Summer Campaign

Summer Campaign

Ioften joke that my job as the Director of Development for Crossover Community Impact is to “trust God for all of us.” God promises to provide for our needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19), and I am floored by the way He has provided and continues to provide faithfully for the Crossover Family!

The song, “Great is Thy Faithfulness” still brings me to tears 17 years later because I remember being newly married to my honey of a month and moving to Dallas with an apartment and not one single job between the two of us. We watched God miraculously provide for our little family of two through a scholarship Philip had received 5 years ago but was unable to take advantage of in 1997 because of His football scholarship to the University of Tulsa. We were there from June to October before I was gainfully employed, and every one of our needs was provided for.

I have seen God do a similar work for Crossover, and it often comes through donations, but I’ve also seen it in people partnering with us in other ways to do this great work! I could name a number of examples from each of our entities, but I will just list a few to show you what I am talking about! I’m reminded of Dr. Kent Farish shutting down his practice in south Tulsa of 30 years to come and be the founding physician for Crossover Health Services. I saw David and Janice Connolly uproot their family from Texas after 16 years to join the Crossover Prep and Crossover Community Impact staffs respectively. I heard for the first time recently that Janet Hendricks had finally gotten the promotion she had hoped for at her job in Georgia when God called her family back to north Tulsa, so that she could run the Crossover Community Center. I won’t even list the number of jobs Philip had offered her husband, Chasten, over the years! Isaac Bennett was enjoying the fruits of graduating from college when he chose to join our team as the Crossover Sports Association Director. Truly, I am sure that people are tired of hearing me say that our Executive Director has a masters from Harvard that would allow him to write his own ticket to anywhere, and yet he chose to commit his life to this work in north Tulsa.

Has God started writing your story of commitment to the welfare of others, especially those in north Tulsa? I sure hope so! There are so many ways that you could partner with us in this great work, so that our story becomes a part of yours. Every bit of your financial support moves this work forward! Literally $10 per month allows us to provide supplies for students in our IMPACT Kids Program for example which makes a huge IMPACT. Our goal is $75,000. Will you join us to help others write their stories of experiencing God’s grace through the partnership and support of people like you? We would be so grateful if you did!

Grateful for you,

Rondalyn Abode Director of Development www.crossoverimpact.org