Read Mack & Leeann chapter 9: “Questions of Trust.”
1) What does PQT stand for? What is it (you can just quote the sentence from the chapter)? How would you explain it to someone who didn’t read this chapter?
2) Mack and Leeann list twelve nonmoral issues that can build or break trust. Choose three you think will be most important or difficult for our group to work with, and how you think we will need to act in order to build trust.
3) Of the twelve nonmoral issues listed, choose the one you think will be most difficult for you to deal with, and how you think you will need to act in order to build trust.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Support
SPIRITUAL
Pray! Pray for your teammates as we are apart, that we continue growing, and that God continues preparing us for this trip. Pray for Mancora as they plan the youth congress.
FINANCIAL
Next payment date: July 5 - the balance of your money is due. Don't forget that $100 of your total must be earned by you. You need to send me a letter (email is fine) explaining how you earned $100 of your balance. This can be through support raised, through money you earned at a job, or whatever. This is required by July 5.
Pray! Pray for your teammates as we are apart, that we continue growing, and that God continues preparing us for this trip. Pray for Mancora as they plan the youth congress.
FINANCIAL
Next payment date: July 5 - the balance of your money is due. Don't forget that $100 of your total must be earned by you. You need to send me a letter (email is fine) explaining how you earned $100 of your balance. This can be through support raised, through money you earned at a job, or whatever. This is required by July 5.
Other Stuff
FAMILY SENDOFF
Will be on Friday, July 24 at the DeLaLastras. Details wll follow. You may let me know in person or by email.
FUTURE ASSIGNMENTS
Keep checking the blog - it will be updated on Sundays, usually by noon. You will have assignments due on July 5 and July 19.
Will be on Friday, July 24 at the DeLaLastras. Details wll follow. You may let me know in person or by email.
FUTURE ASSIGNMENTS
Keep checking the blog - it will be updated on Sundays, usually by noon. You will have assignments due on July 5 and July 19.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Due Sunday, June 14
Part One
Read the list of Dos and Dont's you were given (they are also posted under "March" here at the blog). What do you feel are the most dangerous aspects of our trip? Why? Which of these things will be difficult for you? Do any of them make you feel uncomfortable?
Part Two
Read the handout on risk from Mack and Leanne's Guide to Short-term Mission Trips. How would you summarize the point they are trying to make? Pay special attention to the seven points he makes. Are there any of these you feel strongly about, either agreeing or disagreeing?
Part Three
Taking into account your responses to part one and part two, summarize your feelings and thoughts on the risks we will be taking on this trip.
Read the list of Dos and Dont's you were given (they are also posted under "March" here at the blog). What do you feel are the most dangerous aspects of our trip? Why? Which of these things will be difficult for you? Do any of them make you feel uncomfortable?
Part Two
Read the handout on risk from Mack and Leanne's Guide to Short-term Mission Trips. How would you summarize the point they are trying to make? Pay special attention to the seven points he makes. Are there any of these you feel strongly about, either agreeing or disagreeing?
Part Three
Taking into account your responses to part one and part two, summarize your feelings and thoughts on the risks we will be taking on this trip.
Support
SPIRITUAL
If you have a mentor in Panama, schedule a time that you can talk with that person once we return from Peru. It can be a phone call or a face to face meeting. Face to face would be best. If your mentor is not in Panama, then try to arrange a time when you might be able to call them, if that's possible. Set a time that is convenient for both of you. Your meeting will be an opportunity for you to talk to them about your trip and for them to ask you specific questions. I will be asking the mentors to let me know once you have arranged an appointment. It should be for at least one hour.
FINANCIAL
Next payment date: July 5 - the balance of your money is due.
Don't forget that $100 of your total must be earned by you. You need to send me a letter (email is fine) explaining how you earned $100 of your balance. This can be through support raised, through money you earned at a job, or whatever. This is required by July 5.
If you have a mentor in Panama, schedule a time that you can talk with that person once we return from Peru. It can be a phone call or a face to face meeting. Face to face would be best. If your mentor is not in Panama, then try to arrange a time when you might be able to call them, if that's possible. Set a time that is convenient for both of you. Your meeting will be an opportunity for you to talk to them about your trip and for them to ask you specific questions. I will be asking the mentors to let me know once you have arranged an appointment. It should be for at least one hour.
FINANCIAL
Next payment date: July 5 - the balance of your money is due.
Don't forget that $100 of your total must be earned by you. You need to send me a letter (email is fine) explaining how you earned $100 of your balance. This can be through support raised, through money you earned at a job, or whatever. This is required by July 5.
Other stuff
DATE CHANGES
Last meeting: this Wednesday!
FAMILY SENDOFF
Please let me know by Wednesday how many of your fmaily members will be at the sendoff on July 24. Details wll follow. You may let me know in person or by email.
