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new areas: Central California, Northeast Ohio,<br />
and Colorado. Bob Willis brings decades of<br />
international ministry experience to our team.<br />
Luke Peters served as captain for the Wheaton<br />
College basketball team and will be a dynamite<br />
leader for the growing movement in Ohio.<br />
Andi Custer, whom I’ve known since we were<br />
missionary kids together overseas, will bring<br />
a contagious love for the Lord and the lost<br />
to students in Colorado - and I believe soon<br />
throughout the Rocky Mountain region.<br />
God has also grown the impact of our Online<br />
Coaching Center. As our team had opportunities<br />
to promote the mission on a broader stage at<br />
camps, conferences, and on social media, we<br />
were able to help more students around the<br />
nation bring the gospel to their schools. Our<br />
online coaching team equipped students for<br />
campus outreach in 12 states where we do not<br />
yet have personnel.<br />
With the rest of the country before us, we continue<br />
to pray earnestly to the Lord to provide laborers<br />
for his harvest. Visit <strong>Decision</strong><strong>Point</strong>.org/join to<br />
see our staff openings. Pray with us, consider<br />
joining our growing team, and please share<br />
these opportunities with your friends.<br />
Praise God for how He has led and guided us<br />
since Warren founded this ministry 21 years<br />
ago. On a personal note, this year I completed<br />
my 20th year of service with <strong>Decision</strong> <strong>Point</strong>. It<br />
has been a privilege to serve under Warren’s<br />
godly leadership during these years. I was<br />
humbled earlier this year when he called to<br />
say that he would like to pass me the baton as<br />
CEO. Warren has made a huge impact on my<br />
life and the lives of so many around the world.<br />
He has set an amazing example of faithfulness,<br />
prayerful reliance on the Holy Spirit, and<br />
unrelenting sacrificial service for the Lord.<br />
I am grateful for his continued service with<br />
<strong>Decision</strong> <strong>Point</strong> as Founder and a member<br />
of the board.<br />
As we look at everything going on in our<br />
world today, I am reminded how lost this<br />
generation is. That’s why we’re committed to<br />
proclaiming the gospel to the next generation<br />
till every student has heard. We want to see the<br />
next generation say, “I have decided to follow<br />
Jesus.” We are praying that God will save this<br />
generation and ask that you join us in fervent<br />
prayer toward that end as well.<br />
As we help students lead for Jesus in an<br />
increasingly hostile world, we are helping<br />
them count the cost on the front lines and<br />
be resolved to lead. God has called us to<br />
strengthen a remnant of young leaders who<br />
are ready to stand for Christ, live for Christ,<br />
witness for Christ, and endure hardship for<br />
His name because He is worth it.<br />
And students are doing just that.<br />
Students are standing for Christ, even when<br />
it means standing alone. Eli is a young man in<br />
the San Francisco area. Eli came to a <strong>Decision</strong><br />
<strong>Point</strong> event earlier this year where he decided to<br />
recommit his life to Christ and reach his school<br />
for Christ. He had to put up with students<br />
tearing down his posters, a club advisor who<br />
was unsupportive of his mission, and hostility<br />
from other teachers. “One time,” Eli said, “we<br />
were passing gospel booklets and a teacher<br />
asked me what we were giving out. I gave her<br />
a copy of the booklet and she started yelling<br />
at me…I found out she even reported me to the<br />
Vice Principal.” But Eli stood strong through it<br />
all. The Lord rewarded his effort and he saw<br />
170 students attend his outreach this May and<br />
many of his peers decide to follow Jesus!<br />
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