This is taken from a letter from our outgoing Collegiate President of Navs. I thought you might enjoy seeing a bigger view of what God has been doing in Navs the past few years. I consider it a "praise" list in my prayer time and am humbled to be a small part of what He is doing through ministries of all kinds all around the world.
From Mike Jordahl:
Here are a few of the great things we rejoice over God doing…
Thousands of students and graduates who have trusted Christ and who now have life and hope through His faithfulness and your labors.
Thousands more who have gained a heart to live and labor among the lost wherever God takes them in their journeys.
A Collegiate Staff that has grown from
276 staff in 1995
408 staff in 2000
530 in 2005
680 today
A thriving EDGE Corps full of wonderful young men and women who, with the rest of us, truly love Jesus and embrace our Navigator Calling. (552 have served with EDGE Corps since its inception in 1995!)
Hundreds of students attending EDGE Previews where they are introduced to the entire Navigator world, challenged in our Calling and invited to join us in our Calling as EDGErs, overseas or in their chosen career fields.
Over ½ of our staff involved in receiving training or in training others, with most of our staff trainers in their 30’s.
Increasing numbers of volunteers leading 22 established Nav Fusion ministries and 43 developing Nav Fusion ministries – all of which are full partners in their Regions.
Five ethnic student ministries launched in the last few years with help from the Collegiate Ethnic Ministry 1% Charge. (And more ethnic focused ministries in the works right now.)
A growing number of gifted and wonderful ethnic students & staff locking arms with us and helping shape our future!
A growing heart for students of all ethnicities among Collegiate staff all over the country.
75 staff-led ministries in 2003 and 99 staff-led ministries today.
Twelve new Collegiate Regional Leaders over the past six years – and nine former Collegiate Regional Leaders now freed to serve and lead in new and vital arenas!
252 Navigator Staff units (including EDGErs) in their twenties
92 Navigators Staff units in their thirties (75% of Collegiate Staff are in their 20s or 30s!)
444 students and 249 staff who went overseas on USIMG Missions Trips from 2005 – 2008
33 Collegiate Staff sent overseas with USIMG from 2005 - 2008 on mid-term or long-term assignments
33 Collegiate Staff sent into other US Missions from 2003 - 2008
Increasing desire of Collegiate Staff to do our part to help Collegiate grads link with others who can help them continue in our Calling after their student years.
$22,000,000 given to support the ministries of Collegiate Navigators in FY 2007-2008!
As I list these wonderful things I am mindful of two important realities:
· That Psalm 115:1 is true:
“Not to us O Lord, not to us
But to your name be the glory,
Because of your love and faithfulness!
May we never take for ourselves any of the glory or honor for what He has done!
That there is also much we did not do – and therefore much work that remains to be done.
You are Boy-Trapped if: You have little plastic army guys guarding your fireplace. Your decorative pillows are more often part of a fort than ambiance. There is always a little boy voice on the other side of the bathroom door. Every time you settle down to read your Bible there is a boy in your lap. Every surface in your house is covered in lego fortresses...and you wouldn't have it any other way!
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