Knowing God

Brock:

Although Brock grew up in a Bible believing church and continued attending services his first two years of college, his relationship with God did not develop until his junior year at Indiana University. Through a Campus Crusade for Christ Bible study Brock came to trust Christ as his personal Lord and Savior and began to follow Him. He then spent his last two years of college walking with Christ and sharing His love and forgiveness with other students.

During Brock's senior year of college, he came to know that God has called him into full-time Christian ministry. After considering several Christian organizations and areas of ministry, he chose to work with Campus Crusade for Christ because he felt he could use his talents and gifts to serve God most effectively there. Brock is excited to serve at his assignment in the National Campus Ministry Office in Orlando, Florida.

While in the office, Brock will be using his gifts for computers, finance, organization, and leadership on the Finance Team to lead and support the outreach of the campus staff all across the country. As a result of his work at the national office, the staff on the field will be able to reach more people for Christ.

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Sandi:

I grew up going to church and would hear about Jesus' sacrificial death on the cross but it didn't become personal until I was in Junior High. I was first exposed to the Gospel at a Billy Graham Crusade in Washington DC. I made a public profession and prayed to receive Christ, but my lifestyle in high school did not reflect a Spirit filled life. I was not discipled, and prayed to receive Christ many times until my first year at James Madison University.

I was in a Bible study with Fellowship of Christian Athletes and was challenged to tell others that I was going to heaven. I responded by asking, "What right do I have to tell anyone I am going to heaven?" (I did not know I could be 100% sure) My Bible study leader, shared John 10:27-29 and when I heard "no one can snatch them out of my hand" I was finally set free from the works, guilt, shame, and anxiety I had experienced. God used this assurance of salvation as a firm foundation for growth and deep roots in His Word.

Ephesians 1:13 was also explained to me, and I was amazed at how I am "marked IN HIM with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit WOW!!! He protects me against all who would try and break the seal!-- amazing! I dug into the Word and the Bible became my Bread and Water for life and godliness. I had been starved and the satisfaction had finally come!

This satisfaction in Christ alone drastically changed my relationships with people and through The Word, prayer, The Church, and many circumstances. I have learned to depend upon my Lord and Savior. He is my Bridegroom and meets all of my deepest needs, He satisfies me with good things, and does immeasurably more than all I can ask or imagine!

I began leading "huddles" on FCA retreats and grew to have a heart for high school girls. The first person that ever prayed to receive Christ with me was on a FCA retreat. I began to have more of a heart for evangelism and found out about the missions opportunities with Campus Crusade. I jumped in my junior year at James Madison and went to retreats, Christmas conferences and "The Big Break" (an evangelism training conference which is held each spring).

At the "Big Break" my junior year, I picked up an application for a summer project to Ocean City New Jersey and was soon accepted and raising support. I had a very intense summer. I worked 40 hours a week at McDonald's, was co~director of outreach, and on servant team. The schedule tested my faith and my attitude, and I began to see that perseverance and dependence on the Lord's strength is essential to live in obedience to God. I learned a lot that summer about my position in Christ and how precious and dearly loved I am. As my view of God became purer I let go of looking to others for all of my love and acceptance, and began to mature in His grace.

I was asked to lead an action group in the fall of my senior year and had to give it up due to my schedule and preparation for East Asia in the spring. I struggled with boundaries and I learned a lot about my freedom in Christ and about saying no in East Asia. I had lived so long under the weight of performance and I entered the Refiner's fire while I was overseas. All of the dross came right to the surface for the entire world to see and I could no longer try to convince anyone that I had it all together.

My team leader in East Asia taught me about being a success the day I accepted Christ, and used many Truths from God's Word to replace the lies I had heard my whole life from Satan and those around me. "But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all or them- yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me." I Cor.16:10 became my verse for the summer. I could not deny any longer God's promise to complete the good work that He began and I was freed from my yoke of performance.

I now have a sincere vision for the world and understand John 3:16 like never before. These women that received the seeds of the Gospel, and an overflow of my walk with God are now in His care and the care of long term staff in East Asia.

In March of 1995 I was asked to work as hourly staff in the International Ministries office of Campus Crusade for Christ. It was to be a three-month temporary position, but it turned in to a long-term position until I left for China again in the summer of 1996.

I spent June through August that year teaching English and sharing Christ's love and truth with women in South China. It is wonderful to experience their culture and learn to view God through the eyes and heart of a new Chinese believer.

I believe God is leading me to the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ because of the heart for evangelism that I have and the gifts of mercy and desire to proclaim His Word that He has given. Besides my gifts, I believe Campus Crusade is one of the most effective vehicles for ministry that I have come across in my life so far. I have found that each staff person I have met is uniquely different, yet we all have the same vision- to go to the ends of the earth and fearlessly proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord. I have enjoyed the training and experiences that I have received by being a part of Campus Crusade in the past, and believe this is the most effective way that I would be able to Glorify God.

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