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On New Year’s Day, students descended in Owaves upon the
Sheraton Boston Hotel, hopping ostout of cars and hauling their
luggage up from theofT station. One determined - and exhausted
-student arrived after a 28-hour bus trip fromFlorida! No matter
how tired they were, the 358 Nocollege students from all over the
Northeast wereudriveted by the Saturday night speaker’s powerful t
eand sometimes hilarious testimony of how hecame to know Christ.
While Bret Ogburnccamedescribed how Christ set him free from a
lifestyledesesccr bed hof parties to a life in Christ that led to
him being of tiees ttowhere he is now, as senior staff with Campus
Crusade for Christ, he challenged students to discover what it
means to be free in Christ.
Darryl Smith’s declaration Sundaymorning that because of Christ
we are not struggling to be free, but we are free to struggle, set
the tone for a day of learning how to live out freedom in Christ.
Students had two workshopsessions and were able to choose from many
different workshops on being free to share theirfaith and being
free to live in the power of the Holy Spirit. Darryl, the director
for CampusCrusade’s high school student ministry, Student Venture,
and a speaker who returned from last year, spoke again that evening
on being Free to
ove. His message that was further explored by s and Women’s
panels that night. The
d women separated into two roomsthey asked a panel of men and a
panel of n questions covering every aspect of
onships, love, sex and more.Paul Byrd, former pitcher for the
Red
x, and his wife, Kym, were on the panels and ared their
struggles in dating and marriage.
aul went with students the following day duringhe Day of
Outreach, when students fanned outacross Boston to share the reason
for the hope
they have. God intervened as the studentsststepped out in faith,
and 19 people prayed to e poreceive Christ - including 2 of our own
students! vereThat night, students were excited as they shared
wtshow they had seen God at work in Boston and in Gn Gtheir own
lives.
Holly Sheldon, director of Campus Crusade’s 100% Sent
Initiative, challengedstudents not to see the day as a one-time
event,but to ask how God was encouraging them tolive out their
lives in a way that brought the message of the Gospel to others.
The workshopson Tuesday continued the idea of living as leaders and
experiencing freedom. That eveningBret called on students to return
to their campuswith lives surrendered to Christ, a heart to serve
and an eagerness to speak about the freedomfound only in
Christ.
The conference ended with separate campus times, where students
shared what God had been doing in their lives during BWC. Hugs,
tears, spontaneous worship songs, and planningsessions for more
effective evangelism all broke out during that time. It was amazing
to see the freedom and joy reflected in students’ faces, andit will
be even more incredible to see how Goduses these students as they
return to campus.
Thank you for being a part of changed lives, changed campuses
and the spread of theGospel of Jesus throughout the Northeast and
around the world. BWC and its results would not happen without your
prayers and financialsupport!
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