CCP Weekend Retreat

I just got back from Chelsea, AL where we had our CCP retreat. It was a great opportunity to get to know the team better and further develop relationships that were already there. All three teams met together and talked about what the trip would look like, what our roles would be, Aussie culture, and things like that. It was great because I was able to get a lot of questions answered about what we're actually going to be doing.

It really got me pumped about getting down there and seeing what God does in my life, and in the life of the Aussies. Campus Outreach has never taken a group to Sydney, so we have the opportunity to build a foundation for a successful college ministry where there isn't one now. This is unchartered ministry territory! Not everyone gets to do that! I'm extremely excited. I can't wait to look back 20 years from now and see what God did with the start he made in the summer of 2010 through CCP. We only have a short amount of time to build relationships with people while we're there, but if something can just get started I can't imagine the work that God will do through it. It won't be anything that WE do, but what GOD does. He is the one who provides growth and starts movements on college campuses. I'm just extremely glad that He's chosen to allow me to be a small part of that. I want so bad to see lasting effects from this trip. Australia is a great country with an amazing culture. It is just relatively unexposed to the true gospel. Statistically less that 1% of college students are Christians. In Australia, the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. That's why we're going.

I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here am I, here am I,”
to a nation that was not called by my name.

Isaiah 65:1

I also left the retreat with things that I really have to trust God for. We have a goal to have $3000 raised by next Tuesday. We need funding to reserve lodging, plane tickets etc. I'm at about $1800 right now, so I'm really praying that God will open up doors and provide. Please email me (brandonwhite224@gmail.com) if you have any questions about getting involved either in prayer or financial support. Hopefully this time next week there will be marked evidence of God's provision and I can give a good update! If you're following this, I really appreciate your thoughts and prayers.