At the celebration of BJ's life, 97 students responded to the call of Christ to take His name around the world!

I think it is time to update you on what that looks like (as much as I can).

First, I want to remind you that BJ's cousin Joshua, who bears BJ's Sword, was the first to stand that day, to proclaim that he was called. Three years later, he would stand on a street corner in Peru and preach the Word of God...at the age of 9!

Many went before BJ. Many went with BJ. Many have gone since he went. With the help of Mercyme and many of you, a fund entitled BJ's Hope was established. It is a missions scholarship that my family oversees, with the privilege of helping to send students around the world to serve!

This week, I am helping to prepare a team headed to Uganda and then later, our other summer missions teams, I think it relevant to tell you the places we have been able to help fund the work of our King.

So far, BJ's Hope Scholarship has help send students to the following nations:

Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, Kenya, Maldives, Peru, Philippines, Uganda and the USA!

We praise God for His provision! We know there are those who responded that day that may have gone elsewhere that we have lost track of. We praise Him for this journey!

A school in Piura, Peru, which carries BJ's name continues to function, in the raising up of children through educating them in the ways of our Lord.

We are receiving an increasing number of requests from more and more students who are called from all over our country to go and serve all over the world. We are so thankful to be a part of this. We also know that the resources are finite.

BJ would be thrilled to know that he has been a part of sending students to so many places! We trust you are as well.

What a privilege and a joy it is to be able to assist those who respond to God's call to GO! We always wish we could do more. It never seems like we are giving enough.

I will be gone the rest of this week to prepare a team of 15 (three are leaders and two are young children of the leadership) to head to Uganda for eight weeks. This group will live with the Tepez tribe of the Karamojong people (to learn more about them you can read my blogs from early February).

This team will join the Chile, Peru and South Asia teams on July 22 in Dallas, to celebrate all the Lord does this summer, to reach the unreached.

They urgently need your prayer support...even now as they train to go.

Have a great week!

Thank you for giving! Thank you for mobilizing! Thank you for GOing!

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