168 Winthrop Mail Center
Cambridge, MA02138
March 10, 2004
AaronBarth
278 Kirkland Mail Center
Cambridge, MA02138
Dear Aaron,
As you know, Jesus is the center of my life today. While I'm a junior at Harvard studying mathematics (I hope to teach in the future), what’s most important is that God is calling me to touch people’s lives in many different ways. The last three years have been a time of incredible humbling and a time of growth in my walk with God. And while that is a good enough reason to be writing this letter, I would love to share a little more my story to put everything into context. As a kid, I was blessed with a knack for mathematics and for chess. It served me well for a time, but in middle school I started to rely on myself and sheer strength of will to achieve worldly success. And when my talents started to become gods, they started to make me into a horrible person. In the glory winning a national chess tournament, I found I had nothing to turn to but my own ambition and self-reliance, on a road which had already destroyed my closest friendships and alienated those that cared the most for me. In the midst of despair I finally understood some of myself—and hated what I saw. It was then that God took me in my brokenness and showed me that He loved me, that He sent His Son to die for me, and that my identity was to be found in Christ. God loved me even in the worst moments of my life, even as I was worshipping my idea of success.
I suppose that I am slightly atypical among Christians because I was not given the chance to go to church weekly before coming to college. But God provided the relationships that I needed. Through the unceasing love of half a dozen very special people and many long-distance phone calls, God fed and sustained me through high school. Now that I have been at Harvard, though, I have seen and experienced a deep and continued transformation through God's power in the Christian community. Christian Impact (Campus Crusade for Christ) at Harvard became my first spiritual family—a place to sing for joy, a place to weep, and most of all a place that encouraged me to confess my sins and be renewed by God’s grace every day. This winter, God called me to help lead Christian Impact. Though I had no confidence in my own ability to lead, God continued to show me the ways that He had been preparing me through the years. I want to tell people about Jesus, and to love them as Jesus loves me. Well, I had been on the receiving end of that story all along because of people like you, Aaron. I had wonderful examples of how to give, to heal, and how to pour myself out for others.
Having tasted the tremendous blessing of this family, I would like other college students to be blessed something like it. So in addition to serving through Christian Impact at Harvard, I hope to be going in a few weeks to OxfordUniversity with a team of students from Harvard and BrownUniversity to help jump start an Agape (Campus Crusade) ministry there. There are more than 16,500 students at OxfordUniversity and less than 2% would consider themselves Christian. The others simply have not heard of and do not come in contact with the Christian body. Agape's role, and our team vision (like that of CCC in the U.S.), is to share the Gospel with every student and to train students to do the same. The spiritual climate at Oxford is very postmodern: students simply do not see the relevance of God in their daily lives. But, as these things always are, most are still searching for some greater meaning to life than academics and success. This is why I hope to be able to go and serve my Lord there.
Since the dates (March 27 to April 2) are coming up very soon, you have probably guessed that I am writing to ask for your help. I’ll be very direct. First and foremost, I'm asking for your prayers. As this is God's work, there is nothing more important than the presence of the Holy Spirit, the opening of people's hearts both at Oxford and in the team that is going there. I personally request prayer for my preparation, for renewal each day as I'm there, and for words to be given to me so that I will fearlessly and lovingly make known the gospel. Second, I am asking that if God places this upon your heart, that you might prayerfully consider partnering with me in this ministry with a gift of $20, $30, or $50. To cover the costs of airfare, housing, food, and other expenses, I need to raise $1000 by March 19, 2004. Please use the enclosed card to let me know of your decision either way. Your gift is tax-deductible and your check can be made out to “Campus Crusade for Christ.” Again, I would like to emphasize prayer in this partnership (“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests…” Eph 6:18), but if you are called to contribute financial resources, they are much needed and much appreciated.
Thank you so much for your time in reading this. And thank you even more for the blessing that you, Aaron, have been in my life. Please let me know now or in the future if there is any way I can support you in any way. Whatever you decide, I look forward to hearing from you!
