The summer before my senior year in college, I was at the pinnacle of my academic success. I had a great social life and future ahead of me, but I wasn’t quite fulfilled. I finally realized I was missing an integral part of life and I acted on it by calling out to God. My relationship with Christ since then has been the greatest love story I have ever witnessed.
While encountering the joy of Christ’s love, my desire to share it increased a hundredfold! As a young Christian, I feel called to reach out to those in the same spiritual starvation that I experienced. I want college students to know that there is more to life than what the world offers.
My name is Cassie Llano and I will spend the next few years as a missionary on college campuses around the U.S. Some ask “Why college students in the U.S?” The college campus is where most people make the decisions that will impact the rest of their life: what career field they go into, who they will marry, and what they decide to dedicate their hearts to.
The American college is where future world leaders gather to learn before they graduate and head off to influence the rest of the world. There, the energetic youth and future of Christians learn, grow, and become influential citizens. It’s there that the Holy Spirit can inspire them to grow in their faith and lead others with them.
As a FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) missionary, I will have the opportunity to be a messenger when college students find themselves asking the deep life questions. Through the grassroots approach of reaching students through small group bible studies, one-on one mentorship, and large-group events, FOCUS uses the model that Jesus Christ used during his public life.
I get to share my day-to-day life with them. My radical availability on campus will allow me to walk with students on their journey.
“So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.” – 1 Thessalonians 1:8
To learn more about FOCUS and how to support campus missions, please contact Cassie at cassie.llano@focus.org or at 813-716-6942. I would love to speak with you!