Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Haiti Training

Just for the record, Haiti meetings may be two hours of “I-swear-I-got-the-degree-that-says-that-I-took-this-class-already...threeorfourorsixdozentimes,” but I love the fact that people in leadership care enough to make sure that the teams going out understand the basics of intercultural ministry and the role that they play in that bigger picture.

It is a good thing, although cringe inducing at certain moments, to watch these summer teams wrestle with ideas long before they will ever need them and build a worldview that is hopefully a little more grounded in reality.

These people rock my socks off – or my flip flops, as the case may be.

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