Yours truly,
Andrew Chi
School Address (Primary):168 Winthrop Mail Center
Cambridge, MA02138
(617) 493-5586 / Home Address:
7235 S. Kingswood St.
Terre Haute, IN47802
(812) 299-3484 / Email:
Cell: (812) 240-3363
168 Winthrop Mail Center
Cambridge, MA02138
March 10, 2004
JustinBosley
65 Stockton St.
Princeton, NJ08540
Dear Justin,
As you know, Jesus is the center of my life today. While I'm a junior at Harvard studying mathematics (I hope to teach in the future), what’s most important is that God is calling me to touch people’s lives in many different ways. The last three years have been a time of incredible humbling and a time of growth in my walk with God. And while that is a good enough reason to be writing this letter, I would love to share a little more my story to put everything into context. As a kid, I was blessed with a knack for mathematics and for chess. It served me well for a time, but in middle school I started to rely on myself and sheer strength of will to achieve worldly success. And when my talents started to become gods, they started to make me into a horrible person. In the glory winning a national chess tournament, I found I had nothing to turn to but my own ambition and self-reliance, on a road which had already destroyed my closest friendships and alienated those that cared the most for me. In the midst of despair I finally understood some of myself—and hated what I saw. It was then that God took me in my brokenness and showed me that He loved me, that He sent His Son to die for me, and that my identity was to be found in Christ. God loved me even in the worst moments of my life, even as I was worshipping my idea of success.
I suppose that I am slightly atypical among Christians because I was not given the chance to go to church weekly before coming to college. But God provided the relationships that I needed. Through the unceasing love of half a dozen very special people and many long-distance phone calls, God fed and sustained me through high school. Now that I have been at Harvard, though, I have seen and experienced a deep and continued transformation through God's power in the Christian community. Christian Impact (Campus Crusade for Christ) at Harvard became my first spiritual family—a place to sing for joy, a place to weep, and most of all a place that encouraged me to confess my sins and be renewed by God’s grace every day. This winter, God called me to help lead Christian Impact. Though I had no confidence in my own ability to lead, God continued to show me the ways that He had been preparing me through the years. I want to tell people about Jesus, and to love them as Jesus loves me. Well, I had been on the receiving end of that story all along because of people like you, Justin. I had wonderful examples of how to give, to heal, and how to pour myself out for others.
Having tasted the tremendous blessing of this family, I would like other college students to be blessed something like it. So in addition to serving through Christian Impact at Harvard, I hope to be going in a few weeks to OxfordUniversity with a team of students from Harvard and BrownUniversity to help jump start an Agape (Campus Crusade) ministry there. There are more than 16,500 students at OxfordUniversity and less than 2% would consider themselves Christian. The others simply have not heard of and do not come in contact with the Christian body. Agape's role, and our team vision (like that of CCC in the U.S.), is to share the Gospel with every student and to train students to do the same. The spiritual climate at Oxford is very postmodern: students simply do not see the relevance of God in their daily lives. But, as these things always are, most are still searching for some greater meaning to life than academics and success. This is why I hope to be able to go and serve my Lord there.
Since the dates (March 27 to April 2) are coming up very soon, you have probably guessed that I am writing to ask for your help. I’ll be very direct. First and foremost, I'm asking for your prayers. As this is God's work, there is nothing more important than the presence of the Holy Spirit, the opening of people's hearts both at Oxford and in the team that is going there. I personally request prayer for my preparation, for renewal each day as I'm there, and for words to be given to me so that I will fearlessly and lovingly make known the gospel. Second, I am asking that if God places this upon your heart, that you might prayerfully consider partnering with me in this ministry with a gift of $20, $30, or $50. To cover the costs of airfare, housing, food, and other expenses, I need to raise $1000 by March 19, 2004. Please use the enclosed card to let me know of your decision either way. Your gift is tax-deductible and your check can be made out to “Campus Crusade for Christ.” Again, I would like to emphasize prayer in this partnership (“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests…” Eph 6:18), but if you are called to contribute financial resources, they are much needed and much appreciated.
Thank you so much for your time in reading this. And thank you even more for the blessing that you, Justin, have been in my life. Please let me know now or in the future if there is any way I can support you in any way. Whatever you decide, I look forward to hearing from you!
Yours truly,
Andrew Chi
School Address (Primary):168 Winthrop Mail Center
Cambridge, MA02138
(617) 493-5586 / Home Address:
7235 S. Kingswood St.
Terre Haute, IN47802
(812) 299-3484 / Email:
Cell: (812) 240-3363
168 Winthrop Mail Center
Cambridge, MA02138
March 10, 2004
SorchaBrophy
23 Quincy Mail Center
Cambridge, MA02138
Dear Sorcha,
As you know, Jesus is the center of my life today. While I'm a junior at Harvard studying mathematics (I hope to teach in the future), what’s most important is that God is calling me to touch people’s lives in many different ways. The last three years have been a time of incredible humbling and a time of growth in my walk with God. And while that is a good enough reason to be writing this letter, I would love to share a little more my story to put everything into context. As a kid, I was blessed with a knack for mathematics and for chess. It served me well for a time, but in middle school I started to rely on myself and sheer strength of will to achieve worldly success. And when my talents started to become gods, they started to make me into a horrible person. In the glory winning a national chess tournament, I found I had nothing to turn to but my own ambition and self-reliance, on a road which had already destroyed my closest friendships and alienated those that cared the most for me. In the midst of despair I finally understood some of myself—and hated what I saw. It was then that God took me in my brokenness and showed me that He loved me, that He sent His Son to die for me, and that my identity was to be found in Christ. God loved me even in the worst moments of my life, even as I was worshipping my idea of success.
