This past weekend, Lisa and I were blessed to fly to Dallas to participate in some training for Missions Resource Network, the organization which is helping to prepare us for the mission field. Training is probably not the best word to describe it, as most of what went on was an assessment of our strengths and needs, but it's the best word I can think of.
There were four other couples we were excited to meet and get to know. One couple is going to Croatia, relatively close to us across the Balkan Peninsula. The other couples are going to China, Uganda, and Malawi (in southern Africa). We are going to be participating in online cohort learning for several months, as we dialogue through several aspects of the theology of missions, covenanting, and strategies for mission.
We had a fairly grueling schedule of assessment. First of all, on Friday evening every couple took 20 minutes to introduce themselves. Lisa and I naturally chose a trivia game as the means by which to introduce ourselves, which was a lot of fun. It was very interesting to find the wife of one couple sang in the Concert Choir at Harding with me, and the husband of another was a Chi Sig at the same time I was!
On Saturday, we had five one-hour interviews with assessor couples. One couple was returning from over 25 years on the field in Brazil; one couple was on the Missions board with the Legacy Church of Christ in Dallas. We also met with Dr. Dottie Schulz to go over the results of psychological testing we had done previously. It was a taxing weekend, but well worth it.
We leave even more committed to our mission than before! Please pray for us as we continue to prepare ourselves to do the Lord's work in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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