Last week we packed some bags to leave for a conference/retreat/workshop
thing that we didn't know much about going into it. Leading up to these
days away from home, we toiled over what to do with the kids. In the
end we decided to leave them here with a sweet friend of ours, Maria,
who also works at the SAM Guest House on the other side of Lima. The
kids love her, she loves them, and though it was hard to be away from
them, now in retrospect and seeing what those days were like, it was the
best choice.
This was a workshop/evaluation put on by City-to-City out of Tim Keller's church Redeemer Presbyterian in NYC. There have been several of these in Mexico, but this was the first one in Latin America outside of Mexico. There were 10 couples in all being evaluated, 7 from the Lima area, 2 from Pucallpa, and 1 from Ayacucho. The group of evaluators consisted of several MTW missionaries, and other Latino pastors and missionaries associated with City-to-City.
We all arrived without a clue as to what those days would bring. There had been an extensive application including 2 psychological tests (in Spanish) and there was an anxious curiosity amongst all of us of whether we would be told we were apt or not for church planting ministry.
Those days were comprised of less of lectures and mostly of group activities and interviews while being observed by the evaluators.
We enjoyed getting to know the people who attended as well as some of the other SAM missionaries that were attending. In the end the observations shared with us we were already aware of (strengths and weaknesses) but we were encouraged by the affirmation that we were given.
Here are some pictures from the week:
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| Group shot of evaluators and attendees |
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| Farewell (A M A Z I N G) lunch |
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| SAM Missionaries with SAM executive director Kirk Ogden and City-to-City representatives Andres and Ruth from Mexico. |
PS.....the kids did very well without us...this mama probably missed them more than they missed me! :-)
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