Thursday, July 1, 2010

mission in your hometown

Last night our team made it back to Seattle from Mazatlan. It was a beautiful surprise to have my parents pick me up at the airport!!! :)

Leaving for 12 days reaffirmed the call I heard last summer. God keeps asking me to live, learn and love in Kitsap county. That's where the mission is for my life. At least for now.

In Mazatlan, I had a short conversation with a YWAM staff member at the base where we were staying. It was during breakfast one morning, and I was thirsty. I went to go fill my water bottle at the cooler, but it was blocked by the YWAM worship team practicing for the morning worship service. Our conversation went a little like this:
Me: "Could I please slide behind you to get some water?"
Staff: "Sure"
Me: "Okay, thanks. I didn't want to disrupt your practicing."
Staff: "You're going to be a good missionary some day."
Me: "Oh, I'm a missionary already. Just in my hometown."
Staff: "Well, sure. Every missionary serves in their hometown."
Me: "Yeah, I guess. I just mean, sometimes God calls you to the mission back in the town where you grew up."
Staff: "Mmmm. That can be hard, can't it."

And the truth is, it can be really hard. But really beautiful, too.

Over the course of the trip, my passion was stirred for the people of Mazatlan. There are many leaders of the church who are reaching out to their neighbors, families, even enemies. It was incredible to be a part of the soccer VBS camp, to watch men and women of Mazatlan share God's love with children from the community of Flores Magon. Mission in their hometown. Inspires me to the mission in my hometown, too.


Go home to your people and report to them what great things God has done for you, 
and how He had mercy on you.
-Mark 5:19

1 comment:

  1. Pom PomJuly 2, 2010 at 5:52 AM

    I love your heart for KC. I especially find your vision for kids encouraging.
    DO plan a road trip to Colorado. I'd love it!

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Ephesians 5

Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God. But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints. Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting – all of which are out of character – but rather thanksgiving. For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them, for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light – for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth – and find out what pleases the Lord. Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention. But all things being exposed by the light are made evident. For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says:

“Awake, O sleeper!

Rise from the dead,

and Christ will shine on you!”

Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise, taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil. For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is. And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord, because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church – he himself being the savior of the body. But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word, so that he may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church, for we are members of his body. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This mystery is great – but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church. Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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