Ok, it's finally in. This article outlines the efficacy of tinfoil hats, the "guerilla tactic" of the paranoid and sad.
These MIT people are taking a new tactic, they've "shown" that the tinfoil hats actually enhance surveillance abilities by the Government (no, I don't think it's real... or IS it?).
This is truly what it looks like when very smart people have too much time on their hands.
So, as some of you know, I'm now Youth Minister for my church. It's pretty cool, but it's also pretty heavy (anybody actually in YG with me, if you're expecting a lot of "I've got this nailed" here on my own blog, prepare to be baffled).
Anyway, what I've walked into is a crew of awesome kids who really want a living relationship with God and a place to come and hang out without judgement. The YG is small, the budget is non-existent, and the whole thing is volunteer.
I'm currently in the YG office, sifting through years of paper, throwing most of it out. This is a do-over at this point. There's a handful of things we're keeping, but most everything else is out the door and gonna be replaced by what the kids want first.
First mission from Christ accomplished - grab the wheel of the plane during transition and keep it off the ground. We're stable and level, Praise Jesus (He really knows what He's doing, He rocks).
So what's up next? Well, this crew of misfits and troublemakers, with me as the lead troublemaking misfit, are gonna start looking into missions of substance.
Already we're talking about:
But what I want to see is more -- some edge-walking, down and dirty, in your face Jesus crew stuff. Folks want to stand apart, without necessarily drawing fire -- we wear freak hats, different clothes, etc. etc. - but what sets you apart more than a love of Christ?
Being an active, full-contact Christian, is the brightest purple-haired, in your face statement anyone can make these days.
But to do it, you gotta really know the Man ... you gotta be able to reach out to Him at the drop of a hat, hear His voice, know His desires for you.
So right now -- it's all about the basics. Can you pray, do you know how to pray -- why even pray -- what about prayer anyway -- does it work? Basic hand-to-hand stuff -- basic work on the day-in-day-out living with God stuff.
Next week it's about Fellowship -- we're not alone, we don't ever do this alone, and aside from fellowship with each other, here's my backup -- have you met Him? He calls Himself God -- I think He can take you.
Anyway -- it's an uphill climb -- kids are coming and things are changing -- but I'm running as fast as I can, and I'm really grateful that there's a crew of folks helping out too.
Well, that's where I am ...
Here is what Phiona wrote in her last letter to SCYG.
Dear Friends of Saint Charles Youth Group,
Praise God!
How are you over there? Let me hope you are doing weill and how is your atmosphere over those ends? Mine is not all that fair because of the serious diseases in our country, Uganda, most especially headache due to much sunshine which is sometimes not good to our lives and other diseases like Malaria caused by mosquitoes just disturbing our nation. Please friends am requesting for your prayers as am also praying to the Almighty God to bless our country.
Back to school times, it was really an enjoyable one where by I enjoyed studies mostly Christian Religious Education (CRE) where we talk about God, how kind is God to man, Justices in the African Traditional society and very many others. I really want to thank you very much for the amount of school years you spend on me am so glad and am still with Jesus praying for you every now and then such that he rewards you the more and given an ending life. [I think she means an eternal life -- ed.]
Am at a school called East High School Niinda in Kampala, where by Kampala is a very good place full of enjoyable things. And I like my school very much am in a boarding school and am also glad that am in a boarding school and that am sponsored. Even that I thank God of what I am to be sponsored is not a simple game. And so many friends of mine and other children in Uganda are suffering alot in getting school does and some may end up dropping out of schools because of money which is a common problem mostly every where resulting in people's weaknesses.
Am in my holidays and am soon going back to school because the holiday are over and some children have already gone back to their schools toady on the 12th of September, 2005.
May God Bless You
Psalms 116:1-2
I love the lord for he heard my voice I will call on him as long as I live
Kisakye Phiona
