This month, Rachel and I are excited to share with you what the Lord has been doing in our lives through your prayers and financial support.

Early in July, we still needed to raise about $1000 a month. But, we knew that the school year was approaching and if we were going to buy a house in Indianapolis, we had better start checking out the area.

So, on July 7th, Rachel and I, accompanied by my father, went down to Indy to look at houses. We looked all morning and got a good idea of what we liked and where we wanted to be located. We found a couple houses that we could “live in”, but none that we really thought were perfect.

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[ Francis likes to live inside the box ]

Every month we receive a staff newsletter, with all the latest information on what is going on with staff around the world. It includes information about who got married, who had a baby, and who went home to be with the Lord, among other articles and bits and pieces of news.

Each newsletter has a main article written by our president, Steve Douglass. This month, he answered a question asked by a fellow staff member, “Are we allowed do that?” when discussing some “outside the box” approaches.

Steve answered him, “Not only do you have my permission, but also my encouragement. If your current strategies and materials are no longer effective like they used to be, you must find new and better ways to do what God has called you to do. It is part of the DNA of Campus Crusade.”

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