News from The BruCru at UofO

Rich & Monica Brubaker, Chi Alpha Directors (candidates) at University of Oregon
I  have to admit that I have been feeling a little stagnant in the prayer life lately.
I kept thinking about not being able to go full time and minister to students like I want to, and how it made me feel like there was [...]

Gideon at One Month Old

Gideon at 1 month
Gideon Arthur is officially one month old today! He came for a visit yesterday. We’ve been gone for ten days so I haven’t seen him in two weeks. When last I saw him, he was just barely opening his eyes to peek at the world, far more content to keep them closed, [...]

“I Made You Prove You Knew God”

“Do you serve foreign students out of obedience or out of love?” Al–, a young Muslim graduate student asked a question overflowing with significance.
No one knew for sure what would happen as we invested every Friday night through the Fall building relationships with foreign students studying at Portland State. Many students each week crowded into [...]

The 1748 Experience

July 2009 eNewsletter
“Sharing not only God’s Good News but our own lives, too.”
1 Thessalonians 2:8

Summer marks a transitional time for our house ministry with students moving in and out.

In 1992 we set up house in our 4 floor, 9 bedroom, 4500 sf Portland Craftsman. Our plan from day 1 was to open [...]

You know you’re feeling at home in urban inner Southeast Portland when..

You know you’re feeling at home in urban inner Southeast Portland when…
1.  while sitting your bedroom window you break out the popcorn to watch a drug bust take place across the street. 300-900 plants are taken– SWAT is there for a bit.
2.  Most of your (Libertarian) neighbors are glad the drug bust-ee just happened to be in the Philippines when it [...]