After coming to Christ through Cru’s Destino movement at UT El Paso, Jenade grew in her faith and learned to share that faith with others. She loved telling people about Jesus so she planned to join Cru staff after graduation. However, she felt conflicted because she also thoroughly enjoyed her major, athletic training.
As a result, God led her to take a year to intern as an athletic trainer to see what it was like. During that year she asked the Lord to show her how He might use her as a trainer. He answered her prayer by giving her opportunities to have spiritual conversations with athletes on a regular basis. For the first time she saw how God could use her in a job she loved. This was confirmation that the Lord was sending her to reach athletes for Him by working as an athletic trainer. Now she works at Central Michigan University where she has numerous opportunities to tell students about Jesus and build them up in their faith.
One of these students was Jenna. Jenade began to mentor her soon after she started to follow Christ. During their time together Jenade asked, “Is there someone you know who is interested in spiritual things?” In fact, there was! Jenna’s sister was also an athlete at the school and was very interested. So they set up a time to meet with her. To both of their surprise, after going through a simple gospel presentation, Jenna’s sister surrendered her life to the Lord!
Jenade often tells the girls she mentors that she meets with them because people took time out of their busy schedules to meet with her when she was in college. Because God’s people invested in her, she is now investing in others. She believes that she has been sent to the campus to encourage others in Christ and share the gospel. She says, “It’s what has changed my life and it would be awful if I did not share that same message with others.”
Jenade is the kind of graduate we are working to send all over the world. Someone who follows Christ and makes Him known. It was a privilege to work with Jenade and produce a video that tells her story as an encouragement to students across the country. Our desire is for students to watch it and say, “I could do that!” We pray that it will be a blessing to you as it has been to many others. Check it out at here!
Praises:
• For graduates like Jenade who honor the Lord in their workplaces!
• For the 2 trafficking victims who were rescued last week in Orlando.
• For the Lord's goodness to us, His children.
• For the 2 trafficking victims who were rescued last week in Orlando.
• For the Lord's goodness to us, His children.
Prayer Requests:
• January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Please pray for the Lord to continue working to set free the millions of slaves in our world.
• Pray for 2 trafficking victims who were rescued last week in Orlando. Pray for their healing and recovery from the trauma they endured.
• Pray for Blair as he continues to cat vision for the many ways students can serve God by telling stories of graduates and producing videos.
• January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Please pray for the Lord to continue working to set free the millions of slaves in our world.
• Pray for 2 trafficking victims who were rescued last week in Orlando. Pray for their healing and recovery from the trauma they endured.
• Pray for Blair as he continues to cat vision for the many ways students can serve God by telling stories of graduates and producing videos.
