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Update from SE Asia
March 10, 2010
PIPELINE UPDATE 2010-03-10
Non-busy time
There are times when things are not too busy with ministry travel, meetings and trainings so I get a chance to catch up on reading and other "life things" that I had to put on hold until I had some extra time to get them done. It also provides time for me to focus on family and parenting issues that have come up regarding our kids. Lately, I've realized how often I've gotten angry at my kids and it's made me more aware of my need to get some help dealing with anger and impatience… not just towards my kids but my wife, my dad and to a certain degree, as well as others that I work with here.
Currently, I'm going through this prayer ministry training that has been helpful in bringing insight into what triggers my current behavior. So far it's been very good watching the dvd seminars and demos of how to minister to individuals to resolve past issues to bring about internal mind renewal (i.e. Rom 12:2) that leads to life transformation. Sarah's really benefited from it and now I'm going through it and have been sharpened and challenged to think through my own ways of thinking and believing that eventually leads to how I act and react in difficult circumstances. I’m looking forward to going through the rest of the materials and experiencing more lasting transformation in my personal/spiritual life. Anyway, if you’re interested in internal change that leads to lasting life transformation for your own life, let me know and I can share about the materials we’re going through.
Pr. that both Sarah and I would go through deep internal mind renewal (Rom 12:2) during this season of life through the prayer ministry training that we’re going through so that we would both be transformed and be more whole in ministering to others, parenting our kids and relating to one another in marriage but most of all to walk in the peace of Christ bearing the fruit of the Spirit through our lives.
Ministry needs
The next major ministry related event is attending our field wide annual conference in about 3 weeks. There’s a lot of planning and other admin things that need to be taken care of beforehand which we’re somewhat involved in because of our relationship with the people that are coming to help with the children’s program.
Pray for the materials and curriculum that needs to be hand carried over from the US. (i.e. that it wouldn’t get lost, stolen, pay extra baggage costs, etc…)
Pray for the workers that will be coming to help with the children’s program (Youngmee S. and Connie S.). They will be overseeing 15 kids ranging from a 1 yr old to an 18 yr old and everything in between. For 2 people this will be a stretching experience/challenge. They are dear friends and ministry partners so we don’t want them to be burned out after this either because they also have other ministry commitments after they finish here.
Pray for all the logistical preparations that need to be taken care of beforehand (e.g. hotel reservations, travel arrangements, conference schedule, etc…). The field administrator (Debbie B.) just got back into the country from being in the US so she’s got a lot of things she’s trying to finalize on top of her own ministry in-country so do pray for her.
Till then, I need to focus on facilitating the next CP mentor network gathering and also take care of a few admin things regarding the CP network. I’m planning on gathering the CP mentors once a week for some training modules offered by a group in town but it hasn’t materialized because of travel schedules.
Pray that these trainings would happen so that mentors would be better equipped in CP principles that would positively impact their respective ministries in and outside of the city.
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