February Newsletter

Our Chilean staff team 2007!

Planning, Retreats, and Summer Projects...

Hola! I hope that you’re all doing well. I’ve heard there’s a lot of snow in Nebraska-it seems strange to think about that when it’s been so hot out here! The summer has gone by quickly and now we’re busy preparing for the new semester to start here in about a week. I’m really excited to get back to campus and spend time with students again. We have a lot planned for the fall for reaching the students and building community among the students including a freshman orientation, small groups, a fall retreat, and student leader meetings.
We had our all staff retreat in late February– it was great to be able to spend time together as a team and also hear from Terry and Nancy McKinney– a staff couple from the US who flew in. God has blessed us with a great Chile team!

Summer Project
In May, the summer project from the States will be coming to Santiago for 6 weeks to share the gospel with students here. I’ve been asked to co-lead this project along with Nathan, a senior at Kansas University. I’m already getting excited for this as I’ve been reading through the girls’ applications. It’s also keeping me busy as we begin to plan all the details of the project such as housing, cost, flights, etc. When the project comes, I will be with them all the time and doing ministry with them instead of my STINT team. This idea was hard for me to adjust to at first because in this way, I’ll be missing the end of my STINT year and being with my team, but now I’m very excited to be able to be a part of this project and see what God has for these students.

Chile Facts
*The ketchup, mayo, mustard, etc. all come in squeezable bags.
*At Pizza Hut you can order corn, hot dog chunks, and broccoli on your pizza. French fries come as a side in the meal deal there.

My roommates and I with the Korean flag.

CM 2007
http://cm2007.net/

What is this? It’s Campus Crusade’s first global missions conference, Campus Mission 2007. From June 30– July 5 2007, 20,000 students from literally all across the world are getting together in Busan, South Korea to worship the Lord and be challenged to reach their campuses with the gospel. The three themes of the week are Christ Magnified, Connecting the Movements, and Completing the Mission. We are sending 3 students from Santiago, as well as several from Concepcion, Chile. I will also be going, as well as several other staff members– it’s really exciting to be able to be a part of this. Our goal is to take our student leaders from Chile so they can return encouraged and ready to share the gospel with their fellow students.
Every nation, tribe, people and language… standing before the throne”. Revelation 7 : 9 -12

Prayer Requests

· The coming semester
· Praise that Galy’s surgery on her thyroid was successful– she’s doing well, but still quite closed to the Gospel
· For the students going to korea –for encouragement and to trust God to provide the $2500 for the Plane Ticket
· The summer project that is coming in May– for their support to come in and God to prepare their hearts– also for Nathan and I as we prepare for the summer

You are all such an encouragement to me– thank you for your faithfulness all year in partnering with me-

Julie Sorensen