Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Sevilla English Camp Team hits the course!










As a short term mission team, we are fortunate to be provided with one team building experience prior to leaving the country. This past weekend we drove up to Berry College, home of the beautiful Winshape Wilderness course. There, we were led through great discussion by a couple well-versed in team dynamics and personality profiles. We learned that we have a well-rounded, multi-talented group of people packed into our small team! All morning we discussed the DISC profile assessment and had verbal and practical application of how we will work together while we are in Sevilla. Then after a delicious Chick-fil-A lunch, we headed over to scale a 35 foot telephone pole. There was a ladder propped against it, and you would climb the ladder then the pole(which was not stable), and then stand on a tiny little piece of wood at the top before leaping off and trying to touch a cone. It was intense. I am proud to say our entire team scaled the pole! What a brave group!!! Our team had already bonded really well, but this weekend just confirmed how wonderfully blessed we are to be serving alongside each other and helped build even deeper relationships. Some of the highlights of the day were digging into each others unique gifting, solving a really difficult puzzle relying on communication and identifying a pattern, and braving the soaring heights of a wobbly telephone pole!

All in all, it was a wonderful day. We are thankful God has provided this opportunity to serve, and we pray that He uses all of our work for our dear friends in Sevilla for His glory! We are less than 2 months away. Thank you for your continued prayers!

Julie, Kim, Lisa, Arinn, Shaun, and Steph

2 comments:

Carolyn Norton said...

I am so excited for your team Jules! You are going to be a great leader too, as God has equipped you with so many gifts... The Spanish language is one of them!

Give Pepe and Mari lots of hugs for me! Let's get together before you leave and after I get back...

Carolyn

Kimberly said...

Wow what a great day! and what a blessing our team and the leader Tom and Cristine were that day!!!