To receive knowledge means to be made responsible for responding to that knowledge.
In saying this...only read further if you are desiring to act.
We have it all. We have every resource at our fingertips. And we have a world crisis just a google click away from description and the plea to arms. Is anyone out there? We get frustrated with a slow internet connection while in the time it takes to connect there are hundreds dying of starvation. Poverty...one of the key problems plaguing this world...one of the key problems linking other world issues such as human trafficking, abuse, abandonment, drug use, etc. It is a major root epidemic. What are we doing about it?? What are you doing about it? Pick a problem...any problem...this world is drowning with issues that remain untouched. With every resource we have in this generation...we are still not acting. We could pioneer so many job ideas...use arts and media to generate income for people...we could co-create with God to solve problems. But instead we are ok to live in the muck of complacent ignorance. its disgusting.
Pick a nation...understand the many injustices that erase the dignity of a human being. Its not hard to find...we just don't look...and if we happen to see...we either numb our minds n hearts or look the other way.
Brazil, India, Africa, Thailand...you pick...extreme poverty---extreme injustices. Babies getting thrown to crocodiles if their teeth grow in the top before the bottom ones come in---a tribal ritual of believing that child will bring a curse upon the whole group if left to live. so they toss it in the river...or bury it alive...or leave it tied to a bush for animals to eat. This happens. Now you know. What are you going to do to make a difference? These people are hungrily awaiting truth...a chance for a different way...there is no parent who wants to kill their child. These people need hope. And we hold that hope that could transform not only lives but cultures. What will we do with it?
Street kids...living on top of garbage dumps. their lives lived as a daily task of survival. scavenging through the trash for remnants of food...drinking pitch black water from the garbage infested creek...freezing during the night. Society depicting them as monsters or trash themselves...these "monsters" have the faces of normal little boys and girls, except everything about their lives is far from normal. These kids will only make it to their 30s. They are SO desparate for life...for hope. We have it! What are we doing with it??!!!
Parents selling their children into prostitution. Sometimes unknowingly, sometimes knowingly. Girls as young as 5/6 years old...some younger. Entering a life of living dead. They will never be the same. They need some hope too...they need some practical resources and new ideas. I think we are capable of meeting the demand for new ideas...i think we are more than equipped to tackle all of these problems head on. The problem doesn't lie in whether or not we are capable or if we have the resources or dreams to accomplish change...the problem lies deep within each one of us: Complacency. A lack of urgency in responsibility to respond. The problem is that the harvest is more than ripe but there are very few workers. its not CAN you do this...its WILL you? Will you respond. This is one question that you don't really need to pray about. I think that God is more than ready to say YES!!!!! GO!!!!! DO!!!!! Come on...that's his heart, is it not?
These exhortations have been brought this week from our speaker---showing us the immense opportunity to pioneer on behalf of God's people. It stokes me up so bad!!!!! i can't contain myself...how freaking blessed are we??!! Who are we that the God of this universe calls us to bring forth his name to the nations...to bring forth hope to people who are walking dead. We are so privileged...lets use it.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Who Are We Living For? Ourselves vs God:
Who are we living for???!!!
Why do we get up. For what purpose do our thoughts, actions, and speech originate and for whom? Ourselves or God?? Choosing to live for ourselves is ultimately death...which is ultimately benefitting satan. On the other hand, choosing to live for God actually produces life...while behind every little step of choice, we may have trouble seeing the essence of this value of life, it is actually extremely significant and vital to not only our growth, but to the very core of our survival.
Our Thoughts: Taking each and every thought captive...lining up each thought with biblical truth. Working towards seeing each person and situation through God's eyes and not our own. A biblical perspective of beauty instead of our human perspective of ashes. What is the foundation off of which we process life? Is the backgroud of family...the brokenness of pain and suffering...or our subsequent maladaptive coping mechanisms the springboard for deciphering what is truth or lies?? If this foundation proves to remain dominant to the truths of our faith...the truths of God's character...then we will remain in a state of brokenness and self-pity. And if we knowingly remain here...then we are inviting and entering a very dangerous choice of selfishness. one of the most extreme kinds. We lose sight of the world because we are so consumed with ourself. our own hurt...pain...traumatic experiences...the crappiness of our own backgrounds and events...alotta "me" up in here. We lose the ability to see others. We sacrifice others for ourself. we become stagnant and rigid in our ability to encapture God's ultimate best in how he would have us minister and love on others. This has been satan's tactic for years...its the same old story of his...Get Christians so fixated on themselves..."me, me, me...I, I, I"...that we are not sharpening our fellow believers let alone the lost world that is outside of ourselves.
