Personal Development God's Way » missionary http://kiwichamp.com Christian motivation and Bible based personal development Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:02:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 God WILL Make A Way For You http://kiwichamp.com/god-will-make-a-way-for-you/ http://kiwichamp.com/god-will-make-a-way-for-you/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:33:40 +0000 Jill Rapley http://kiwichamp.com/?p=1530 Very recently I was sent a link to a video that I found amazing. The story you will see will challenge you and encourage you to realize that:
  • You are unique.
  • You have dreams and desires in your heart that God has placed there.
  • You cannot help but receive a harvest when you sow into the lives of others. One of God's absolute laws in His creation is: "whatever you sow, you WILL reap".
This video is a demonstration of what can happen when you remain faithful to do what is in your hand to do. It is also a demonstration of the outstanding truth that God WILL make a way. He will NEVER put a desire in your heart to do something without opening up an opportunity for you to do it.
I KNOW this is true. How am I so sure? It has happened in my life.
]]> http://kiwichamp.com/god-will-make-a-way-for-you/feed/ 0 If You Feel Your Calling Is Too Big For You, You’re Not Alone http://kiwichamp.com/big-calling/ http://kiwichamp.com/big-calling/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:57:08 +0000 Jill Rapley http://kiwichamp.com/?p=451 Called to Do The Impossible). At least it was impossible for him. When God appeared to him saying that He had called him to be a prophet to the nations, Jeremiah's response was: "Ah, Sovereign LORD I do not know how to speak; I am only a child." (Jeremiah 1:6) History reveals that he was probably quite young, but here he was focusing on his inadequacy more than on his age. His age was an excuse. He was simply saying “What? It’s too big for me, I can’t do that”. I remember being called into my boss’s office after I had submitted my resignation in the Education Board of New Zealand.]]> http://kiwichamp.com/big-calling/feed/ 3 The Beginning http://kiwichamp.com/the-beginning/ http://kiwichamp.com/the-beginning/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:31:00 +0000 Jill Rapley http://kiwichamp.com/?p=212 Chapter 2: The Beginning If you have not read the first chapter of this series you might want to look it over before continuing here: A Dream Comes True Boys At El Rancho Dining As I mentioned in the first chapter, one of the things I noticed during my first months in Mexico was the lack of Christian literature available for children (this was in 1977). At the time I was helping oversee a dormitory in a boy's orphanage near Monterrey. At Christmas we went into the city to look for some books to give the boys for Christmas and were horrified to find there was so little to choose from. I always had the publishing side of missionary work on my heart.]]> http://kiwichamp.com/the-beginning/feed/ 3 A Dream Comes True http://kiwichamp.com/dream-comes-true/ http://kiwichamp.com/dream-comes-true/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:12:53 +0000 Jill Rapley http://kiwichamp.com/?p=170
A Slight Change of Course
Then during my late teens I got involved in an organization called "Youth For Christ" where we enjoyed many fun activities as well as being constantly challenged by youth pastors and missionaries. It was not long before I discovered the direction I felt my life was to go in. It was to be Latin America. A few years later though a course of events which I will reveal in at another time I found myself in Mexico near the end of 1976.

]]> http://kiwichamp.com/dream-comes-true/feed/ 12 An Introduction to My Favorite Country http://kiwichamp.com/introduction-to-my-favorite-country/ http://kiwichamp.com/introduction-to-my-favorite-country/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:48:11 +0000 Jill Rapley http://kiwichamp.com/?p=98 they are family. First Impressions: I first went down to Cuernavaca in 1977, as part of a team of 3, sent by a children's magazine (Bread For Children) I was with at the time. I had already traveled to Mexico City (known as D.F. or Distrito Federal) by bus, so I was a little familiar with the city. However driving was another thing. Especially back in 1977!]]> http://kiwichamp.com/introduction-to-my-favorite-country/feed/ 2