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Building and strengthening relationships is one of Holly’s and my priorities for 2018. We have been actively working on strengthening our marriage. I took a “Sharpening Your Interpersonal Skills” workshop in November and plan to take Part 2 in March. Holly is attending a cross-cultural training workshop this week. In February, we at the International Headquarters…

Brandon & Jane (Yu-Chen) Girard are Cru staff members ministering to grad students at the University of Michigan which has 15,000 grad students. Their ministry is called GradCru (GradCru.org). “This Fall, God has done something unprecedented—He has brought numerous international believers to our campus and to GradCru. Many of these believers want to learn ministry…

The MPDX app was written in English for our U.S. staff to keep track of those who support them. Last year Campus Crusade’s ministry in France (called Agape France) was our first language partner. I have been working with Agape France to translate and evaluate the app in French. It will benefit their missionaries as…

For the last several weeks, Cru campus staff members have been praying for the new school year. They are connecting with the student leaders to help plan recruiting, outreaches, and discipleship strategies. The Cru17 conference, as well as other training over the summer, equipped the staff members with the latest tools and strategies. For the…

Moby Gym on the Colorado State University campus is where the main Cru conferences are held every 2 years. This summer for Cru17, Holly and I were on the conference team in June and July. While we spent very little time in the gym (because we were helping our staff in other buildings), I got…

This summer, Holly is working 3 part-time positions at the Cru headquarters. The one she plans to keep is helping Kristi Gauthier develop leaders. Kristi (shown here with Holly) serves on the executive team of the US Campus ministry, and is just starting the role herself. Her husband Mark leads the executive team. Pray for…

Vonette Bright co-founded Campus Crusade for Christ (now called Cru in the U.S.) with her husband Bill in 1951. That’s 64 years of ministry. She passed away on Wednesday, Dec 23. Holly “got the call” to come and arrived as Mrs. Bright was taking her last breath. Holly joined the ministry over 27 years ago, and…