Invitation

I got to share today with some guys about Jesus' invitation for our lives. It was exciting to talk with them about the first disciples being invited to walk with Jesus the Rabbi(Teacher). And what a incredible opportunity it was for them to learn from Him and become like Him. It was even more exciting to share with them that today Jesus is inviting us to do the same thing. He is inviting each of us to follow Him as the Teacher. That we would learn from Him and become like Him.

I'm so thankful that He invited me.

Here i Am!

My prayer tonight is "Lord, here i am - send me!"

This year my responsibilities are a little different than they were for the internship last year. My goal this year is to capture the Ray of Light Project here that Childrens Relief has established. We want to be able to promote and share what God is doing here through the project and how others can be involved! I have been fighting with my self centeredness in terms of how i had envisioned my summer compared to what God has called me to do for Him while i am here. I had envisioned walks through the villages with close translators. Working hard to help with Green Door building. I had envisioned...well, basically what i did last year and i had envisioned being able to take each of those things to the next level. However, in front of me is an enormous opportunity to be able to share with others through video what's happening here in Dondo! and so tonight i am, "making a fist and letting go" of whatever i had thought this summer would be! I am saying - Lord here i am, do with me as You want and use me however You want! I am so excited to be a part of what He wants to accomplish this summer! I'm excited to have a kind of special project to call my own. So tonight i'm letting go of all my apprehension. i'm letting go of all the feelings of being overwhelmed. tonight i'm letting go of the fear of failure.

Tonight i'm saying, "Lord, use me!"

Lord of the Rings

I love these movies. I'm excited to watch them sometime soon.

Frodo: I can’t do this, Sam.

Sam: I know… by rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end, because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But, in the end, it’s only a passing thing… a shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you; that meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folks in those stories had lots of chances to turn back, only they didn’t. They kept going, because they were holding on to something.

Frodo: What are we holding on to, Sam?

Sam: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for.

Internship

I mentioned in my last post that one of the thoughts running through my mind has been, "What can I do in a world full of need?" I think that question has been so invading my thoughts because morning after morning as I look at the news I see stories of devastation and poverty; and each and every time I am reminded that I have seen this very devastation with my own eyes. I have had the humbling privilege of setting foot in one of the poorest countries in our world and seeing first hand the hurting and lost. And on that same soil of Dondo, Mozambique, I have had the uplifting joy of serving together with Christ followers born in this world that is so different from my own.

There is pain, need, suffering, disease, and poverty all over the world.

But there is also love, joy, hope, redemption, and grace all over the world.

I have been given the opportunity to be a part of what God is doing in this, "world so full of need," this summer. The Lord has made it possible for me to travel back to Dondo, Mozambique and to share in the need and suffering, and the love and grace, that He has allowed to fill this village. He has given me an opportunity to serve Him during a two-month internship in Mozambique.

But the reality is that I am in great need if this internship is going to come to fruition. I need to raise $5000 to cover airfare and in country costs and the simple truth is that I'm not even close right now. And I wanted to share this with you in hopes that maybe the Lord would so move in you that you would be interested in hearing more about what I'm going to be involved in. I would absolutely love to share with you on the phone or grab a bite to eat and hopefully allow you to catch a glimpse of what the Lord is doing in my life and in Dondo, Mozambique. And that you would want to join what I am so passionately desiring to be a part of there this summer.

Please, email me at smkane@me.com if you would be interested in talking with me.

You can download my support letter from the link on the right and learn from that as well!

If you would like to donate and join me on this adventure right now - please just click HERE and put my name in the "Team Members and Interns" spot under "Other Ways to Give." Thanks so much for reading and being a part of my journey with Him thus far!

Running thru my Mind

Here are some random thoughts/quotes/questions running through my head lately:

• Humility.
• Integrity.
• Thankfulness.
• I'm not good enough.
• My stuff, isn't my stuff.
• When is the right time?
• Loving others is hard.
• I am my own worst enemy.
• Why am I so blessed while others struggle so much?
• Christ is my true sufficiency.
• I can't control others' attitudes, but I can control my own.
• What can I do in this world full of need?
• Christ is more important than I am.
• I need to be who He created me to be.
• How is this ever going to come together?
• God is not surprised. By anything. Ever. Period.

I'm praying that I can process clearly and think wisely.

What about you? What's on your mind today?