. She was shocked to know that He did all those miracles. I can’t describe her sadness when she knew that Jesus died for her. As she was leaving, she

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Outreach in Orlando

How can middle-aged parents impact a younger generation that seeks peace, love, unity and respect without knowing the true God? By going to them! Is this not what Jesus did when he “ate with sinners”? A Electric Daisy Carnival, more commonly know as a RAVE, was held in Orlando at the beginning of November. It attracted close

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Magdalena Reaches Strippers

From the first time that I heard about the film, I knew that it was perfect for my girls! Katariina is a trafficking survivor who was trafficked in the U.S. sex trade from the age of 13-17. She became a believer through an amazing series of events and now does outreaches to girls* who work

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