End of Semester
God has been working mightily among the campuses, and we’ve been so privileged to be a part of that movement. In my last update, I told you of the incredible God conversations that opened up at Rez Week at the University of Texas, God’s manifested presence in New York when He showed up in power to heal, transform lives and draw many people to salvation. Check out my last update at akpenesadventure.blogspot.com to find out more. The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has seen some wonderful growth, doubling the amount of students and community folks filling up the Campus House of Prayer hours. They’ve also had a great conference, training students in the middle Tennessee area in how to unite their campuses in prayer. The University of Pennsylvania has had awesome increase also, with more students having a passion for prayer and influencing their campus ministers by underlining the fact that they need to be unified as a body to make progress for the Kingdom on their campus. It is a huge shift in thinking, and we are ramping up this summer to take the fall by storm!
Staff Summit – Planning Ahead
This last week of May, our staff from all our hubs – New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas, met in Yonkers, New York to evaluate our year and do strategic planning for this next year. I think one of the most powerful parts is when we spent a couple of hours thanking God for what He had already done. I don’t think we planned it to take that long, but when we began building our alters of remembrances, or Ebeneezers, we were just blown away, and continued to give God glory and express our thankfulness and gratitude. Spending a large part of our morning in prayer and worship every day, the strategies seemed to flow easily after that. After defining some much discussed structure changes, the plans came together so completely, it could only have been God directed. While last year was enough to completely blow our socks off, this year will supersede that. Are you ready for it? Will you join us in advancing the Kingdom of God on our campuses?
My New York City Relocation
Yes, I am really moving! After the summit, I stayed for another week to look for a place to live (an adventure all by itself, I assure you). I’ve gotten connected with several people in the city, and have made plans of moving forward. Every time I’m here, God reinforces the calling He’s given me so strongly, I can almost visibly see it. After talking through my role with the president of CRM, I am so ready to jump into the role of building up the NYC hub as well as walking with him to advance our vision nationally! My summer will be spent raising the funds needed to accomplish that goal. I still need $2100 of the $4000 monthly support. This all goes towards my personal support as well as travelling, teaching and training costs for equipping students and campus ministers. That would be only 84 more people giving $25 a month! You can give directly online by clicking here, or I can meet with you if you have any questions. Thanks so much for coming alongside this journey with me, and many blessings!
Much Love,
Akpene
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