Update :)

Hi Friends, Family, and Supporters,

I know many of you have asked about an update regarding Tom's most recent journey to northeast Ohio and our budget.  You asked, and now you receive.  :)

Tom (and Jeremiah) had the opportunity to travel to northeast Ohio last week to meet with pastors and churches regarding our work with Chi Alpha Campus Ministries.  Tom was blessed to share our heart and passion for students and the NEED for Chi Alpha support on campus.  During this process, we picked up a supporter and have a few verbal commitments.  We would say it was fruitful!  :)  We continue to pray that God would go before us and prepare hearts.  We believe that before we make any phone calls or have face to face meetings that the Holy Spirit has already stirred hearts to hear and see the call of God on our lives.

Many people have shared their concern for the deadline of April 2014 that was placed before us.  We want each of you to know that the deadline has actually been a blessing!  We are able to express the urgency of the students' need and our need to get to campus.  I think it puts a larger priority on completing the Faith Promise form (paper or online) for people who have verbally committed to support financially.  Currently, we are at $1345.00 in monthly support with a few verbal commitments that have not been processed.  This is HUGE.  This last month and a half has been a testimony of God's calling on our lives.  Churches and pastors have been encouraging and reminding us that we are right where we need to be.  The encouragement that God gives through people is what is sustaining us.  Support raising is difficult.  Seriously.

Most recently, a Chi Alpha student at OSU became a monthly supporter and she challenged other students and alumni via social media to give, no matter how small, in order to get us to campus faster.  You see?  God is in this.  He is SO in this.  So blessed.

Will you continue to pray that God will lead us to the people that He wants us share with?  We believe that God is strategically working on hearts to support His work at OSU.  If you have been meaning to give or if you have verbally committed and never completed your form, will you do that today?  Each day as we check the file to see the activity on the account, it is SO encouraging to see the names of those supporting us.  We pray for each of you that God will use you right where you are because that's your mission field.  He has called you to your place of employment, your community, your church, your family "for such a time as this."  It's not an accident; God was very intentional.

Blessings,
Charity