Prayer Partners,
In just nine days, Emily and I will be entering our new calling and purpose by moving to Boston. We seek to obey John 20:21, which says, “Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.’” With that in mind, we have three prayer requests as we live sent on this new mission field.
1. Gospel boldness and favor at BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Emily and I will be hosting a team of 10 people from our home church, Hickory Grove, as we lead out in a move-in initiative on the campus of Boston University (BU). BU has an undergraduate population of approximately 18,000 students, the majority of which are not Christian. Our team will be partnering with Cru, a faithful yet small Christian organization on campus, to move in college students on September 1 and build intentional relationships with unbelievers to advance the gospel on BU’s campus. Emily and I will be living sent to Boston University.
2. Gospel boldness and favor in BRIGHTON, MA
Emily and I will live in the neighborhood of Brighton, MA. These neighborhoods of Massachusetts are similar to towns, like Harrisburg, NC. Brighton is made up of 44,000 people in just four square miles with very little to no evangelical presence. Brighton is a neighborhood of internationals, college students, graduate students, and young career professionals. In Boston overall, most renters move in around September 1. Over that weekend and with the help of our Hickory Grove team, there will be numerous opportunities to move in our neighbors in the Brighton community. Emily and I will be living sent to Brighton, MA.
3. Gospel boldness and favor in COLBORNE PLACE
Emily and I will be living in an apartment complex called Colborne Place. Colborne Place has 28 units with approximately 50 occupants. To meet our new neighbors, we will be having a complex-wide cookout the first weekend we move in. We have already been shown favor by receiving permission to host the cookout as well as the personal help of the complex’s live-in superintendent, Tom. We pray that this cookout will be an opportunity for us to build intentional relationships with our neighbors and that our home would be known in our apartment complex as a place of hospitality, love, and truth. Emily and I will be living sent to Colborne Place apartment complex.
The weekend of September 1 will be one of the most strategic weekends of the year in Boston because of college move-in and community move-in opportunities. Please pray that we maximize these opportunities and magnify the name of Christ.