Stint: Short-Term International sending

A few weeks ago, more than 400 recent grads and staff from the US and Canada attended the Global Stint Briefing. These laborers ("Stinters"), will spend the next year of their lives in a foreign country, building spiritual movements by sharing the gospel, discipling students and increasing spiritual awareness in their neighborhoods.

These 400+ laborers are traveling to 37 different countries and 65 different locations. We are trusting God to grow the total number of US Stinters to 700 within the next 2 years.

From the Upper Midwest, we saw 40 "Stinters" leave for 6 different cities in 4 countries. They will join international campus staff (ICS, basically meaning long-term) in growing and building movements in their neighborhoods and cities. Two Stinters are on staff with Cru, and the rest are recent graduates that are giving a year of their lives to international missions.

I was talking with a staff friend this summer, and she mentioned that in 1994, we sent a total of 4 Stinters- 3 staff with Cru, and 1 recent grad (my friend), to one country: Latvia.

Since then, God has opened doors for us all over the world and has greatly blessed our efforts in sending recent college grads and staff on short-term international missions.

How you can pray for these Stinters:

*Thank God for all the laborers he's raised up to take the gospel all over the world!

*Ask Him to continue to send laborers overseas, where the fields are ready to be harvested

*Pray that each Stinter would:

-Love the Lord

-Love their team
-Learn a new world

-Launch a movement that goes on to change the world!

How you can pray for returning Stinters:

*Pray they would continue to walk closely with the Lord upon returning home

*Pray they would transition well back to life in America

*Pray that they would have discernment and direction as they decide what to do (find a job in the marketplace, join staff with CCC, or go to grad school).