May is almost over and Wartburg has 1 day of school left, and I have just finished my second interview for a new place of employment in Chicago. Life is changing, quickly!
(For those financially supporting us, please make sure to take notice of the end of this e-mail as there is some pertinent giving information included.)
Here is a final post for you our dear friends and supporters.
This Summer and Next School Year Please be Praying For
Brian, that he would continue to invest in the things that would last. Spending time with God in His Word, and reaching out to the friends he has on the track team and utilizing the skills and leadership God has blessed him with in his senior year. He has great potential to reach those around him!! Please pray Proverbs 28:1 that Brian would be "as bold as a lion" and that he would lift Jesus up that Christ would draw others to himself by Brian's identification with and clear love for the gospel on display (John 12:32).
Justin, that he would develop an ever growing desire to read and study God's word. We have just begun reading the bible together this semester. He has shown great interest in seeing first hand what God is saying! Please pray John 15:7 for Justin, "If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will bear much fruit."
BrieAnn will be continuing her education with a advanced degree this summer. Please pray for her that she would find other followers of Jesus to walk with on a consistent basis that would encourage her to continue growing spiritually and teach others to do the same (Hebrews 10:24-25, Matthew 28:19-20)
Stephanie will be returning to campus in the fall with a great opportunity in front of her. In the last few weeks she has been eagerly seeking God and his will for her life. She has spent time reading The Cross Centered Life to learn how she can keep God's love for her on the cross the main thing in her life EVERYDAY. She has been a particular blessing to us the past few weeks! Please pray that she would make use of her summer for Christ and have a dramatic impact in the lives of her friends in the fall. (2 Timothy 2:2)
The Joshua Team members from this 2nd semester. Two dozen students at UNI are now equipped to share their faith in a conversationally appropriate way. They have a solid foundation for their beliefs that they can identify with Jesus effectively (Jude v.3) and some teaching in how to walk beside their fellow students to help them get to know God better.
For Our Giving Friends
Our final day on staff with The Navigators is May 31. In regards to your giving you have a few options:
1) You may continue to personally invest in what God is doing in the lives of students on the campus at the University of Northern Iowa and Wartburg College (or another local university) by supporting one of our staff friends continuing to advance the gospel!
Please seriously consider this option as I believe it to be a wise investment of financial resources.
Please let me know (via e-mail benandangiekrueger@gmail.com or phone (319) 481-0010) if I may pass your contact information on to another of our staff friends. They (& we) would GREATLY appreciate new partners in their ministries!
2) If you are a direct deposit monthly giver, you may transfer your giving to a different staff member or discontinue your contributions by calling the Account Processing center at 1-866-568-7827. If you decide to stop contributing please designate to them your last month to give is May and to not make a deduction again beyond that date.
YOU MUST MAKE THIS CALL TO END YOUR GIVING. AFTER OUR ACCOUNT CLOSES YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE ADDED TO THE NAVIGATORS' GENERAL FUND.
A FINAL WORD OF CLOSING
Thank you for your prayers and investment in the work that God has done in and through our family.
We have been challenged deeply in ways unexpected to us 2 years ago and have been greatly refined by our Savior.
In addition, to all that your prayers and finances have done and will continue doing to advance the good news of Jesus and his kingdom through students on campus today and the leaders of the time to come, we are specifically blessed by your belief in us to carry this message to students.
The witnessing of sacrificial giving on many of your parts has been routine the past two years for us as "{our} god has met all of our needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." (Phil 4:19). I could go on but inevitably it would end up being an extended manuscript of these final words: Thank you on behalf on myself, my wife and my son, but most appreciatively thank you for valuing God.
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints- the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth.
Colossians 1:3-6
