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I was SO excited to receive this card in the mail today! Ryan and I are honored to serve on the EIU Christian Campus House Board of Directors and the board (many years before we arrived) set a goal to pay off the new addition of the building by 2011. The building project which was completed 5 years ago provided a much needed addition to the sanctuary, office space, and student meeting/lounge space. The debt remains at $135,000 which we definitely feel is in reach! The board decided to challenge people to either be one of 600 and give a one-time gift of $225 or be 1% of the solution and pledge $1,300 over the next year to pay off 1% of the debt. Ryan and I have been praying and talking about this since August when the board discussed the idea and we've decided to take the 1% solution pledge for this year--which means we will need to reign in our eating out (which is totally doable)! The CCH is where we met and dramatically changed our walks with God. I was baptized at CCH, took my first missions trip (to Mexico & Haiti) and truly got to know the love of my God. It is a small sacrifice to make knowing that many students will experience the same things in the new building that we experienced in the old building! If you want to know more about the challenge or want to donate--just let me know!


Here is some additional info on CCH at Eastern Illinois University from their website: In 2005 the much needed and long-awaited new large addition to our building was completed allowing us to have ample room (seating for 400+) for our Sunday morning worship, our Wednesday Night Bible Study as well as a Student Lounge and Conference Rooms. Ministry here continues to morph every year, as God continues to give new vision and fresh ideas to those following him here. Roger affectionately calls the Campus House a "living laboratory" - something dynamic that changes to fit the students, who also are in a continual state of change. The times change, but the gospel remains the same. What does the future hold? We'll continue to look forward to what God reveals to us!