As part of Cru Church Movement National Leadership team Joseph is the national field director.  He has been overseeing all the regional directors throughout the United States.  This has been a challenging and encouraging role as he enjoys training and mentoring others and helping leaders flourish.  With each regional director Joseph oversees their goals for the year personally and for their region, as well as their personal development plans.  Joseph meets with each one of them virtually three times a year, as well as travels to see them and their ministry in person.

One of these regional directors is Bryan—who serves in the Northeast region. Bryan leads the Northeast region and co-leads the RUII ministry of Church Movements.  RUII reaches out to cities nationally with the focus on refugees, urban ministry, immigrants and indigenous peoples.  One ministry Bryan has formed a partnership with is World Relief.

“I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” Matthew 25:35

World Relief shares that over 110 million people forced to flee their homes, desperately seeking refuge. Many of those include the tens of thousands of refugees resettled by the United States every year, and the historic number of immigrants seeking a new American life. Through this, God is at work through local churches providing a direct response by meeting tangible and spiritual needs—showing and sharing the love of Jesus. ( Churches of Welcome – World Relief )

Bryan and the Church Movements RUII team has been partnering with World Relief Churches of Welcome by encouraging and partnering with churches to become involved serving, caring, and reaching out to refugees with the gospel.  

This July Joseph will be traveling to Pennsylvania to meet in person with Bryan and the other Church Movements staff in the Northeast region for a retreat as they evaluate the year and do strategic planning for the upcoming year.   Please pray for his travel safeties and for the Lord to continue to work throughout this region!

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3 John 1:4

We celebrated the graduation of Daniel this month!  Daniel graduated Summa Cum Laude in Business Administration   Management, Leadership Studies, and a Minor in ASL.  We are so incredibly proud of all his hard work and more importantly the young man he has become.  We love his heart for others and His passion and commitment to Jesus.  We are so thankful. It is bittersweet to have our oldest 2 boys now adults and working full-time—how did the time go so quickly? Thankfully they are both living at home for now as they work and save money for their own apartments in the future. 🙂 Thank you for your prayers for Daniel all these years, as so many of you have watched him grow up and prayed often.  The Lord hears our prayers and we have felt and continue to experience the blessing of so many prayers for our family. Thank you.  Thank you for your continual prayers for our children as they enter adulthood. 

Please pray for Jessica as well as she leaves in a couple weeks for a mission trip to North Africa with her university.  We are praying for her safety and for her to experience the presence of the Lord throughout her time and that He would work in and through her in mighty ways.  Thank you! 

Thank you also so much for your continual prayers and financial support for us and the ministry here in Los Angeles.  We are truly grateful for each of you and are blessed.