So 4 Mexicans, 5 Americans, 4 Nicaraguans, a Swedish woman, and a Swiss man walk into a Young Life Camp…. It sounds like the beginning of a bad missionary joke, right? In truth, it is the beginning of a divine encounter that I shall now attempt to describe.
Six weeks after returning from Nicaragua for the FX Missions Young Leaders Intensive, it feels like a wonderful dream that was too good to be real Continue reading “Nicaragua Young Leaders Intensive Trip Report by Kate Nevarez”
Hey and happy 2016, or is it too late to say that?
I hope not. Continue reading “Friends in Foreign Places”
This story really starts on the fourth of July, because that was the day that my friend dropped me off at the airport and I left the life I had spent the past few years building. Friends, mentors, small children I adored-I left them all behind. After two and half years of working as a missionary in Mexico, I was headed home for good, all because I felt God tugging at my heart and telling me it was time to go.
Even with the prompting of the Holy Spirit, it felt a little like failure. I felt like a missionary that just couldn’t Continue reading “Nicaragua Dec2015 Trip Report by Alisha Joy Tomsen”
Leadership, it may be hard to define, but you know it when you see it. This means there is an essence to leadership that is known through observing it in action, not just in contemplation. After all, the Kingdom of God is not in word only, but in power (with the idea of action)!
Who is your favorite leader of all time, after Jesus? Think about this before you go on, please….. Can you name someone? We will come back to this, but, I want to encourage you to stop and think of someone until you come up with a name. Thanks…
Here are a few definitions of leadership for you:
Short version: Influence
Leadership is being exemplary – Not all persons with responsibility are good examples, but in the Lord’s estimation, leadership and living a good example are the same thing. Continue reading “What is Leadership?”
