Santa Cruz, CA

As you may or may not know, my summer plans have changed a little bit and I'm now with the summer project in Santa Cruz, California. It came up two weeks ago that they needed another guy for the staff team. After thinking and praying about it for a week, it seemed best to me and to the Lord to come to Santa Cruz for the summer. What I'm most looking forward to and what I feel like the Lord has me here for are the opportunities to do some new things to reach out to the community and to internationals, growing in my discipleship skills, and growing in the Lord with the other staff.

The rest of the 56 students arrive tomorrow, and everything will be in full swing! Please pray for everyone to settle in and get to know each other easily. The few students that are here have been great, but having so many more will certainly be a challenge for everyone! It will be really neat to see how the Lord uses so many that have set aside a summer to be used by Him here in Santa Cruz.

If you're interested in knowing some more about Santa Cruz or our project or one of the churches I'll be working with this summer, you can check out these links:

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/news/local/index.html
http://www.santacruzsp.com
http://www.vintagefaith.com

Stay tuned for updates and pictures!