Saturday, February 22, 2014

BOSNIA 2014


Friends and Family!

I am halfway through my junior year at James Madison University and this semester has flown by!  I'm continually blessed by all the opportunities that God is giving me.

Here’s some of what I’ve been up to:
  • Leading a Small Group of freshmen guys with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IV)
  • Preparing to lead the NYCUP Mission Trip I went on last year during Spring Break with IV
  • Serving as the Director of College Ministry at Cross-link
  • Living in a house with seven of my best friends
  • And oh yeah... I have classes too!

I tell you these things to catch you up but also to make you aware of what I am most excited about… from May 15th-May 25th, 2014 I am leading a mission trip to Bosnia in Eastern Europe with Calvary Cross-link! 

Cross-link’s mission statement is to, “Impact the Valley, and Bless the Nations with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”  We have mission partnerships in Argentina and Haiti and in May we are establishing a partnership in Europe and we need help!

Before you finish reading this letter, please pray over this trip.  Prayer for this trip and our team is vital to the Kingdom work that God is calling us to in Bosnia.  Pray for the missionaries already working in Bosnia, the softening of the Bosnians hearts, our team as we prepare to bring the light of the Gospel to this dark place, and that, “God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

This ten-day trip is $2200.  I know that God will provide but it is an all hands-on-deck call out.  The Great Commission presents us with three options; go, send, or disobey.  I have chosen to go, please help send me.  If you’d like to help financially you can write a check to, “Calvary Cross-link,” with, “Eric Kennedy- Bosnia,” in the memo line.  Please put the check in the return envelope.  (You can also use your donation as a tax write-off if you give by the end of the year.)  You can also give online at: https://e-giving.org/egivinglogin.asp?id=2461.

I challenge you to pray for the team and I daily.  I also challenge you to give financially.  If 22 people gave $100, or 6 people gave $100 for four months, or 11 people gave $50 for four months, all of the money would be raised.  I’m one of the 22 contributing $100/ month to my trip.  Join me.  Go all in.

The support network that you have been for me over the years and previous mission trips is priceless to me and I look forward to continue to partnering and living out the Gospel with you always.

With all His Love, 

Eric Kennedy 

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."- Mt. 20:19