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People You Meet On The Way

No matter where you go, where you find yourself, what back alley or back road you decide to take in life…the people you meet along the way are not accidental tourists in your life. Everything has meaning when you are In Christ, and are following Him!

At the Amsterdam airport there was a young woman who came to sit with us, her name is KY (pronouned like sky but with no s :-)…I asked Ky what her story was, and she began to unfold a journey about helping people. For KY, her concern for others began in school when she was studying the atrocities committed against the Jews by the Nazi’s. She didn’t understand why no one stood up sooner, why the US waited so long to engage…

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Later, after school, she worked with victims of domestic violence, still trying to give voice to those who needed help…On this journey, KY is traveling to Rwanda, where she is going to work with the U.N for about a year, to do her part in the genocide that is happening there.

Her heart pored out as she spoke about the plight of the people, that other nations hadn’t responded because the countries only resources seemed to be "people." No financial gain, or political leverage…so no involvement.

KY longs to make a difference at the U.N making it easier for groups like us to get in and take care of the most precious resource on the planet…people.

Pray for KY…pray for us too!

I love the people God places in your journey for perspective, spice, and thought…

Illuminate Deo,
Monty

In Kampala!

Hey all! Well…it has taken me a while to figure out the local internet connection point, and my time meter is running out…but the team is all here and doing great…a bit tired after 24 hours of straight travel time though!!

We have an acclimation day today with a bit of a debriefing, and then training with World Vision tomorrow..then it’s over the hills into Kasitu!

I am working on uploading some pictures…so far no luck…but hopefully I’ll figure that out soon!

I’ll post soon!

MC

INKED 8 (Man In The Mirror)

Inked_4In Session 8 of INKED…We dig into a large section of Scripture (Ephesians 5:1-21)…To live as Light, to walk experiencimng the fullness of Christ…to experience transformation and not just information, we need to:

WAKE UP…RISE UP…LOOK UP.

Download the notes Download Inked-8.doc
and listen to the podcast this week!

Feel free to discuss and ask questiosn on this blog about any of the Sunday Journey Talks by pastor Monty!

Back To Africa!

Africa1_036My heart is staring to morph the closer we get to heading back into Uganda after a two year absence. My community of faith has sponsored close to or over 200 children through World Vision in one area of Eastern Uganda called Kasitu.

Two years ago, when World Vision had just opened this ADP (Area Development Project) I was able to see the germ stage of transformation.

I also met Godfrey Baguma, a boy I sponsor from the village…I am excited to see him and his family again, and what has grown, changed and transpired in the last two years.

The team I am bringing in is excited, nervous, scared, full of faith…every human emotion is bouncing off the walls of their hearts as they prepare for the unpreparable!

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We leave on Monday the 30th…so pray for the team! As I go over our schedule, it looks like I will have a couple opportunities where there is electricity and internet connections before we journey  from Kampala into Kasitu. I’ll have another connection when we get back out of Kasitu and debrief before heading into Kenya and the Serengeti…I will try to upload some shots and type out some thoughts if at all possible.

When I get back I’ll process some of my thoughts and jot down my ruminations and God-mmoments on the blog for you to interact with!

May God show you more of His reality in the days ahead, as I am sure I will experience some "other" moments of clarity and confusion!
Illuminate Deo,
Monty