Welcome to the Fall?

Today is a beautiful day! Crisp mornings, changing leaves, football & hot chili by the fire...which all serve to welcome in a new season we call “Fall”. This time of year is so wonderful, and reminds me that we are no longer living on the surface of the sun as we did this summer. It’s also a reminder that many things go into dormancy (like my grass & flowers), or they simply die altogether (leaves on the trees).

As I’ve journeyed through the scriptures the past few months with our Trek-Xers, I have been so reminded of the seriousness of the “Fall” of man. How at that very point, many things died with such absolute completeness, never to return until Christ returns. Sin in the garden plunged mankind into deep separation and isolation from a perfect relationship with God. It ruptured the God-created order of the universe and birthed a fatal cancer that is still plaguing the human race. It’s called sin! A topic that many pastors, including Joel O’steen himself refuses to preach. But that sin, is what makes Christ’s coming in the flesh such incredible news!! If he came just to help us live our best life now, then he is nothing more than a motivational guru or personal fitness trainer. However, He came to destroy the works of the devil, and set captives free from the bondage of sin and the curse handed down to us from our original parents in the garden...because SIN IS REAL. Sin kills, it steals, and it destroys our lives.

We see it in the more than 50% of marriages that end in divorce in America. It’s why 2 out of 3 students grow up in America without a dad in the home. It’s why we have gated communities, locks on the doors of our homes & cars, and why we have passwords on our computers. It what makes the evening news, and why bad things happen to supposed good people. It’s what keeps entire countries, towns, and villages around the world in grinding poverty. It’s even why we wear clothes. It’s all around us, yet we grow very comfortable with our sin. We manage it. We embrace it. We make excuses for it.

However, our God is greater than all our sin and offers freedom from it’s condemning effect, as well as it’s grip upon our very lives. It is also why we as believer’s and true disciples of Christ must proclaim the Gospel to the nations, bringing light to dark places, and offering the Gospel to those held captive by sin. We are His ambassadors.

Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother. (1John 3:7-10)

I pray that we may be marked for Christ as the children of God, throwing off everything and the sin that so easily entangles, so we can live unashamed lives for the Name of Christ...and ultimately be the bearer of good news. That Jesus is the Christ, the son of the living God, who has come to set men free and destroy the works of the devil. Sin has lost it’s power, death has lost it’s sting!

I pray we all evaluate our lives as the psalmist did when he said,

"Search me, O God, and know my heart; 
test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, 
and lead me in the way everlasting."

So, this Fall...enjoy the changing of the seasons like I plan to, but I pray it reminds us all of a bigger theme in our world. Man has fallen, and he can’t get up! Will you join Christ in his work of redeeming lost humanity for the glory of God?

Thank you so much for all your help and prayers as we move forward to Launch the Next Generation Missionary.



- - - - - - LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN SERVE YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS IN 2011 - - - - -

MISSION TRIPS: 7 LOCATIONS ON 5 CONTINENTS
(Puerto Rico, Haiti, Guatemala, Brazil, Romania, Kenya, Philippines)

SHARING CHRIST - the only answer for the human condition
PLANTING CHURCHES - gathering converts around the Word of God to begin weekly Bible Studies
SERVING THE POOR - meeting physical needs

* All-inclusive, fully-staffed, you serve with your students & we handle all logistics,
pre & post trip devos/training, daily pics/blogs uploaded for trip reports, etc.


TREK-X: A 4-YEAR JOURNEY FOR THE MISSIONAL STUDENT (18-25 year olds)

COLLEGE - completing bachelors/masters/seminary at the online university of your choice
DISCIPLESHIP - foundations, bible/theology, missions/worldview, personal evangelism/servant
leadership & spiritual disciplines
MISSIONS - travel the world on mission as a team. (2 years in Nashville / 2 years international)

* Give your students a launching pad to change the world as they leave your ministry - TREK-X.
* Scholarships are available to students from ministries who are formally partnered with Trek-X.

APPLY FOR TREK-X 2011 (Apply early, but you must be 18-25 years old upon entry)
DISCOVER WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MINISTRY TO BECOME A TREK-X PARTNER

VISIT WWW.MOBILIZINGSTUDENTS.COM


Until Every Nation Knows!! (Hab. 1:5)

Chris White
President
Mobilizing Students, Inc.
www.mobilizingstudents.com
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Here We Go!

WE ARE FINALLY HERE!

As I write this, our Trek-X students are packing their final items into suitcases and loading their cars to begin their journey to Nashville. Some are already on the way from far away places, and more will arrive in the morning. Our staff will arrive at my house tonight for a pre-orientation party & prayer time for Trek-X. Everything is done. We are ready. And we can’t wait to have our Trek-X students here.

Trek-X has been something that has been on my heart since 2006 when we first began receiving emails & FaceBook messages from students saying that they wanted more from life than just going to college and getting a job. The mission trips they had served on had truly impacted their lives, wetting their appetites for a greater purpose. Something bigger than themselves. Something worth their entire life. They had experienced what we call a “collision”. It happens when the American dream that we’ve all grown up with collides with the Kingdom dream of Christ, awakening us to a higher call. Our God given global purpose. It’s like finding a whole new world that we hungered for, but never knew existed.

The bombardment of emails from these students who wanted to engage the world NOW, was overwhelming and exciting at the same time. I began praying immediately, asking God what He was doing in this generation, and what His plan was for mobilizing them. We don’t need another program, and I didn’t want to just dream something up for them to do...which would be easy for me since I’m a dreamer.

Anyway, Trek-X was His answer to that prayer. He said...”Remove all the barriers for this generation to engage with me NOW. No more waiting. The time is NOW! Allow them to complete their COLLEGE, then DISCIPLE them the way I discipled my twelve, and take them all over the world on MISSION to plant the Gospel among the poor & marginalized....all at the same time”. So that’s what we’re doing. And I can’t believe it’s finally here.

By the way, applications from students to begin Trek-X in 2011 are already coming in. That’s really exciting. However, we will only have 32 spots available (16 guys/16 girls), and some of those are already taken. So, help us continue to spread the word, and if you’re a student interested in Trek-X...don’t wait too long to apply. You can apply as early as your junior year in high school.

I want to say thank you to everyone who gave funds or donated furniture for the students’ condos. (Friends from TX, TN, FL, MS, GA, and AL). Thanks to Chris Thomas & Reed Jones for loading up furniture from all our friends in Aberdeen, MS and delivering it to us in Nashville. You guys rock! Thanks to my wife, Christy, who has worked tirelessly to host people in our home, plan & order the meals for this orientation weekend, arrange the student welcome packets, homeschool Caroline, cook daily meals, and still run our home with precision...all at the same time. You are SuperWoman!

Finally, as we begin this inaugural year of Trek-X, please commit to pray with us that the Holy Spirit will guide our steps, provide protection as we travel the world sharing the Gospel, and empower us with energy & clarity to pour the right spiritual DNA into each student.

Thank you so much for all your help and prayers as we move forward to Launch the Next Generation Missionary.
Until Every Nation Knows! (Hab. 1:5)

Chris White
President/Founder
Mobilizing Students
www.mobilizingstudents.com