Friday, August 29, 2008

HOW TO TIE A NECK-TIE?

This week, speaker, author, and South-East Asia director of men's ministry of the Navigators Geoff Gorsuch came to EAST and showed us how to tie a neck-tie.
And more.
In fact, the neck-tie part was to demonstrate how mentoring should be done: lots of modeling, hands-on training, mid-course corrections, repetition, and encouragement.
His talk was power-packed and entertaining.
About 70 faculty, students, and friends of EAST - including church leaders - and even a landlady of one of our students - came for the five-hour workshop.

The animated life coach made us laugh when analysing men and women differences in mentoring and problem solving.
He kept everyone engaged through a dramatic portrayal of the first years of our ministry - "like kayaking in rapid waters".
And he encouraged us as he spoke on the two types of mid-life crises we might face.
There were also a short session when he and his wife, Diane, met with the men and women separately.

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About Me

In the Old Testament in the Bible, there was a man named Jacob who "wrestled with God and man." He wouldn't let God go until God answered his prayers. God admired that and renamed him Israel, "the one who fought or wrestled and prevailed". He fought with man--his inner man--and conquered his own weaknesses. He's my hero. He is what I hope God and man see me to be.