Generation Link: The Great Northern Adventure: Spring Break 2011

March 19th-24th twenty-five college students, twenty-five international students, and 7 Crosspoint staff spent their spring break in New York, Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Annapolis. The international students were from ten different countries including places like China, India, Russian, Tunisia, Iran, and Germany! Weems Creek Baptist church in Annapolis, MD was kind enough to host all 57 of us in 17 different homes.

The purpose of the trip was for Crosspoint college students to spend time building relationships with international students. Did you know that at Clemson there are over 1,000 international students from more than 80 different countries? At Crosspoint, we desire to be faithful with the gospel by seeking to reach these students with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

One of my favorite parts of the trip was getting to partner with the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. We had the chance to walk around the Naval Academy and then join the midshipmen in BCM for dinner. After dinner we participated in the BCM weekly meeting. It was a lot of fun to interact with the midshipmen and to see a part of Annapolis that a lot of people don't get to see!

Another favorite part of the trip many students have mentioned is the stay in their host home. The students seem to really enjoy getting to have dinner with their family and being a part of their lives. I pray these students would see a picture of the gospel through the hospitality of these families.

Overall, the trip was a huge success (I mean, no one got lost in New York)! The students seemed to form close relationships with one another. There were many opportunities to have good conversations and to share the gospel. Hopefully, these relationships will continue into the summer and fall. Please pray for the relationships that were formed and international students in Clemson, SC.