eGames

Tonight Andrew and I are going to be competing in the eGames, which is an event held by the Entrepreneurship Initiative at NC State.  Its a competition for new ventures developed by students.  We submitted our executive summary earlier this week and will be pitching L4L to judges in five separate interviews tonight.
We have exactly two minutes to describe L4L and answer any questions the judges have.  Thats ALOT of information to put into two minutes.  If we make it onto the next round we'll be able to present our business plan to a group of investors.  Andrew created some really great business cards for us so I'm hoping that will give us the edge we need. ;)  Please be praying that God give us the right words to say and that the judges will be open to our ideas and plans for L4L.  Most importantly, please pray that God be glorified no matter what the outcome of today is.
We'll give a longer update once we have finished this round.  Thanks for the support!
-Alison

Interest Meeting

Want to be more involved in the community and learn about how L4L is serving Raleigh?  Come to our interest meeting tomorrow night at 7:30 at Cup A Joe on Hillsborough Street to hear about our newest project in response to the Help Portrait event we were involved with in December.

Loving Raleigh

Hi, I'm Krystal and I recently stumbled upon Love for the Sake of Love and have joined with them in a mission to love our city and our world knowing that, by unsearchable mystery, in our love Christ is lifted high.

We want to know the homeless in our city. We want to share life with them. They are beautiful beyond compare and have much to teach us about faith, life, and Jesus. We're not bringing Jesus to the homeless: He's already there. Our dream is to love them and be loved by them and build them to rise up and change this city and carry out the gospel. We are here to make disciples, not to give freebies. 

We believe that relational outreach brings restoration and that people don't care what you know (about Jesus or anything else) until they know that you care. Relationships are hard. They take time. They take love. You get attached. People are not a good investment if you're trying to maximize results. But they are so worth it.

In Liberation of Life it says, 

An old rabbi asked once why so few people were finding God. He replied that people are not willing to look that low. Jesus was born in a stable and God is especially concerned or the poorest, the lowliest, the lost and the neglected. 

If we want to see Jesus more, we've go to get to know them. We've got to be known by them. 

Its what it means to be in love with Jesus. Isaiah 58 says, Is it not this I require of you as a fast: to loose the fetters of injustice, to untie the knots of the yoke, to snap every yoke? and set free those who have been crushed? Is it not sharing your food with the hungry, taking the homeless into your house, clothing the naked when you meet them?

We know that true community is a huge vision. But we are following a huge God. We know that we can do nothing, that we know nothing, that we are nothing on our own. But Christ dwells in us and among us. He's dwelling in you too. Join us in this adventure, in this pressing on toward the goal for the upward call of God in Christ Jesus (Phil 3:14). 

Jesus, in our life and in our love, be lifted high. Less of us, more of you.
-Krystal
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