We have a lot to praise the Lord about right now. Sarah is pregnant, and the pregnancy is going well! The ministry also seems to be headed in the right direction. We have our new website up for the campus ministry. It is at the bottom of this message. Check it out. We are still under construction, but looking good!
Family - As many of you know we have had a couple of miscarriages over the past few months. God has walked with us through this, because He is faithful. We are excited that the Lord is blessing us in this way and we believe He will continue to keep Sarah healthy, and our child developing properly. Please pray for Sarah and our child in this pregnancy process.
Ministry -
(Christian Challenge)
This past weekend we were in Los Angeles, CA. We were there for the North American Mission Board Commissioning Service. We feel like we have already been "sent out" by several churches who are supporting us, but we appreciated NAMB's support as well. It was also nice to be able to get away for a few days and spend time with each other.
Currently we are focusing on Evangelism and putting our money where out mouth is with Christian Challenge. We have decided to put a 1/3 of our ministry budget into Evangelism and outreach. It has been paying off!
We recently had one of our students lead another one of our students to Jesus! We are making it clear throughout our ministry that our focus is to reach the lost on campus at CSU. We are doing several evangelism training nights over the next several weeks. Please pray for these trainings, and the students who will attend them. After we finish our trainings we will begin to set up specific times where we will share the Gospel on campus as a group. We have several highly effective ways in which we plan to do this as a ministry whole.
(Inside Out Church Plant)
We are also planting a church here in Fort Collins. The name of the church is "Inside Out". The purpose of the Inside Out is to lead students at CSU to Christ, disciple them, and teach them how to do the same. There are a few churches in town who we believe in and trust, but there are simply not enough. We believe Christian Challenge and Inside Out makes a great team. We want our students to have a proper understanding of what it looks like to be a part of a local church. If we don't plug our students into local churches, then we have not set them up for spiritual growth in the future.
As we move toward the future, we are simply going to need more churches, and individuals partnering with us in this ministry. If you, or anyone you know desires to be a part of a ministry like ours, please let us know.
Thanks for your support and prayers,
Josh and Sarah Lilly
New Website
www.challengecsu.com
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