I suppose that I am slightly atypical among Christians because I was not given the chance to go to church weekly before coming to college. But God provided the relationships that I needed. Through the unceasing love of half a dozen very special people and many long-distance phone calls, God fed and sustained me through high school. Now that I have been at Harvard, though, I have seen and experienced a deep and continued transformation through God's power in the Christian community. Christian Impact (Campus Crusade for Christ) at Harvard became my first spiritual family—a place to sing for joy, a place to weep, and most of all a place that encouraged me to confess my sins and be renewed by God’s grace every day. This winter, God called me to help lead Christian Impact. Though I had no confidence in my own ability to lead, God continued to show me the ways that He had been preparing me through the years. I want to tell people about Jesus, and to love them as Jesus loves me. Well, I had been on the receiving end of that story all along because of people like you, Sorcha. I had wonderful examples of how to give, to heal, and how to pour myself out for others.
Having tasted the tremendous blessing of this family, I would like other college students to be blessed something like it. So in addition to serving through Christian Impact at Harvard, I hope to be going in a few weeks to OxfordUniversity with a team of students from Harvard and BrownUniversity to help jump start an Agape (Campus Crusade) ministry there. There are more than 16,500 students at OxfordUniversity and less than 2% would consider themselves Christian. The others simply have not heard of and do not come in contact with the Christian body. Agape's role, and our team vision (like that of CCC in the U.S.), is to share the Gospel with every student and to train students to do the same. The spiritual climate at Oxford is very postmodern: students simply do not see the relevance of God in their daily lives. But, as these things always are, most are still searching for some greater meaning to life than academics and success. This is why I hope to be able to go and serve my Lord there.
Since the dates (March 27 to April 2) are coming up very soon, you have probably guessed that I am writing to ask for your help. I’ll be very direct. First and foremost, I'm asking for your prayers. As this is God's work, there is nothing more important than the presence of the Holy Spirit, the opening of people's hearts both at Oxford and in the team that is going there. I personally request prayer for my preparation, for renewal each day as I'm there, and for words to be given to me so that I will fearlessly and lovingly make known the gospel. Second, I am asking that if God places this upon your heart, that you might prayerfully consider partnering with me in this ministry with a gift of $20, $30, or $50. To cover the costs of airfare, housing, food, and other expenses, I need to raise $1000 by March 19, 2004. Please use the enclosed card to let me know of your decision either way. Your gift is tax-deductible and your check can be made out to “Campus Crusade for Christ.” Again, I would like to emphasize prayer in this partnership (“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests…” Eph 6:18), but if you are called to contribute financial resources, they are much needed and much appreciated.
Thank you so much for your time in reading this. And thank you even more for the blessing that you, Sorcha, have been in my life. Please let me know now or in the future if there is any way I can support you in any way. Whatever you decide, I look forward to hearing from you!
Yours truly,
Andrew Chi
School Address (Primary):168 Winthrop Mail Center
Cambridge, MA02138
(617) 493-5586 / Home Address:
7235 S. Kingswood St.
Terre Haute, IN47802
(812) 299-3484 / Email:
Cell: (812) 240-3363
168 Winthrop Mail Center
Cambridge, MA02138
March 10, 2004
NateBrown
Dear Nate,
As you know, Jesus is the center of my life today. While I'm a junior at Harvard studying mathematics (I hope to teach in the future), what’s most important is that God is calling me to touch people’s lives in many different ways. The last three years have been a time of incredible humbling and a time of growth in my walk with God. And while that is a good enough reason to be writing this letter, I would love to share a little more my story to put everything into context. As a kid, I was blessed with a knack for mathematics and for chess. It served me well for a time, but in middle school I started to rely on myself and sheer strength of will to achieve worldly success. And when my talents started to become gods, they started to make me into a horrible person. In the glory winning a national chess tournament, I found I had nothing to turn to but my own ambition and self-reliance, on a road which had already destroyed my closest friendships and alienated those that cared the most for me. In the midst of despair I finally understood some of myself—and hated what I saw. It was then that God took me in my brokenness and showed me that He loved me, that He sent His Son to die for me, and that my identity was to be found in Christ. God loved me even in the worst moments of my life, even as I was worshipping my idea of success.