Our Actions: Walking out in truth vs lies...and if we know and realize truth...we are held to higher standards...we are held to walk that out even if its hard or goes against what we have been taught and conditioned for. Did someone not tell you that this Christian life was going to be hard?! yeah...its a battle...if you don't choose to enter into it armed, then you will fall. walking into our inheritance. If we have been told of our inheritance, we sure better be working to step further into it each day. Our time on this earth is so limited! we are living each day in the ultimate war...the spiritual battles should be fought head on...we should be equipping ourselves with the power of truth...we so often fall into the dangerous pit of complacency and selfishness.
Our Speech: Integrity. Substance. Why do we spend so MUCH time speaking jibberish crap?! when the majority of our speech is not of substance, then maybe we need to re-evaluate the purpose of it "The purpose of building others up...according to their needs, so that it may benefit those that listen". I'm not saying everything should be spiritual or that every single word spoken should produce something of life, but maybe its time to analyze on what we spend the majority of our time talking about. Speaking forth life versus death.
If we are to focus ours as well as others' attention on the negative or the lies of a person or situation...what exactly is our goal? What exactly are we accomplishing? not life. words have power...they have power to shape our thinking...to change our mindset...to affect the spiritual realm...and sometimes we spit them out either with absolute no pre-thought...or in absolute denial of known truth. its so dangerous.
I'm talking from a place of experiencing alot of these truth choices...usually learned through personal failure and continual process. What i have learned and am still learning daily is essential to building God's kingdom...join me in entering the struggle of working out our salvation.
Why do we get up. For what purpose do our thoughts, actions, and speech originate and for whom? Ourselves or God?? Choosing to live for ourselves is ultimately death...which is ultimately benefitting satan. On the other hand, choosing to live for God actually produces life...while behind every little step of choice, we may have trouble seeing the essence of this value of life, it is actually extremely significant and vital to not only our growth, but to the very core of our survival.
Our Thoughts: Taking each and every thought captive...lining up each thought with biblical truth. Working towards seeing each person and situation through God's eyes and not our own. A biblical perspective of beauty instead of our human perspective of ashes. What is the foundation off of which we process life? Is the backgroud of family...the brokenness of pain and suffering...or our subsequent maladaptive coping mechanisms the springboard for deciphering what is truth or lies?? If this foundation proves to remain dominant to the truths of our faith...the truths of God's character...then we will remain in a state of brokenness and self-pity. And if we knowingly remain here...then we are inviting and entering a very dangerous choice of selfishness. one of the most extreme kinds. We lose sight of the world because we are so consumed with ourself. our own hurt...pain...traumatic experiences...the crappiness of our own backgrounds and events...alotta "me" up in here. We lose the ability to see others. We sacrifice others for ourself. we become stagnant and rigid in our ability to encapture God's ultimate best in how he would have us minister and love on others. This has been satan's tactic for years...its the same old story of his...Get Christians so fixated on themselves..."me, me, me...I, I, I"...that we are not sharpening our fellow believers let alone the lost world that is outside of ourselves.
Our Actions: Walking out in truth vs lies...and if we know and realize truth...we are held to higher standards...we are held to walk that out even if its hard or goes against what we have been taught and conditioned for. Did someone not tell you that this Christian life was going to be hard?! yeah...its a battle...if you don't choose to enter into it armed, then you will fall. walking into our inheritance. If we have been told of our inheritance, we sure better be working to step further into it each day. Our time on this earth is so limited! we are living each day in the ultimate war...the spiritual battles should be fought head on...we should be equipping ourselves with the power of truth...we so often fall into the dangerous pit of complacency and selfishness.
