We just completed our first newsletter. You can read about the L.A. church plant, staff thoughts from John Drage and profiles of Ben Lewton and Allie Mutz.

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Melissa Ebberts, 24, was a part of The Rock from 2001-2005. In January 2006, she moved to Santa Monica with several other people from The Rock to plant a church called Kairos West LA. Melissa took some time to answer some questions about the church planting experience. (more…)

At The Rock on March 15, Ben Lewton talked about his experience in Sudan this past year. We’ve posted it online if you’d like to listen to it.

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Also, for more about Samaritan’s Purse and the church reconstruction project in Sudan visit their website and you’ll find multimedia, church stories, prayer requests and more.

Two nights before Eva Ellingsworth went to Leadership Training in 2000 in Myrtle Beach, she was tripping acid and smoking pot with friends. But early in her summer there, God got a hold of her life. In the following three segments, Eva shares her testimony of running from God, about how her life changed at LT and, finally, how she was called to do missions work overseas. Eva is one of The Rock’s missionaries. She works for Great Commission Ministries in Amsterdam in the Netherlands at a church called Zolder 50.

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Some friends from a Great Commission Ministries church at the University of Illinois recently made a video of a Colorado LT survivor man. Follow the link for his story. (more…)

For Tyler Shields, a sophomore majoring in communications and religious studies, his summer at LT was an experience he won’t soon forget. He said it is the kind of fellowship and growth that people dream about and it all happens in the middle of one of God’s most beautiful creations. Here’s more of what he had to say:

Why did you decide to go to LT last year? Why are you returning?
I think in the end it boiled down to giving an entire summer over to God. I felt like if I could be faithful in giving God an entire summer that he would show up in a real way. There was also the added bonus of living in the mountains as well as working at a YMCA that I had visited before and loved.
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The Rock had a team of 25 people working in Choluteca, Honduras, for 12 days in January. You can look at the newsletter for the trip here.

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FYI - The Rock is sending another team to Choluteca, Honduras, during Spring Break in late March 2008.

Liz Lever, a sophomore majoring in psychology and English at Mizzou, will be returning to Colorado this summer for her second LT. She took some time to share a little about her experience and why she decided to return.

What did God do in your life last summer at LT? God did way more in my life then I could cram into an answer of appropriate length. Even in just deciding to go, He started teaching me to trust Him more. He challenged me to take on something that wasn’t entirely comfortable, (more…)

To help you get a better picture of the Colorado LT experience, we asked several past LT participants to share their experiences. Erica Alexander, a junior at Mizzou majoring in human development and family studies, attended LT each of the past two summers.

Why did you decide to go to LT?
My biggest reason for going is because I want to grow spiritually, and I knew LT would the best place for this to happen. (more…)