Missionary Hip Hop

WORD UP! K-girl is in the house, here to share with you a lil rhyme performed at the side of the magnificent Magdiel!  =P

Thanks K-Man for promoting our trip and for encouraging me do so as well by letting me post this poem.  And thank you all for your prayers and the support you've shown to my teammates and me.  Our presentation at Nightlife was a little rough around the edges, but we felt so blessed by your aloha!  Also, thanks to everyone who has helped me personally prepare for this trip - by equipping me with prayer tips,  books, offering to partner with me in fasting, etc.  

My missions-mate Magdiel and I spent almost an entire day sitting in one of the campus restaurants, working on a spoken word poem about our mission.  We had never collaborated before, and we quickly noticed the differences in our writing styles. I tend to write quickly, only to spend hours upon hours editing, whereas Mags takes his time, choosing his words so carefully that his work doesn't need any fixing.  So while it took us much longer to work together than if we were to work separately, there is something spiritually powerful in unity.  I learned that even though the body parts of Christ work in different ways, they work better in partnership, as long as they are committed to the same purpose.  :)

Before I start wasting your time, 

Here is our lil' rhyme:

I told some friends that I’m going on a mission
And they said, “What, I didn’t even know that you were a Christian”
They told me that they could tell I had changed
But they didn’t know how much of my life God’s rearranged
See, my family’s never been the church-going type
And I thought the Bible was just religious hype
But last semester I discovered that our God lives
And I accepted the salvation he freely gives
Now I’m like the Samaritan girl at the well
I worship Jesus with all my heart
And together with my brother Magdiel,
we pray that God will shape our words into Kingdom art

[MAGDIEL]
I heard about this mission and didn’t really want to step to the steeple
My reasoning was flawed, I know my resistance was feeble
I thought If I don’t even like your food, how can I expect to help your people
But the truth is my whole life it’s been my own dream I’ve been chasin
Repressing the reality that I’ve feared of facin
When I see my little brothers starving, my heart started racin
And plummeting down cus now their hurt I was tastin
Since none of my dollars ever helped to put food in they hands
And none of my thoughts and prayers had ever traveled to their land
I told myself it was Ok for me to just turn my head
Since I myself, never grew havin any bread
So how can I give something I don’t even own?
How can I possibly give, when I got 60 g’s that I owe?

I never thought that I’d give a rip about the poor
Never thought I’d want to spend my nights with them, sleeping on the floor
But I saw how much God loves people of every race
And How he comforts the suffering with a secure embrace
God’s shown me how to love someone other than me
Cus you know it’s the only way we’ll ever be free

[MAGDIEL]
But I know I’ve been blessed because I’ve made it this far
And though I don’t got a car, I’ve got a God that can give me the stars
Yeah, I’m cheap and got to keep track of my bills
But money ain’t a thang when you got the power of will
Since I’ve been transformed by His love, I have no more hesitation
Cus In my soul I can feel His heavenly vibrations
So by faith I’ll walk on water, so we can reach the distant nations

Transformed by God’s love
He blesses us from up above
He’s given power to our generation
To change the campus, islands, and nations
We’re on fire cus the Lord smiles when He sees us
We’re Intervarsity and we’re on a mission to follow Jesus
We’re gonna follow Aunty B and Jordan Seng to Chiang-Mai and Chittagong
You know this mission’s gonna be fly cus we’re singing God’s song!

Can’t wait until May, when we’ll be on that plane
We’re so excited that we’re going insane
We’re gonna pray for orphans in Bangladesh
Cus the Holy Spirit always keeps hope fresh
We’re gonna work with kids at Home of Love
It’s an orphanage blessed with vision from God above
Even though they live in one of the poorest nations,
Where good news is received with great hesitation,
The children are God’s most beautiful creation.
Lord, I heard their government don’t like the Gospel being spread
So I pray you give us your daily bread
Cuz that’s all we’re gonna need to keep pushing ahead
Sometimes I get scared that we’re gonna have to suffer
But I know that this experience will only make me tougher
I think back to life before I ever touched the cross
And how selfish I was when I worked for the wrong boss
But now I know when I look into an orphan’s eyes
I’ll see the miracles and hope that only God supplies

[MAGDIEL]
In the land of Thailand, girls ain’t really given a chance
Just to make a livin, she got to get on her hands
And knees and become another picture on a sex catalog
Just another piece of meat that they can feed to the dogs
She’s only ten years old but it’s the only way she can make any dough
She may not even know any better cus it’s the only life that she knows
Afraid to leave the industry, cus the world shows her no pity
She knows a lotta sh*t can happen when she sets foot in the city
She’d be mugged or raped and have no financial stability
Because of this industry, she has no confidence in her own ability
Abused and objectified, this isn’t how it should be
Though her body isn’t bound, it’s her soul that longs to be free
But I’m not gonna sit here and talk about the wicked and start throwing stones
Because I know I’ve taken part of this through the thoughts in my dome
Through all of the porno that I’d ever seen with my eyes
I’ve helped built this market and wicked industry to rise
With every lustful thought, a part of my sisters soul begins to die
And if I don’t practice what I preach, than I’m just preachin a lie
But when my mind gets ugly, You tell me I have a beautiful face
God loves us regardless, and that’s what we call grace
And through grace, there’s redemption, now I have another chance
To show my sisters that my heart lies in my God and not my pants
And ask for forgiveness that they’ve become a product of lust
But through our Lord Jesus Christ, I may be a man they can trust
Cus we’re all members and parts of the body of Christ
And as lights, it’s our right, to restore the sight to the blind
So we can stand united and put an end to this fight


Transformed by God’s love
He blesses us from up above
He’s given power to our generation
To change the campus, islands, and nations
We’re on fire cus the Lord smiles when He sees us
We’re Intervarsity and we’re on a mission to follow Jesus
We’re gonna follow Aunty B and Jordan Seng to Chiang-Mai and Chittagong
You know this mission’s gonna be fly cus we’re singing God’s song!