CONFERENCE ROCKS! 
Numbers were down for this year's Mid Year Conference (MYC), but it proved to be a great camp nevertheless. MYC is a week packed with bible talks, training levels and ample time at night to play Jenga, Risk or cards with others.

One night was dedicated to Student Life overseas missions during which the students involved in past missions did dramas or presentation highlights. Another night featured a talk on relationships where guys and girls split off to separately discuss this important but rarely addressed topic from a biblical point of view. 

The camp concluded with a Surf rescue drama, two kids having flipped their metal dingy in the Port Hacking River and calling out for help as dusk was setting. Several of us had to dive in and swim out to help.
JAPANESE PROJECT
Throughout August, a team of Campus Crusade Japanese students is visiting Australia. They will be helping with 
 
 
Australian audience. I have Noriko Dethlefs to thank for her insights into Japanese culture.

THE POWER OF PRAYER
OK, see the diagram below? Any ideas what it could represent? Let me tell you a little story and I'll get back to it in a minute…
 
 
evangelism on campuses while broadening their own vision. It will be quite interesting to observe the reactions of Australian students to being witnessed to by Japanese. Japan is a nation dominated by materialism, Shintoism and Buddhism, Christians accounting for less than 3% of the population. 

To assist their evangelistic efforts, a survey of Australian culture and views will be provided that opens opportunities for the Japanese students to share their testimonies. Wording the questions to allow such openings takes some thought, understanding from what experiences a Japanese Christian is coming from and how that can best be related to an 
 
 
During MYC I got to meet up with Gabrielle, a friend who's studying education at UWS. Last 
 
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