3 weeks’ course in Texas at Mercy Ships HQ
We have just returned from an orientation course for longer term personnel, which we found a real blessing.
The centre with about 100 staff is located on a 250 acre cattle and forest ranch in deep countryside. There are deer, beaver, racoons, snakes (far more than Africa!), birds of many and beautiful varieties….
In was great to meet with people at the HQ, and understand each other better, and we got a better grasp of this great movement and its vision and values.
We enjoyed the teaching facilities and the visiting speakers for the course, which occupied 40 hours each week. We had time to reflect on our 15 months in Africa, and find some answers to our many questions. For example we learnt about ‘worldview’, the spectacles through which a person views and judges everything. Worldviews can be secular, god centred, or animistic (include the African traditional religion’s view of the universe).
We also learnt helpful things about our own personal development, and thought deeply about our relationship with God, and about changes we would like to make in our lives. We learnt about relationships with team colleagues and with the poor we meet in Sierra Leone.
There was also fun time visiting friends (see rose garden) and a trip to the rodeo (click the arrow on the photo to start the video).
The centre with about 100 staff is located on a 250 acre cattle and forest ranch in deep countryside. There are deer, beaver, racoons, snakes (far more than Africa!), birds of many and beautiful varieties….
In was great to meet with people at the HQ, and understand each other better, and we got a better grasp of this great movement and its vision and values.
We enjoyed the teaching facilities and the visiting speakers for the course, which occupied 40 hours each week. We had time to reflect on our 15 months in Africa, and find some answers to our many questions. For example we learnt about ‘worldview’, the spectacles through which a person views and judges everything. Worldviews can be secular, god centred, or animistic (include the African traditional religion’s view of the universe).
We also learnt helpful things about our own personal development, and thought deeply about our relationship with God, and about changes we would like to make in our lives. We learnt about relationships with team colleagues and with the poor we meet in Sierra Leone.
There was also fun time visiting friends (see rose garden) and a trip to the rodeo (click the arrow on the photo to start the video).
posted by Dave & Helen Lyth @ 22:37