FUTURE ASSIGNMENTS
Check the blog every Sunday for updates. They'll be there!
Last meeting: this Wednesday!
FAMILY SENDOFF
Please let me know by Wednesday how many of your fmaily members will be at the sendoff on July 24. Details wll follow. You may let me know in person or by email.
FUTURE ASSIGNMENTS
Check the blog every Sunday for updates. They'll be there!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Due May 31 - Extended to June 7
Hope you had a great time at the Jahango Fair! What a great way to experience firsthand some of the cross-cultural challenges and differences we've been talking about.
PART ONE
Reflect on your experience at the Jahango Fair and discuss the following in a post:
What aspects of God's character did you witness in the Jahango activities you witnessed? What similarities / differences do you notice between the Jahango culture and the Kenyan culture we've been observing on "Round Trip"? What cross-cultural challenges do you anticipate the Galvez family will face as Colombians living in Panama moving to Guinea?
PART TWO
You're going to be reading another article this week, but I need to give some instructions before you do. Much of the "Round Trip" material is aimed at North Americans, so we might be tempted to dismiss the parts of the article when it talks about what North Americans need to do, what they can learn, etc. However, much of what is said about North Americans is true about us middle-class Panamanian-Crossroads people. For example, on p.100 Muriu says "...Americans enter the economically depressed communities of the world with a lot of resources. They come and stay in hotels... but the two-thirds world cannot afford this model."
Read the article in the "Round Trip" appendix titled "The African Planter" (pp.96-106). As you read, when it talks about North Americans ask yourself, "Does this apply to me? To us? To Crossroads, to Panamanians, to middle class people?" If it does, scratch out the word/words "American" or "North America", etc., and substitute "Panamanian" or "Crossroads-ian" or whatever might apply.
Now go back through the article and select the lessons, ideas, or concepts you feel are most applicable or relevant to our team. Explain how and why these lessons apply to us.
PART ONE
Reflect on your experience at the Jahango Fair and discuss the following in a post:
What aspects of God's character did you witness in the Jahango activities you witnessed? What similarities / differences do you notice between the Jahango culture and the Kenyan culture we've been observing on "Round Trip"? What cross-cultural challenges do you anticipate the Galvez family will face as Colombians living in Panama moving to Guinea?
PART TWO
You're going to be reading another article this week, but I need to give some instructions before you do. Much of the "Round Trip" material is aimed at North Americans, so we might be tempted to dismiss the parts of the article when it talks about what North Americans need to do, what they can learn, etc. However, much of what is said about North Americans is true about us middle-class Panamanian-Crossroads people. For example, on p.100 Muriu says "...Americans enter the economically depressed communities of the world with a lot of resources. They come and stay in hotels... but the two-thirds world cannot afford this model."
Read the article in the "Round Trip" appendix titled "The African Planter" (pp.96-106). As you read, when it talks about North Americans ask yourself, "Does this apply to me? To us? To Crossroads, to Panamanians, to middle class people?" If it does, scratch out the word/words "American" or "North America", etc., and substitute "Panamanian" or "Crossroads-ian" or whatever might apply.
Now go back through the article and select the lessons, ideas, or concepts you feel are most applicable or relevant to our team. Explain how and why these lessons apply to us.
Support
SPIRITUAL
Schedule a time in the next week or so with your primary spiritual supporter. Get together and talk about your training (or call them). Share with them what you are learning, what God is teaching you, and what you are concerned about related to this trip. Then ask them to pray with you.
FINANCIAL
Next payment date: July 5 - the balance of your money is due. I will give you a report on Wednesday telling you how much of your balance has been paid. It should be at least $550 by now.
Don't forget that $100 of your total must be earned by you. You need to send me a letter (email is fine) explaining how you earned $100 of your balance. This can be through support raised, through money you earned at a job, or whatever. This is required by July 5.
Schedule a time in the next week or so with your primary spiritual supporter. Get together and talk about your training (or call them). Share with them what you are learning, what God is teaching you, and what you are concerned about related to this trip. Then ask them to pray with you.
FINANCIAL
Next payment date: July 5 - the balance of your money is due. I will give you a report on Wednesday telling you how much of your balance has been paid. It should be at least $550 by now.
Don't forget that $100 of your total must be earned by you. You need to send me a letter (email is fine) explaining how you earned $100 of your balance. This can be through support raised, through money you earned at a job, or whatever. This is required by July 5.
OTHER STUFF
DATE CHANGES
Don't forget the changes:
6/3 (W) – Training session #14
6/7 (S) - Training session #15
6/10 (W) – Training session #16
FAMILY SENDOFF
Please find out how many family members (include yourself!) will attend the sendoff on July 24. It will be around 7pm. I need to know by next Wednesday.
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