Glory For God

Are you the one going down the well, or the one holding the rope for the one going down the well? In everything that you do, do you do it onto the glory of God? Do you dedicate your all to Him? How much time do you spend with Him during the day? Are you ignoring His will for you? Have you fully surrendered your life to Him? Are you still acting foolishly and joining with those that are of this world? Do you seek the approval of Jesus, or men? Do you make decisions out of your own selfish ambitions, or do you go to God first?

Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."

Counting Down...

There is only two months left! I can't express how much thanks I owe to God for what He's been doing in my life. Much support have been given to me, through prayer, through encouragements, through finance, you name it. Within the next two months, though it seems like I'm ready (and I am), there is still a lot of things that needs to be completed. Most of the work comes from completing all the Bible training requirements as a full time missionary.

When I think about stepping on to the mission field, I think of how much of a privilege it is to go to Africa and serve God there. Many individuals would be surprised that I am very excited to work in Africa. At the same time, I look back at how God formed me and wired me into the person I am today and I can tell you that they would not understand what I am feeling right now. No matter what the circumstance is, rich or poor, God is always with me, and that is all I need. That is exactly why and how I can work in such extreme conditions.

On August 6, I will be holding a fun(d)raiser in order to raise awareness amongst my brothers and sisters. In this event, not only will there be a time that many can hear about my calling, but there will be prizes, raffles, games, food, drinks and much more! I really hope that you can make it out. More details can be found here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136411386386306&ref=ts


Thank you again for all your prayer support!
Philippians 3:5-6
I thank my God everytime I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Unexpected

God has been gracious and generous once again. For the next two weeks, I will be given opportunities to share about the calling that I received to minister to the youth in Uganda. Four months ago, at the AIM orientation that was held in Toronto, my financial support was at 0%. I was told of some figures that will go into my support, but nothing was set in stone yet. Today, I am at 83% of my monthly goal and 55% of my one-time goal! Praise God! It took a matter of meeting with a church that I am not a member of to begin this wildfire. After the meeting, that was when the fire turned into flame, where my fear was overcome and my worries were taken away. Individual donors began to come in and some churches began to respond back to my emails with the thought of meeting with me and knowing more about what I will be doing for the next four years.

Many believe that becoming a missionary, serving the Lord, is an easy task. To be honest, it is a very hard task, but by God's grace and strength, those can be overcome. There is a lot of faith involved for the entire process. The process begins with the calling received and believing that God will show you the next huge step you will take. The step I took is a four year commitment to serve the youth in Uganda, when I haven't even been to Uganda before. The next step after that is believing that this is the correct decision, and to have that confirmed, your family is behind you on this one. Then, comes the huger step and that is to make sure your other family is behind you, and that is God's family. Once you've gone through these steps, the harder part of the mountain to climb involves presenting and sharing your calling to others, and trusting that God will provide in His time and as He sees fit, not on your time and not as you see fit. This is hard especially when you think of potential supporters, but actually the people you sort of assume will support you, doesn't, but the ones you assume will not support you, does.

This is where I am at right now in terms of the whole faith process for a missionary. Of course there are many other steps that's coming, but I am not there yet. Some of the other ones include health, persecution, perseverance, encountering the unexpected, spiritual warfare, and much more! All this makes you think, how will YOU climb over such a HUGE mountain. First off, you won't be climbing it by YOUR own strength, but by God's strength. Secondly, one word, faith.

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Joseph: Masai Warrior

Here's a video that's a continuation from last week's video I posted where John Piper spoke at a conference.

Are you afraid of the suffering that you will receive for making Him famous, or will you do anything for the sake of the Gospel to be preached at your workplace, campus, school, or even house.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.

Suffering

This video sums up what I've been feeling this past week.