Hi Hope Church & Friends,
The women's and men's leadership training is over. It has been a blessing to me and I was so encouraged. What a great team I served with and what an honor it was to be back on a short term mission trip with my husband Bill. So very cool. Even though we were not with each most of the day we both peaked in on each other to see what the other was doing. He was teaching in the book of Genesis and I was sharing the 5 Heart Essentials of Women's Ministries.
The women's conference really went well and was really different this year. I would have to say I really felt all your prayers back home. We tried a few different things with the women and you could really tell that God's hand was in the conference. Marieke shared from the first three chapters of Genesis and I was blessed by her teaching and encouraged. She is really gifted. Lisa was amazing as usual wearing many hats and my favorite thing she did in which the women really seemed to enjoy was when she shared on the different women in the Bible. Jennifer led the crafts and did some devotions. Jennifer also got to have a session with the pastors wives and that went really well and they were encouraged. I had the opportunity to mentor and pray with a sweet, gentle women name Pinina who is the National Women's Ministry leader for all of Kenya. Her husband is the Pastor in a slum. She also teaches school in that slum. What an honor to spend time with this women who is on fire for the Lord.
One thing I tried for the first time was teaching the women how to do an Inductive Bible Study. I added it on to my last heart essential which was being a women of compassion and good works. I had them break up into small groups and discuss the passage Luke 10:25-37 Basically having them go over questions like; What does the passage say? What does passage mean? What am I to do? Each group also dug deeper with looking at key characters, themes and directions from the passage. We had a wrap up session at the end to see what each group learned. And they shared so deeply and they showed real understanding of the passage.
Dave and Jennifer did marriage course 2 of the nights that was well attended. Dave also was very involved in a mentoring program that was beginning, among many other topics he taught during the day.
It's late now and I just want to post two short videos from two of the ladies. We really do serve a mighty God. God Bless and I will see you when I get back.
Blessings Lori
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