Any of you who know me know that I both enjoy new clothes and I enjoy helping the nations. As such, I've decided to post a couple of websites that I highly recommend.
Jedidiah Clothing
Overlooked
Tom's Shoes
Yellow Bird Project
Invisible Children
Okay so Invisible Children has nothing to do with clothing but it does have a lot to do with my heart. In fact, it inspires me to tell you of a sweet story...
Two weekends ago I had the tremendous opportunity to venture back over to the west side with my very good friends Kyle Niehenke and Kerri Spangenberg. We left around midnight of Saturday night/Sunday morning. It was both awesome and ridiculous. Why you ask? For Repossess. A movement in Olympia and surrounding areas that is constantly growing. It is about bringing the local churches together in worship of our creator. In attendance this time were over 3000 youth and young adults. God had even opened a huge door in that the very event itself was held on the capitol grounds. During this Repossess worship was about more than just the music. It was about realizing Christ's love for the nations and being active in it. It was a march to raise awareness and support for the cause of Invisible Children. For those of you who don't know much about Invisible Children take a second and view the link above.
One of the most amazing parts of the night was when, after the march, two young men who had been rescued from where Joseph Kony's has been terrorizing came up on stage and spoke. These two guys have spent the majority of their lives running in fear and yet when they spoke, it was not a story of remorse, it was a story of hope. With every heartbreaking tale they told, tales of gunfire surrounding them, of watching their friends murdered, and even a story of when a lion chased them, they would tell us of how, despite terrible things, God was there, protecting them, redeeming them and their hearts. It was one of the most moving things I've ever heard.
The night followed with some of the most amazing worship as lead by some of my very good friends and I left Olympia with this in mind... God is a BIG God and from Olympia, to Uganda, He is up to BIG things.
2 comments:
Sam I think you're pretty rad.
I have spent the last 3 summers in northern Uganda. Teaching with the group Invisible Children. I am very thankful that these northern Ugandans, the Acholi people have come into my life.
When I came back this time, I spent my first morning in the States with a priest who is the brother of my good friend. He encouraged his congregations to make "the invisible" visible by keeping them in your thoughts and your prayers.
The joy, kindness, and friendship of the Acholi is very much evident each and every day in northern Uganda.
John Magee
www.mageeinuganda.blogspot.com
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