Report from Liberia

Wednesday, Nov 20.

Greetings from Ganta, Liberia.

A truly great day in Ganta! Today, the leaders all took turns teaching portions of the Lead Like Jesus Encounter. Most of them did a fantastic job! They were really great! There were a few that struggled, but overall, I am very, very pleased!

Because they did so well, we are going to be able to finish the training by tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon instead of Friday at noon. Tomorrow morning, I will give them some additional feedback on their teaching/facilitation and will then have them get into their groups and review/discuss the key (main) points for each section of the Encounter.

After lunch we will begin our planning and preparation for next year by doing four (4) things:

(1) Getting their commitment on how many Encounters they will facilitate during the next 12 months.
(2) Developing leadership "huddle" groups by breaking them into groups of 4-5 and appointing a huddle leader for each group. They will then meet three times (once per quarter) over the next year to review the Lead Like Jesus material, work through the LLJ Study Guide, report on their Encounters, and to pray for and encourage one another.
(3) Determining dates and locations for next year's training.
(4) Discussing the requirement for them to recruit and select three (3) leaders to bring with them next year who will begin the four year process.

By being able to finish tomorrow, this will leave Friday open so that I can meet with Alex and Fannia Freeman to work out the details for them hosting the training next year and to start thinking about the logistics of year 3 and 4. When you do the math, if every leader we train brings back 3 leaders with them the following year, and you do this over a four year period, you can quickly see that the number of leaders we will train/equip over a four year period is significant. (Yr 1 = 25; Yr 2 = 100; Yr 3 = 325; Yr 4 = 1,000) This is why Luke Kuepfer and I are really excited about the process that we have now put in place in Uganda, Ghana, and Liberia.

Our weather here today has been slightly cooler with overcast/cloudy skies and lower humidity. We did have a huge storm last night. It woke me up at 3 am. The wind, rain, and lightning lasted about an hour and I was finally able to go back to sleep.

I pray that all is well with you. Thanks again for your continued prayers.

Blessings!

Fred


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