It occurred to me the other day that I never really wrote about the environment we have been placed in to share the gospel, or the reason that we are here so I plan to do so in this update.
North Myrtle Beach is a HUGE tourist area and at the beginning of each and every summer it is literally overrun with freshly graduated High School seniors who come down for the "best week of their lives" which involves a LOT of underage drinking, getting high, among other things. Essentially what society views as "living it up".
Just the other day as a caravan of teenagers moved in to their beach house location and broke out the beanbags and booze they were busted by some police and had to pour out about 21 cases of alcohol and a fridges worth of liquor. I'm pretty sure that they received hefty underage tickets as well.
But this does not stop the thrill seekers who are looking for a good time because come nightfall that same night large groups of students were out walking to other houses in search of parties.
These nights often end in hangovers, waking up with someone you don't know, in some cases (though pretty rarely reported) rape of young women and so on and so forth.
This is the reality of North Myrtle Beach's party season. This is why we are here, to share the gospel with as many people as possible.
However, despite this dynamic of living in the moment we have also seen over 30 students trust their lives to Christ, and literally hundreds have been presented with Christ's message of grace and forgiveness, praise Him!
I had the privilege of presenting the gospel with two such individuals and to see them choose Christ over the temporary world!
At Chick Fil A (where I am currently working) God has blessed our relationships, we have an incredible staff to work with and what's more encouraging is that a little over half our daytime staff are going to be coming to our weekly Campus Crusade meeting along with many who have trusted Christ from our outreach, yet another place where they can hear the truth and power of Christ.
I will be sharing my story for the project at this week's meeting and am very excited for that.
Please keep me in your prayers for my support raising as I face the reality of being sent home early due to only partial support being raised.
My Support Currently: $1,450
Needed Support: $2,490
I am praying that God's will will be done regardless of if I will be staying the entire time or not. It is in His hands.
Also please keep our project in your prayers as we reach out to the students of this community.
Most Humbly In Him,
Josh
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