January 27th, 2010

The semester has started and I am very excited! It is awesome to see all the guys I'm meeting with and hear about their Winter Breaks. I feel like God has really been moving in their lives this break, and in general this year. This semester could be HUGE!

Did you know that God does listen to and respond to our prayers? I'm sure you do, but sometimes I forget until I'm amazed by seeing fruit from the things I've been praying and asking you to pray about!

The Navigators is not a very "events-oriented" ministry. Most of my time is spent in one-to-one and small group situations. But we do have a few larger scale events at certain times, and one of those is our Winter Conference. This is takes place from February 19th-21st.



The theme this year is "truth," and there will be a wide variety of speakers and workshops. I will be leading a workshop on the trustworthiness of the Bible.

We will be recruiting students to come to this conference in the next few weeks. Every year students come to Christ at these conferences or have God move in a significant way. Would you be praying for 60 students from Long Beach to come this year? Last year we had 30, so this is a big prayer.

1. Pray for 60 students to come.

2. Pray for wisdom as I prepare and lead my workshop.

3. Pray for God to move in the hearts of everyone who comes!

Additional opportunity:

We already know that several students will be needing scholarships for the conference and we don't have as much funds as normal this year in our Long Beach account. We need to raise around 1000 dollars as a staff team so that we can offer support for everyone who needs it. Would you consider giving a one-time gift of $100 or more towards scholarships? If you are interested, you can send me a check, made out to "The Navigators." Just include a note saying you want it to go towards these scholarships.

My address:

5271 E. Anaheim Rd. Apt. 2
Long Beach, CA 90815

January 20th, 2010

My first prayer blog entry of 2010...

And school is starting up again this Monday. Long Beach has an incredibly long winter break. Over a month off! I am eager and excited to get back with the students and enjoy the coming semester, one which I hope will be significant in the lives of the Bereans and some of the other guys I'm working with.

Would you pray for the following guys who are considering their summer plans? I am hoping that several of my guys would go overseas, and some of them to an eight week "STP" (summer training program) designed to equip students for growth and ministry.

1. Jordan --Eight-week STP in Vermont

2. Cavin --Russia trip (with me)

3. Justin --Russia trip

4. Ben --Middle East trip

5. Rudy --NavVida STP

6. Jaime --Three-week STP

Pray that God will speak and call them to these trips.

December 9th, 2009

I wanted to express my gratitude for all of you who read this blog and pray for the things I post. I was thinking on this early in the morning...how grateful I am to you and your involvement with my ministry. Without prayer, I would be like a man going into battle unarmed. In a very real way, you are a part of my ministry. I know the effect will echo into eternity. The growth that has occurred in Jordan's life, in Ben's life, in Cavin's life, etc. is the power of God working through your faithful prayers!

With that in mind, would you pray for Rudy this week? He recently had his girlfriend break up with him, and is going through a rough time.

1. Pray for comfort for him.

2. Pray that God would use this situation to draw him closer.

3. Pray for a heart to reach out to the people in his dorm and in his studio.

December 2nd, 2009

Well, things are beginning to wind down here at Long Beach. The students have a week and a half of classes as well as a week of finals. I have about two more weeks with these guys before break. So, my prayer request for this week is simple:

1. Pray that the semester would end well for the Bereans, spiritually and in their classes.

2. Pray for some good conversations to end the year with non-Christians, both for me and for the guys I meet with.

3. Pray for wisdom in prepping these guys for their break. I want to help them have a spiritually enriching break.

November 18th, 2009

Some of you may remember me asking you to pray for a group of non-Christian guys in the "A" building. I have gone in to try and read the Bible with them a few times, mostly unsuccessfully. The only one I have been able to read with is Chris. I sense God asking me to continue to go into that dorm, but it has been discouraging.

Encouraging, however, is an opportunity I have to read the Bible with another group of non-Christian guys...this one through one of the guys in my Bible study. Jaime lives with two guys named Tory and Matt, both of whom I met this last weekend. Jaime decided that this Friday we would ask them to read the Bible with us. This is exciting!

Pray:

1. For continued open doors in the "A" building.

2. For Matt and Tory to have open hearts prepared to hear the gospel!

3. That Jaime would get a heart for evangelism and the lost through our experience.

November 11th, 2009

I have started to ask a few of the Bereans to think about their summer plans...last summer, many of them made the decision to stay at home the entire time. Long Beach State has a very long summer break, and almost all of them struggled and felt isolated. This summer, I am hoping that several of them will decide to either go on overseas trips, or go to a "summer training program" as the Navigators call our summer opportunities here in the states.

These summer trips are so often incubators for spiritual growth, and can be key times in the lives of students. God used one of these in my life in the summer after my sophomore year. Would you be praying that these young men would choose to use their summers for God's purposes?

1. Pray for the courage to risk going on a mission trip.

2. Pray for the vision to see the value of these programs.

3. Pray that these guys would make a decision by faith!

November 4th, 2009

I am not Paul. The Apostle to the Gentiles was a bold evangelist, a man of great intellect, a man with unparallelled knowledge of the Scriptures.

But even Paul felt it was necessary to ask his friends to pray that God would open doors for his Gospel to be spread! Being a man of much less talents and giftings, how much more do I need such prayers!

The truth is, the power behind the spread of the Gospel is the power of God! The Holy Spirit must go before us to open eyes and hearts, so that when we speak the Word, it is heard with power. Therefore, I am asking for your prayers.

1. For open doors for the Gospel in the dorms at Long Beach.

2. For open doors in Residence A.

3. For boldness in sharing the Gospel for me and the guys I work with.