Surrounded by Choice...

There’s the “bumph, bumph” of music coming from across the sidewalk. In an area that more resembles a carnival than a college, staff and students from Campus Crusade for Christ invite passersby to stop for a moment for a survey. It’s the first days of classes and the university is holding a student activities fair. Any official organization has the option of setting up a booth. That’s why we’re here.



“Fill out a 30-second survey and get a bag of cool, free stuff.”

Some walk on by but many stop and answer five simple questions about their beliefs. For some students, it seems like the first time they have had real eye contact all day. The number of tents and booths along this side of the student center showcase the true issue of today’s college students. They are surrounded by choices.

Our heart's desire is to see students make excellent choices - choices to serve God instead of themselves, to trust Him with their whole being, to live a life worthy of their calling.

Pray for us as we plan for the fall and all the students we will be meeting.

International Students, Here we come!

We are so excited to introduce Kimi to our Triad Team!

Kimi recently married Adam (new staff member and recent graduate of High Point University). She is passionate, energetic and a pleasure to have on our team.

As a former international student from Japan, she knows the power of a relationship with believers. Kimi found faith in Christ during her years as a college student in the United States because someone who truly followed Christ pursued a friendship with her.

Kimi will be working on several campuses that have the highest concentration of international students - including UNCG!

On College Ministry and Mommyhood

The best part about being on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ is the flexibility for moms.

Most of my ministry is "behind the scenes." I coordinate a number of aspects of Fall Retreat, draft our prayer letters and make food for student meetings (we make a lot of brownies in this house LOL).

But one of my favorite aspects of ministry is mentoring two of the student leaders at UNCG. These awesome young women come over Monday nights. We spend time together on content (like authority of the Bible, the attributes of God, etc.) then they take turns having some one-on-one time to talk about specific issues (boundaries with guys, dealing with stress or conflict and family challenges).

They come over after the girls go to bed so there's no stress of coordinating schedules with Pete and no "mommy I need..." interruptions. Pete's usually down in the office by the time they head back to campus. I often (almost always) plop down on the chair beside him and say, "I can't believe I get to do this as my job!"

New York City Spring Break

Over Spring break, Pete hopped on a bus with 50 of our Triad students from High Point University, UNC Greensboro and Wake Forest to join other Midsouth “CRU” students to reach the 1,000,000 college students in New York City.

In NYC, Pete led a team of five students to gain new ground in Harlem at the City College of NY (one of the most diverse colleges in America and the Alma mater of eight Nobel Prize winners). At CCNY, Pete had the privilege of watching his team engage in spiritual conversations with the myriad of busy and intensely driven students.

On the last day at City College, Pete and David (UNCG student), had an hour long discussion with a Jehovah’s Witness and a Muslim, simultaneously. Both were immigrants from Africa and long time friends. The Holy Spirit was certainly at work. Despite multiple topics, view points and plenty of rabbit trails, both young men were challenged to consider the truth of Christ. Pete challenged one of them to critically study the origins of his faith in contrast to Christianity, while David explained the Gospel to the other.

The conversations were overwhelming at times, but they really taught the students to depend on the Holy Spirit for guidance and for the results! The NYC trip was an awesome time of watching and challenging our students to engage with others who don’t have the same “Bible Belt” background.

At least 13 students accepted Christ as their Savior that week and many hundreds more heard clear presentations of the Gospel – some for the very first time! It’s hard to say which was more exciting to see… the NY city students coming to Christ, or the transformation that took place in so many of our Triad students as they caught on to the fact that the Lord can use them so mightily to transform the nations!