Dear friends,

It has now been half a year since Boston Urban Internships and Project Destiny and things are different--and the same. Perhaps I've changed a lot. Perhaps I've stayed the same. Well, why don't I tell you a little more about the end of my summer and what's happened since?

But first, I do need to praise God for His faithfulness in providing financially and to thank you all for your monetary support. I admit that at times during the summer I doubted that I was meant to be there and part of it was my inability to reach my support total (as I'd told my parents I would), but two days before the end of the program, I received two checks that let me reach (and exceed!) the $1500. Praise God!

Well, Project Destiny certainly ended with a bang. Of the kids in my small group, Justin, Nathan, and Richard all accepted Jesus as their Lord. Jeffrey and Ricky did not, but they were both interested and just scared of what the commitment entailed. Please pray for all of them as they continue their journeys of faith.

BUI ended--with a challenge. In the last week of the program we began to learn the meaning of community. Before then we were just fifteen people who happened to live together. But at the beginning of the last week we sat down at our weekly house meeting and realized that we were not truly living out the community God desired. It was a hard lesson to learn. but one which will be with each of us for many years to come.

We did not achieve the community we desired. Not that summer. But we planted seeds for growth in our Lord. And I am excited to see where that will take us.

Recently, I have been convicted of my need to evangelize to this unreached world. This time, however, I prefer to remain completely in the will of my Lord. Though God supported me through the summer, I doubt that I really ever let Him have control.

I am sure that that is not all that I learned this summer...but if it had been, perhaps His will has still been done. Thank you for everything.

For His name's sake,
Jonathan