Monday, April 11, 2011

Summer in KC Inner-city

Dear friends!

My heart is leaping in my chest as I write this! Those of you who know me well know how much my heart beats for the African American community and for "the hood" of America. Life in Austin and at UT has been and continues to be nothing short of incredible!!! But I have not felt an outlet here for this particular burning desire in my heart for the Black community and for restoration to inner-city areas.

God loves to give us the desires of hearts in His perfect timing. Over the last month, God opened the doors for me to spend my summer in one of the roughest neighborhoods in Kansas City, MO. I will be moving in with 2 of my dear friends, Linsday Ellyson and Myles Hamby. I met both of them through the Student Church family over the past year. God has been moving in their neighborhood. They have seen many folks getting touched and transformed by God's love, and they are believing for the transformation of their hood this summer! They have invited me to join in on this, and God has orchestrated so many details to allow to me to go.

What exactly I will be doing this summer looks a little bit like this:

  1. Kansas City Summer Internship - I will be helping Lindsay and Myles put on an internship for high school/college-age students, training them to make disciples/plant simple churches/live as family in our KC neighborhood. (*If this sounds of interest to you, check it out and consider joining!)
  2. While I will be helping train these interns, I will also get the opportunity to do an internship myself through Student Church with Erik Fish, one of the national elders in the Student Church Movement. The internship will be geared toward my ministry in the neighborhood, and will also include mentorship with Erik.
  3. As a part of my internship with Erik, I will be leading/helping with several SCPx trainings for the summer. One will be in Oklahoma on the OSU campus on June 10-15. I will also be doing a Kansas City SCPx June 26-July 5, and possibly a few others around the nation. Our interns will also get the opportunity to be trained and equipped to lead as they go through these SCPx's.
  4. Most importantly, this summer will be filled with pursuing Jesus along side friends and sharing the love of Jesus with others!!

If you all would like to know more or support me, you can email me at megstricko@yahoo.com.