Human Trafficking Awareness Event
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and on January 11th we partnered with another organization in our area to have a Human Trafficking Awareness Event at the Fox Theater in Pomona! It was a time for the community to come and learn about human trafficking right in their backyard. Someone shared on Trafficking 101, Healthy Relationships, and a survivor shared her story of how she was trafficked and has found hope and healing. There were many vendors present with the services they provide to survivors and others in need, as well as free tacos and raffles!
Another sweet highlight was having our boys serve at the event also! They were amazing in greeting people as they arrived, serving behind the scenes and even jumping in on running the tech! It was such a joy to see their hearts in serving.
Thank you for your continual prayers for the survivors Michelle works with. The Lord has been blessing her with many amazing spiritual conversations and being able to watch Him heal them deep within as they begin to understand God’s love in deeper ways.
Reaching Our Communities Through Partnering with Churches
| As 2024 wrapped up Joseph and others on the national team for Church Movements evaluated the year and prayed for what 2025 would hold. It is exciting to see all the Lord has done in 2024 through Church Movements staff and we wanted to share some of the statistics from around the country. There were 8,460 spiritual conversations throughout the year, 5,577 gospel conversations where the gospel was fully shared and 1,785 people put their faith in Christ and began a new relationship with Him! As Joseph is the National Field Director for Cru Church Movements it is his responsibility to encourage and support the regional directors in their missional goals for their region, give them training, evaluate, have honest discussions about obstacles and celebrate people giving their lives to Christ! |
| FAMILY UPDATE: 2025 is in full swing! Thank you for the prayers for Luke’s ACL surgery recovery—he is doing amazing! Jessica is loving her next semester of classes at college as she is entering into her major classes, Aleeya is busy in her writing and hoping to publish her second book this year and Daniel just signed a lease on an apartment for him and his fiancée for after the wedding! His wedding is February 21st, so we are BUSY with wedding preparations! Thank you for your prayers for us with the fires that have devastated Los Angeles as well. We are about 20 minutes east of one of the major fires and are fine but have many friends who had to evacuate and know many who have lost their homes. It feels overwhelming at times and would so appreciate your prayers for Los Angeles and the heartache all around us. |
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