Developing Gods Good Intentions in a Community. 

If you've been following us for the last month or so, you have been catching snippets of the various activities we've been up to while here in YWAM Kona. 

What we haven’t talked about all too much, is the long term why we are here.

At the core of our families mission is a deep desire to develop God’s good intentions for any community that we find ourselves a part of. We firmly believe that much of the brokenness we see in the world today stems primarily from four broken relationships; First and foremost is a broken relationship with God. The other three are broken relationships with ourselves, others, and the rest of creation.

In restoring these four relationships we typically see resilient and healthy communities begin to emerge. In some respect, community development is about making financial and infrastructural investments, but it's more than throwing money towards a problem. Long term, sustainable community development is about developing the culture of the Kingdom by restoring relationships and coming up with long-term strategies for community empowerment. 

In subsequent newsletters, this section will be dedicated to talking about what we are doing in our local ministries, how we are involved in campus activities, and how we are preparing for what’s next. Greg will be writing more content regarding community development and why it matters for anyone working locally or internationally.

This future content will focus heavily on the book When Helping Hurts, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert, so we invite you to track with the blogs, articles, and videos as we share freely all that we are learning. 

In the mean time, we will leave you with this video which humorously demonstrates what often happens in community development/missionary work.