It's been a dream of mine to train up, and send out. Summer camp has always wrestled with the idea of the 'summer camp high' most students experience and then allow to fade away during the year. I've been brainstorming for the last 10 years how we can solve the problem.
This weekend is our first shot.
For the next weeks, KIVU is sponsoring kids to travel around the globe. We hope they've soaked up all the worldview training possible, so they can go be the hands and feet of the gospel to other people.
We're not interested in the amount of salvations and baptisms that might result from this trip. We know God is at work in the heart of Rwanda already. Our mission is to simply go and serve.
We're not looking to make something that doesn't need to be made.
We're not looking to paint a building that doesn't need to be painted.
We're not offering the "American" style God in place of the ministry already happening.
We're simply going to show the Love of Christ to people in a far away land.
Much has been said of the effectiveness of short term mission work, and I've often debated the value more for the participants than it is for those we go and serve.
I've been taking teenagers around the world for the last decade, and I've seen kids grow in their relationship with God LEAPS AND BOUNDS because they were put in a position where all they had was to reach out and help someone. They didn't know the language. They didn't know the politics. They didn't know the community strife. But they knew how to play, they knew how to work, and they knew how to help.
I can't wait to read the updates from the first KIVU SUMMER MISSION heading out this weekend. We appreciate your prayers, and your continued love for what is going on out here as we try to Train Global Leaders in the Context of His Creation.
This weekend is our first shot.
For the next weeks, KIVU is sponsoring kids to travel around the globe. We hope they've soaked up all the worldview training possible, so they can go be the hands and feet of the gospel to other people.
We're not interested in the amount of salvations and baptisms that might result from this trip. We know God is at work in the heart of Rwanda already. Our mission is to simply go and serve.
We're not looking to make something that doesn't need to be made.
We're not looking to paint a building that doesn't need to be painted.
We're not offering the "American" style God in place of the ministry already happening.
We're simply going to show the Love of Christ to people in a far away land.
Much has been said of the effectiveness of short term mission work, and I've often debated the value more for the participants than it is for those we go and serve.
I've been taking teenagers around the world for the last decade, and I've seen kids grow in their relationship with God LEAPS AND BOUNDS because they were put in a position where all they had was to reach out and help someone. They didn't know the language. They didn't know the politics. They didn't know the community strife. But they knew how to play, they knew how to work, and they knew how to help.
I can't wait to read the updates from the first KIVU SUMMER MISSION heading out this weekend. We appreciate your prayers, and your continued love for what is going on out here as we try to Train Global Leaders in the Context of His Creation.
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