NYC Summer Project 2014

Hey yall! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I've been in NYC since May 30th & am here until June 30th with Cru. I can now honestly say this has been the best & most challenging experience I have ever experienced, but I wouldn't change it for the world! If you don't know what a summer project is, it is a mission trip that Cru does & different people sign up to go to different places all over the world for anywhere from 2-10 weeks in the summer depending on the specific project. NYC specifically is 1 month & we work on various college campuses in New York to talk to people & see what the spiritual atmosphere is on that campus while also sharing the Gospel & evangelizing with those that we come in contact with. No one, that I know of, has come to Christ yet but with a city of only 2% Christian we have met tons of other believers in the city. I am truly blessed to be able to do life with 15 other students & 18 staff that are on this project. We have quickly become a family! It's so amazing to see what God can do in just the 3 & a half weeks that we have been here already! Also, I have been fortunate enough to serve on music team for a week then get switched to prayer team. God has challenged me to step out of my bubble & try new things that I would otherwise not be able to do if it were not for going on summer project. I have fallen in love with NY & am really sad to be leaving this place & the people that I have met. I will be able to see most of them at Encounter, but some I will not see until project reunion.

I have several stories, but the one that I want to share is about a guy that my friend, Matt, & I talked to. This guy's name was Sebastian & he was a geology major at Brooklyn College who believed in The Big Bang Theory & fought everything we tried to tell him about God. He grew up going to Catholic school until 8th grade but refused to believe in what the Bible says & the stories in it even exist. It was like pulling teeth with this kid! After talking to him for about an hour, with his view not changing, we were finally able to end the conversation with him. Looking back I could have said more but I know he wouldn't have listened. God placed me & Matt in that situation for a reason, & if anything we can say that Sebastian has heard the Gospel. He wasn't rejecting us, he was rejecting God. It was SO frustrating! But I know that we did all that we could. That's the cool thing about God, a month ago I would have given up & fallen to pieces over one conversation I had with this guy that went south, & now here I am standing back & seeing all the doors that are now open for God to get into his life & tear him down to the point that he could come crawling to God for repentance & asking to give his life to Christ. There are tons more stories I could share but each one of them points back to the awesome truth that GOD IS GOOD! No matter what I do I know that I am a daughter of the living God & there is nothing that can change that! How cool is that concept?! I know that if I had came last year my life would be totally different than it is now, but I know that this is God's will for me. He placed me here at this moment to write this post for a certain reason that will be used to further his kingdom. Hallelujah! Praise God! I am so humbled by all that He has done & hopefully I will be able to take what I have learned back to Harrodsburg & Richmond & share it with everyone around me.


This week I want to leave yall with a playlist of my favorite songs that are great for just praising God in His greatness:

1. Oceans (by Hillsong United)
2. In  Christ Alone
3. How Deep the Father's Love
4. Revelation Song
5. Never Gone
6. Come Thou Fount
7. Mighty to Save
8. Free to Be Me
9. How Great is Our God
10. Warrior (by Sojourn)

That is it for this week guys! Hope yall have a great rest of the week & I will post when I can. Love yall!

Live for God & Love for Music!
-Patience <3 =)