“Living purposely with a passion, “To know Christ and make Christ known.”

EDGE ADVENTURESIntention is the

beginning of action

Summer 2015Newsletter

EDGE

“Be Still and Know that I am God.”

Psalm 46:10

E- Evangelism-Reaching out to those on campus who don’t yet know Christ.

D- Discipleship- Investing in the next generation of leaders and laborers.

G- Growth- Growing in leadership, ministry and life skills.

E- Experience- Hands-on-training that will last a lifetime.

“Intention is the beginning of action.” The intention God has place on my heart is for every person to know the Good News of the Gospel! I have been especially drawn to invest in young college women to know the love of their Heavenly Father. My calling to join the Navigators’ staff at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln humbles me. There is a complete awe and appreciation in my heart for the blessing of God’s love as He pursues me. God has taken my brokenness to beautiful and this gives me a passion for Him to use my life as a laborer on campus over the next year.

My intention for sending you this newsletter is in hope that it encourages you! Simply, that it can bring a smile to your face and fill your heart with joy. College is a place that desperately needs the light of God’s love and it is exciting to know that the “Good News” is still alive in the hearts of many young people in college. In the next pages, I want to share with you all that The Navigators ministry has been doing through God over this past year and more about my specific calling to join the staff team and how He has already been able to use my life on campus.

My prayer is that you would, pray! Pray for the students on campus, pray for the

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be volunteer staff with the Navigator’s

Program called “Joshua Team”.

This spring semester I had the opportunity to

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church family. The problem is there are simply not enough workers to reach all the students that

reason, I recalled my own freshmen experience. Faithfully attending church growing up, I came to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a desire to get involved with some type of ministry or

As I started to connect how He had orchestrated things and ordained my days specifically for a

helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.   Then He said to His disciples,   “The harvest   is plentiful but the workers are few.”

–Matthew 9:36-37

“When Jesus saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and

use me.the experiences in my life I had purpose and I was able to comprehend and see how he wanted to

trip/self discipleship program where each week we would focus on a different characteristic of having a personal relationship with Christ. God healed me in so many ways and placed on my heart “freshman women” at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to extend His love too. Suddenly,

summer, I attended a Navigators’ summer project in Jacksonville, Florida (JAX). It was a mission The beauty of being a child of God is that He loves us so we can love others. This previous

“We love because He first loved us.”-1 John 4:19

The Holy Spirit speaking through Lisa planted the seed in me that night. This verse sparked a desire in me. This spark has now turned into a burning flame that has grown into following my Heavenly Father’s will to build His kingdom and be a light of His love.

whose walk is upright.” Psalm 84:11“The Lord is sun and shield; He gives grace and mercy; no good thing will He withhold from those

me back to His love. never be fulfilled by the world. During this one-on-one meeting, Lisa got out her Bible and pointed

heavy upon my heart. A prisoner to temporary things I was longing for the satisfaction that can grandmother pass away---all within a short month. My depression felt as if a brick was crushing

On a cold rainy night in December 2013 I arrived at the “Noodles and Company” restaurant to meet with a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Navigators staff woman. I can never thank Lisa enough for allowing me to pour my heart out to her when I did not know whom else to turn too. Here I was completely heartbroken from a failed relationship, facing a DUI charge, and having my

I believe because the truth of His love saved me. I believe God is love and His love rescues sinners and changes hearts.

and provision is apparent even if it’s beyond my comprehension.

hard discipline all at once. As I am processing the events in my life over this past year, God’s love Love is sometimes a hard feeling to grasp, define, or understand. It can bring complete joy and

The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.” –Rick Warren“The best use of life is love.

The reality of the world we live in is that we are always just one generation away from the message of the Gospel becoming extinct. Sharing from generation to generation is what keeps the word alive! What a delight it is to be able to pass the same love of Christ that Lisa gave me to others.

My heart longs for all to know the love of our Heavenly Father and I have never seen the need on the college campus to be more evident. Often I feel that many freshmen at a big university feel totally overwhelmed and forgotten. This can lead into a downward spiral of looking for love in all the wrong places. The Gospel is the remedy. Jesus Christ died for our sins so that we can live in the freedom of forgiveness that only His love can bring.

Light will always overcome darkness. Campus ministry is such a crucial component for students to participate in to create light in the darkness of typical college behaviors. The Navigators mission is “to know Christ and make Christ known”. This non-denominational organization allows students the access to tools that they can use to create a firm foundation in having a relationship with Christ. Campus events, evangelism outreaches, and workshops are coordinated by The Navigators each semester. Worship nights occur twice every week providing multiple options for students to attend. Another main component is mentoring students through one-on-one discipleship and initiating Bible studies in the dorms and Greek houses. The ministry provides opportunities for leadership and a community to connect with and become a light of His love together.

“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.”–Matthew 5:14

“Intention is the beginning of action.” The intention God has place on my heart is for every person to know the Good News of the Gospel. My heart is especially drawn towards young women to know the love of their Heavenly Father. My calling to join the Navigators’ staff team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln humbles me. There is a complete awe and appreciation in my heart for the blessing of God’s love in my life. God has taken my brokenness to beautiful. This gives me a passion for Him to use my life as a laborer on campus over the next year.

“But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,   and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.” –James 1:25

God is love. Be a part of sharing His love by partnering with me in the mission to spread the “Good News of the Gospel” through The Navigators at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

“The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:24

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“But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it---not

forgetting what they have heard but doing it---they will be blessed in what

they do.”–James 1:25

"Giving and service mark the path to a world in which we are no longer strangers and alone, but members of a vast yet tightly knit family. "From everyone to whom much is given, much shall be required" is the biblical

admonition at the heart of the good life." --Thrive by Arianna Huffington, pg. 233

My prayer is that God sparks a desire in your heart to be a part of the vast but tight

knit family by joining my support team.  First praying for students to know Christ

on campus and then acknowledging that being a part of the body of Christ He has

gifted us accordingly to serve Him. Some people are called to give and some people

are called to go; nevertheless, they are both of equal importance when it comes to

building the Kingdom of Christ on earth.

" I N T H I S W A Y W E A R E L I K E T H E V A R I O U S P A R T S O F A

H U M A N B O D Y . E A C H P A R T G E T S I T S M E A N I N G F R O M T H E

B O D Y A S A W H O L E , N O T T H E O T H E R W A Y A R O U N D . T H E

B O D Y W E ’ R E T A L K I N G A B O U T I S C H R I S T ’ S B O D Y O F C H O S E N

P E O P L E . E A C H O F U S F I N D S O U R M E A N I N G A N D F U N C T I O N

A S A P A R T O F H I S B O D Y . " - R O M A N S 1 2 : 4

My place to "Go!" is at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the people I am to serve

are the students that need to be reached with the Good News of the Gospel. God gives

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get a feel for Paul’s eagerness to give Timothy encouragement to stay strong in the faith and fight the good fight!

who God is and how His love influences our daily actions. Then this spring we worked through the book of 2 Timothy where we could

During fall semester we did a topical study on “The Heart of Christ” where we got into the word to grasp a greater understanding on

Over this past school year it has been a joy to invest in young freshmen women by co-leading a weekly dorm Bible study in Abel Hall.

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creation, secure, forgiven, desired, no longer

condemned, and delighted in by our

and chosen, accepted, empowered, a new

each rejoice in knowing that “I AM” called

how God sees us. As a child of God we can

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“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the

faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which

the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day---and not

only to me, but also to all who have longed for His appearing.” -2

Timothy 4:7-8