Our Speech: Integrity. Substance. Why do we spend so MUCH time speaking jibberish crap?! when the majority of our speech is not of substance, then maybe we need to re-evaluate the purpose of it "The purpose of building others up...according to their needs, so that it may benefit those that listen". I'm not saying everything should be spiritual or that every single word spoken should produce something of life, but maybe its time to analyze on what we spend the majority of our time talking about. Speaking forth life versus death.
If we are to focus ours as well as others' attention on the negative or the lies of a person or situation...what exactly is our goal? What exactly are we accomplishing? not life. words have power...they have power to shape our thinking...to change our mindset...to affect the spiritual realm...and sometimes we spit them out either with absolute no pre-thought...or in absolute denial of known truth. its so dangerous.I'm talking from a place of experiencing alot of these truth choices...usually learned through personal failure and continual process. What i have learned and am still learning daily is essential to building God's kingdom...join me in entering the struggle of working out our salvation.
Support-Raising 4 Mexico City AND BRAZIL!!!!!
okay i am excited to get outta America n to Mexico City, but i'm so freaking STOKED to have Brazil finally on the radar:) I have received so much generosity thru financial means as well as emotional support. seriously...this missionary status thing...i couldn't do it without outside encouragement and financial contributions. it is so true when they say that your supporters are actual ministry partners...working towards the same goal in bringing God's kingdom to this earth.
I have figured up that i am currently in need of around $1500 for Mexico City. I am good on staff fees for the 2 months leading up to outreach (Nov and Dec.) we will leave Jan 1. Then upon arrival back to the states...I will just need money for a plane ticket out to Brazil:)
Our ministry in Mexico City will vary, however, we expect to work alot with street children ministries that are already in existance...as well as incorporate sum skateboarding ministry up in there considering we have a skilled boarder on the team! Mexico City, alone, has over 10,000 documented street children. The economy drop out as well as drugs and alcohol consuming the family unit have led to an overload in runaway or abandoned kids. They spend most of their days scraping n begging for enough money to get glue...so that they can numb themselves with a consistent cheap high. So many opportunities for relationship building and counseling:) I will keep you updated on what our ministry options look like when we get more information. We may also work with girls who have been prostituted. prostitution is legal in Mexico. its such a dark place and we will need a TON of spiritual prayer covering.
I think i broke down a lil on what ministries i would be working alongside with during my time in Brazil. I really desire to gain insight and wisdom/knowledge in how they run their street ministries there and how they work with the kids. Do sum best practice analyses in order to implement ideas and successes within the organizations i will establish in the future.
Yeah. So...$1500 before Jan 1st. major prayer coverage/warfare during our time there: specifically...against depression, complacency, spiritual oppression, sickness (often times spiritual oppression would manifest as sickness during my last outreach in Mexico), Team unity (confrontation skills...ability to see each other thru God's eyes...sharpening each other...all for the sake of God's glory and no other reason...prayer for not lending to our human tendencies towards self-protection or anything selfish)...and that we are able to receive more information from our contacts so that we can be planning more and contacting our ministry partners. no big deal:)
I have the ability thru my Chase bank account to do direct deposit for anyone desiring to contribute. I also have my paypal account that is accessible at the top-right hand of this blogsite. checks can be made payable to: Ywam LA-Kate Hunt
11141 Osborne Street
Lake View Terrace, CA
91342 * (no name on check---make out to YWAM LA)
Again, i thank each of you for your encouragement and continual support of this ministry. And i really do LOVE when you make time to write me bout your own updates and prayer requests!!! makes me happy:) love n peace,
kate
***if you get the chance...a good read is "A Cry From The Streets" its what ignited my passion for Brazil and the street kids there. And that's coming from a non-reader!
