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Cool GCX Example #2

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Bridges International is the arm of Campus Crusade that reaches out to foreign students studying in America. Many of these students come from closed countries. It is an extremely strategic opportunity to reach the elite of the elite future influential leaders.

The staff of Bridges International want to share the gospel with foreign students here, yet hope to see life-long disciples sent back to their home countries to spread the Kingdom there. Very creative strategies and multi-cultural resources are needed for their unique ministry.

Bridges offers the Four Spiritual Laws and other evangelistic material in 25 different languages, allowing foreign students to connect with the gospel in their native tounge.

A couple of years ago, Bridges staff member Dean Waldenmaier was put in charge of re-designing the Bridges International web site. Dean said, “We were inches away from developing our own web site, at a cost of several thousand dollars and hundreds of hours of my time. We then heard of GCX and it has more than met our needs. The Resource Center has been worth its weight in gold. It saves us from mailing multiple versions of documents to our staff and saves me countless hours. GCX will greatly increase our effectiveness in future years.”

Bridges public site (screen shot below) is at www.BridgesInternational.com To visit the private GCX Community Resource Center for Bridges staff and volunteers, you will first need to log in to GCX and then: www.mygcx.org/Bridges_Linc

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Jazzercise

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About 3 times a week, Shannon has been enjoying a jazzercise class instructed by a friend at CCC Headquarters.  When she’s heading out the door, Toby says, “Mommy, are you going to Jazzer-Jiggy??”

It’s been great aerobic activity, and a great way to connect with other women at Headquarters.  Everyone is happy when mommy returns happy from jazzercise!!

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Jazzercise is something like a franchise-based workout club or company.  They are very well trained and offer great motivation for fitness in general.

Recently Shannon was rewarded for completing 25 classes of jazzercise.  You can see more about that here on the CCC Jazzercise Web Site. 

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Stories from students at VT

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Molly Donohue - Photo from ABC NewsWhat a week this has been…so much sadness over the events at Virginia Tech on Monday and yet hope in how the Lord can and is using the stories of those affected by this tragedy. Three of the students that died on Monday were involved in Campus Crusade.

Molly Donohue is the student at Virginia Tech who first discovered the two bodies at Ambler Johnston Hall. She is a freshman and involved in a Campus Crusade Bible Study. Her video interview with ABC is online here: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3056249

More of Molly’s story is online on Campus Crusade for Christ’s Campus Ministry Web Site: http://campuscrusadeforchrist.com/virginiatech/mollys-story/

Lauren McCain - Photo from Hampton, VA NewsLauren McCain was also involved in a Campus Crusade Bible Study and loved reaching out to international students. She was Molly’s friend. Lauren died at Norris Hall. Her father recently spoke to the press. This is powerful: Fox News Video Clip

(If you have trouble with the Fox Video Clip, you can go to FoxNews.com and search for “a father’s pain” in video in Studio B. It will play from the Fox website.)

The Campus Crusade staff team at Virginia Tech is ministering to many students in the midst of their own grief. This is a very neat story of how a staff member had the opportunity to share Christ with Reema (one of the victims) about 3 weeks ago: http://campuscrusadeforchrist.com/virginiatech/sharing-story/

www.GobbleTalk.com is Campus Crusade’s evangelistic website for Hokie students. In the past few days, Over 50 students have indicated they placed their faith in Christ through this website since the tragedy!!

Even in the midst of terrible tragedy and sadness, the Lord is doing some incredible things!

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Thoughts on Virginia Tech Tragedy

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So many mixed emotions were evoked as I watched and heard of the tragic events which unfolded at the campus of Virginia Tech yesterday.  It’s difficult to comprehend the magnitude of what occurred as many students lost their lives and many others were wounded.  Not to mention the emotional damage inflicted on so many more. 

As a graduate of VT, I still feel a deep connection to the campus community there even though it’s been several years since I actually sat in Calculus class in Norris Hall (the academic building in which most of the shootings occurred.)  It’s hard to believe the pictures captured on the news cameras could possibly be real such a somber and sad place in contrast to memories I have of crossing the drill field on a beautiful spring day.

As we watched Night Line reporters interviewing students last night in West Ambler Johnston Residence Hall, I was reminded of something else:  the unique culture of dorm life and how the Lord can use that for His glory.  Seeing the students gathered together in the halls and in their rooms, I felt moved to pray for the Christian students on campus to pray that they will depend on their relationship with Jesus to get them through this difficult time.  And to pray that the students who know Christ will share the hope they have, even in the midst of such tragedy, with those who don’t know the Lord.  My prayer is that God will use this terrible, terrible situation for good that many students at VT will come into a relationship with Him as they consider the frailty of life here.

David & I still keep in contact with some of the Campus Crusade for Christ staff at Virginia Tech.

Thank you for joining me in praying for our staff, students and the campus community at Virginia Tech.