Demand for the teaching ministry offered by Surprised by
Hope far exceeds our capacity and so for the past six months or so we’ve been
inviting select East African’s to join with us in facilitating portions of the Entrepreneurship
series of workshops. Apart from this individual learning, we need to increase
team building and training opportunities so that we can expand our reach beyond
only my own ability.
The six apprentice-facilitators met to get to know one
another and to work on developing our knowledge and understanding of the teaching-ministry
material. These six apprentice facilitators are either teachers at Christian
schools or pastors and so investing in their growth and development serves to
strengthen an already solid spiritual base for both Surprised by Hope and for
their own professional careers.
Our meeting was one filled with fellowship and learning. We
all left feeling relationally closer to one another and strengthened in the Lord.
I thank God for Pr George, Pr Fred, Pr Ephantus, teacher Vickie, teacher Alone,
and business student Alex. Of course we can travel wherever needed but we now
have apprentice-facilitators whose reach extends to Northern, Eastern, and
Central Uganda as well as coastal Kenya. Please pray that God would continue to
provide for our needs as we grow and that he would bless these men and women
for their investment in his Kingdom – pressed down, shaken together, and
running over.
(I reminded myself at least a dozen times to take a picture…and
then promptly forgot. Boo!)