I have figured up that i am currently in need of around $1500 for Mexico City. I am good on staff fees for the 2 months leading up to outreach (Nov and Dec.) we will leave Jan 1. Then upon arrival back to the states...I will just need money for a plane ticket out to Brazil:)
Our ministry in Mexico City will vary, however, we expect to work alot with street children ministries that are already in existance...as well as incorporate sum skateboarding ministry up in there considering we have a skilled boarder on the team! Mexico City, alone, has over 10,000 documented street children. The economy drop out as well as drugs and alcohol consuming the family unit have led to an overload in runaway or abandoned kids. They spend most of their days scraping n begging for enough money to get glue...so that they can numb themselves with a consistent cheap high. So many opportunities for relationship building and counseling:) I will keep you updated on what our ministry options look like when we get more information. We may also work with girls who have been prostituted. prostitution is legal in Mexico. its such a dark place and we will need a TON of spiritual prayer covering.
I think i broke down a lil on what ministries i would be working alongside with during my time in Brazil. I really desire to gain insight and wisdom/knowledge in how they run their street ministries there and how they work with the kids. Do sum best practice analyses in order to implement ideas and successes within the organizations i will establish in the future.
Yeah. So...$1500 before Jan 1st. major prayer coverage/warfare during our time there: specifically...against depression, complacency, spiritual oppression, sickness (often times spiritual oppression would manifest as sickness during my last outreach in Mexico), Team unity (confrontation skills...ability to see each other thru God's eyes...sharpening each other...all for the sake of God's glory and no other reason...prayer for not lending to our human tendencies towards self-protection or anything selfish)...and that we are able to receive more information from our contacts so that we can be planning more and contacting our ministry partners. no big deal:)
I have the ability thru my Chase bank account to do direct deposit for anyone desiring to contribute. I also have my paypal account that is accessible at the top-right hand of this blogsite. checks can be made payable to: Ywam LA-Kate Hunt
11141 Osborne Street
Lake View Terrace, CA
91342 * (no name on check---make out to YWAM LA)
Again, i thank each of you for your encouragement and continual support of this ministry. And i really do LOVE when you make time to write me bout your own updates and prayer requests!!! makes me happy:) love n peace,
kate
***if you get the chance...a good read is "A Cry From The Streets" its what ignited my passion for Brazil and the street kids there. And that's coming from a non-reader!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Details down-low
Sooo...lemme jus say its a tight thing that our God has the best of both minds...cuz...i straight up suck with details. ha...here is the latest on what he has mapped out so far for me:
Same stuff as the last download, but now the in-between is a bit discovered:)
When i get back from Mexico City (actually RIGHT when i get back) i will be flying out to BRAZIL!!!!!!!!! finally! I will be flying out with our YWAM LA school leader, Werner Pfau, to one of the YWAM bases in Brazil (i forget the name of this base). The school that i am currently staffing (School Of Ministry Development-SOMD) will be pioneered at this particular base. its pretty tight stuff. So Werner will be overseeing the start of the school's launching for the 6 weeks (it is only 1/2 the length of this school's time, to begin with). I will stay for at least 4 weeks here and help get the school started up...teachings, staffing duties...learning the language...getting accustomed to the country...making contacts, etc. Then i will launch from there to the Belo Horizonte YWAM base to partner with the existing ministries there. My desire is to work alongside the ministries that reach out to the street children. there are 3 homes:
Rescue House, The team works with children on the streets, their families in the slums and in juvenile delinquent centers.
Recanto House, The team works with street girls and girls in at risk situations; counseling and accompanying them, helping them in various ways.
Reborn Hope House, The team works in the area of prevention of teenage pregnancy in the slums, and with pregnant teenage girls, or young teenage mothers; counseling and accompanying them.
My objective in working with these differing homes in Belo and with the street children and workers within this ministry is primarily to gain wisdom, experience and knowledge of how these programs run in order to bring the concepts back to Los Angeles. My ultimate goals are to start ministries similar to Belo's houses within the worst cities of LA...then continue to pioneer what works to other major cities and countries. My time in Belo will involve much project planning and research....research of both the macro ministry build as well as the micro...down to best practices within counseling and reintegration of families and societies.
