Dear friends,

God is good. All the time. Can you say "Amen?" <grin>

Yes indeed, God is good, but in my typical imperfect way, I often don't recognize His goodness. Throughout this year I was often frustrated and discouraged because I had thought that I'd stopped growing in the Lord. But I kept trying to be faithful and to do His will and now that I look back over what has happened, I realize that I've learned an amazing amount . . . even when the student is someone like me, God is a wonderful teacher. Though I'm still quite a young Christian, in many ways I've really learned to trust in Him. Keeping the Sabbath ad tithing have shown me how faithful He is in providing both time and money and have reminded me that all that I have was given to me by Him. And I hardly need to say how faithful He's been with His ministry of Under Construction.

This summer I want to continue to live in faithfulness and in service to Him. I'll be working with an InterVarsity program called Boston Urban Internships. We will be living in a house in Dorchester, trying to show God's love to our neighbors. During the day, my team and I will be working at Place of Promise, a house which serves as a home to the homeless, to drug-addicts, and to AIDS victims. We will be creating a day camp there to serve and provide for inner-city youth.

I'm really excited about this opportunity, for obvious reason. But then again, you may be wondering why I want to be in the city. You may be remembering that I'm a country boy at heart and really hate cities. So what am I doing? I believe that God is calling me to serve Him in medicine. And I know that some of the greatest need for caring and able doctors is in the inner city. This summer (among other things) I'm hoping to see how God will teach me to love His cities as much as the rest of His land.

I'm writing to you because I would love to have your prayers or your financial support. I will need constant prayer to keep me faithful to God and loving towards His people. And I will need to raise $1500 for the summer, which will cover the costs of the program.

Thanks for everything you've shown and taught me. Please pray for me this summer. I am indebted to you.