The Downey Family

“You! You were in my dream…“

Could this be real?  I’m sure you’ve had dreams, but have they been like this one?

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Take a minute to process your life, your current reality or fears.  I will bet you have something that you are struggling to find it hard to believe, it cannot be done, this will never change or you fill in the blank.  We all have lies we believe.  If you feel like being transparent, share it!

My spiritual multiplication story started with Darin. Darin, new staff of Campus Crusade for Christ at Purdue University, started mentoring a group of freshman men. (Bart, Brian, Matt, Matt & more)

They began to meet with other students, sharing their faith faithfully and mentoring them to be Christ-Centered laborers. My junior year I started attending a Bible Study that Darin’s disciples led.

Bart, a senior, mentored me and Ben my senior year.

Now from the Bible Study thousands of lives have been changed. Ben is a church planter in Idaho, Bart a pastor in Indiana, Matt C serves with CCC in Rome, Italy with Brian B and Steve D, Joe, is living out his faith in the marketplace in MN, John is in seminary in Canada…and I’m on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ.

(note: the changed lives that has resulted throughout the years is innumerable to count. Praise God for his plan and for the faithfulness of Darin, who’s small investment has changed the lives of thousands and thousands)

Here’s how it works, enjoy and go in faith yourself!

Kelvin: A Spiritual Multiplication Story from Rick James on Vimeo.

We rolled up to our new home on March 30th after closing. We gathered our belongings from 2 different locations and with sacrificial help from friends, moved it all in! We’ve “Landed” and we wake up still completely amazed at witnessing God move and for his care for our family. We are blessed indeed. There’s countless things that are incredible about this place, but the most is how we feel so undeserving of this place. God in his kindness and grace provided a perfect place. Thank you for your steadfast prayer through tiring months of waiting.

We quickly plunged into ministry while trying to un-box. Over 130 soon-to-be graduates from Great Lakes universities crammed into a room in the Hilton for a weekend of training. We were thrilled to be a part of helping train and them to develop their full financial support needed before heading to their assignments around the world. You are a part of that

In the fall they’ll be “Sent” to make disciples of many nations.

Watch this quick 1 min video!

Ever wonder what more Campus Crusade does? I’m inspired, encouraged, burdened and hopeful for how the Campus Crusade Cincy Metro Team is not just meeting the spiritual needs of South Asia, but also the tangible needs. If you visited, you couldn’t stop from witnessing the corruption of sin visually all around, but specifically with women/children in the sex slave trade. Can you even imagine?

You can register HERE.

Campus Crusade currently has a groundbreaking team of staff serving at the college campuses there, meeting both the spiritual and physical needs of the people.

Pray:

• spring break students that will be traveling there to share the gospel in the first few weeks of March
• the current team there: for their health, physical needs, emotional stability and to cling to Christ
• this location would be turned upside down because of the gospel.  Woman/children rescued and corruption limited.
• CCC would influence not only common people, but leaders of the area.

It’s brutal out there. During the most influential years of life hear how students have influenced others!

IndyCC 12/30/10 Students Sharing DOO from Indy CC on Vimeo.

Students sharing during the evening session after the day of outreach.

Home Update from ScottandJessi on Vimeo.

Do you love photography, gadgets or cooking? What shines so bright in your life that its unmistakable?

We’ve invested a week asking 1774 students the same question.  They’re so eager to give God priority in their life rather than lesser things so their lives would be “Unmistakable” for Christ.  God used our annual Winter Conference, IndyCC, as one of those great moments to hear Him clearly.  Listening to Jason, one of the 40 students I took to the Marion County Jail on our Day of Outreach, he saw vividly the freedom that Christ gives and was challenged after sharing the gospel to inmates to share with intimidating students on campus.

It’s unmistakable what God did at IndyCC and has done during 2010.  You and I are a team and together we get the privilege of making Christ known around the world and see the results.  These are everlasting results that will not fade…when we partner with what God is doing, it is an eternal investment.

7 laborers raising support that I'm coaching

Well over 11,950 heard the Gospel because of you.

Here are a few highlights we saw God do because of our partnership in the gospel:
• Panama City Beach, FL (spring break) In five weeks 10,731 spring breakers heard the Good News about Jesus and 1,673 indicated a decision to trust Jesus! They packed 1,009,368 meals for Haiti Disaster Relief.
• 730 Toledo students gathered into the Union to hear about the effects of porn because of our Porn Nation Outreach. 23 indicated a decision to trust Jesus and 330 wanted follow-up on the hot topic.
• Jessi & I were called into a new role serving to send more laborers into the world. Home up for sale.
• Countless (hundreds) conversations on campus concerning Christ and students moving toward God.
• Toledo students equipped and engaging in spiritual conversations daily.
• You sent sixty new full-time CCC staff eager to be sent around the world.
• Forty short-term interns went to universities where Jesus is just a leader and not Lord.
• North Bay, Canada (summer leadership project) In five weeks 24 student men took significant steps toward becoming godly men, overcame fears, dealt with heart issues and shared Christ with hundreds in Canada.
• We sent 12 fully funded new staff members to Kent State, U of Illinois, Michigan Tech, Cincy Metro, Purdue, Northwestern, U of Michigan and Ball State U.
• Our home sold!
• IndyCC (conference 12/28-1st) The 1,774 students who attended had 2605 conversations, 1219 gospel presentations, connected 587 people to local churches and 107 decisions to make Jesus Christ Lord & Savior.

New staff about to arrive on campus!

P.S. Take a minute to pray for these students that have heard the Good News in 2010, they’d respond and would grow making it unmistakable that Christ lives in them !!!

- Pray the bank would accept our offer and we’d move quickly.

- Pray these 7 laborers above would arrive to campus (Central Ill, Detroit Metro ,
Michigan State & Cleveland Metro in a few months fully funded to focus on reaching the lost.

IndyCC Praise from ScottandJessi on Vimeo.

Who wants to go to gatherings, meetings or conferences without having life change?

It’s natural to show up  somewhere and be present, like a warm body at church, but what if we gathered with purpose? Each year from Dec 28-Jan1, over two thousand eager students from surrounding universities come together to be challenged in their personal faith, develop relationships, acquire ministry training and disperse into Indianapolis to be the presence of Christ with the purpose of sharing the love of Christ in tangible ways.  What God does here in Unmistakable as it propels students into life changing relationships, skills and heart motivations.  The Day of Outreach is annually the most prized day when we partner with local churches to distribute Boxes of Love (food for a family of four) to needing families and sharing with them how they can know God in a personal way.

I hope this video (below) helps you get a bigger picture of this historically significant week.

Pray with us that right now students would make the choice to come.  That they’d come with soft hearts and that they’d leave changed.  There’s much more to pray about, so please pray as the Spirit leads.

PS.  If you’re in the area and would like to join me for an evening, please contact me!

Indy CC from Indy CC on Vimeo.