I'm stoked:) I will be able to implement all of my social work training as well as get on-site training and experience. I can't wait to see this country...look into the eyes of the street children...gain insight into best ministry practices...and all the while, knowing that it is sharpening skills needed for future business in LA! God is moving mightly...and i am humbled immensely that he desires for me to be up in it. Blows me away. That's our inheritance my peeps! don't ask why...just ask where?! Where do you want me, God?! What do you have for me?! Because he does. He's got alot more for you than you may think. We get to freaking co-create with the GOD OF THE UNIVERSE. This life is way worth it.
Dang...ight, i'm gettin off track again, shocker i know. anyways...so i will be in Brazil for...i'm not quite sure, but it could be all the way up to late summer of 2011. Perhaps a total of 6 months. But i'm not sure on the length...i just know that i will be back in LA by August/September. And ready to hit the city!! Better equipped to help establish programs and housing ministries within the worst hoods in America. yes, that excites me...that is where my heartbeat is. That is where God is calling the church.
If you would like to partner with me in prayer or financially....Please lemme know!!!!! I have direct deposit with my new Chase Bank electronics...PayPal at the top of this page...and address to send checks to...haha. I do really need pray support tho too, i gotta lotta spiritual warfare surrounding me at all times, and i would really appreciate knowing names of people committed to praying for me! Love you all....
Same stuff as the last download, but now the in-between is a bit discovered:)
When i get back from Mexico City (actually RIGHT when i get back) i will be flying out to BRAZIL!!!!!!!!! finally! I will be flying out with our YWAM LA school leader, Werner Pfau, to one of the YWAM bases in Brazil (i forget the name of this base). The school that i am currently staffing (School Of Ministry Development-SOMD) will be pioneered at this particular base. its pretty tight stuff. So Werner will be overseeing the start of the school's launching for the 6 weeks (it is only 1/2 the length of this school's time, to begin with). I will stay for at least 4 weeks here and help get the school started up...teachings, staffing duties...learning the language...getting accustomed to the country...making contacts, etc. Then i will launch from there to the Belo Horizonte YWAM base to partner with the existing ministries there. My desire is to work alongside the ministries that reach out to the street children. there are 3 homes:
Rescue House, The team works with children on the streets, their families in the slums and in juvenile delinquent centers.
Recanto House, The team works with street girls and girls in at risk situations; counseling and accompanying them, helping them in various ways.
Reborn Hope House, The team works in the area of prevention of teenage pregnancy in the slums, and with pregnant teenage girls, or young teenage mothers; counseling and accompanying them.
My objective in working with these differing homes in Belo and with the street children and workers within this ministry is primarily to gain wisdom, experience and knowledge of how these programs run in order to bring the concepts back to Los Angeles. My ultimate goals are to start ministries similar to Belo's houses within the worst cities of LA...then continue to pioneer what works to other major cities and countries. My time in Belo will involve much project planning and research....research of both the macro ministry build as well as the micro...down to best practices within counseling and reintegration of families and societies.
I'm stoked:) I will be able to implement all of my social work training as well as get on-site training and experience. I can't wait to see this country...look into the eyes of the street children...gain insight into best ministry practices...and all the while, knowing that it is sharpening skills needed for future business in LA! God is moving mightly...and i am humbled immensely that he desires for me to be up in it. Blows me away. That's our inheritance my peeps! don't ask why...just ask where?! Where do you want me, God?! What do you have for me?! Because he does. He's got alot more for you than you may think. We get to freaking co-create with the GOD OF THE UNIVERSE. This life is way worth it.
Dang...ight, i'm gettin off track again, shocker i know. anyways...so i will be in Brazil for...i'm not quite sure, but it could be all the way up to late summer of 2011. Perhaps a total of 6 months. But i'm not sure on the length...i just know that i will be back in LA by August/September. And ready to hit the city!! Better equipped to help establish programs and housing ministries within the worst hoods in America. yes, that excites me...that is where my heartbeat is. That is where God is calling the church.
If you would like to partner with me in prayer or financially....Please lemme know!!!!! I have direct deposit with my new Chase Bank electronics...PayPal at the top of this page...and address to send checks to...haha. I do really need pray support tho too, i gotta lotta spiritual warfare surrounding me at all times, and i would really appreciate knowing names of people committed to praying for me! Love you all....
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