It's Tuesday in Greece

Team Training

It is Tuesday June 21and we began our morning with a wonderful breakfast.  We are enjoying a wide variety of foods.

The whole team of 24 strong

Aspen and McKenna hurrying to breakfast

It's just after noon near Corinth Greece.  Our team has had a full morning of training.  Gail Hildenbrand started the morning training with "SURF" training that we borrowed with permission from Forward Edge International.  "SURF" stands for Servanthood, Unity, Respect, and  Flexibility. We talk with our team about each one of these topics and how we can best live them out within our team and in the larger environment with the children we will be ministering too.  Then Gail Tait shared with the team the concepts of "Love Languages For Children".  As we observe the children in our groups and try to discern what their "Love Language" might be, it can help us to better understand how to encourage and support them.  Finally, we passed out puzzle pieces and had each or our 24 team members put their initials on the back of the piece they chose.  One of the puzzle pieces also had God written on the back of it.  Then the team began to put the puzzle together adding their own piece to the mix.  This exercise helps the team to see how important each individual is in the creation of a healthy, functioning team while we also rely on God's direction and support.

Janet Watts shared with the team some ideas on how to share Christ with children.

The team is working very well together.  So well, that they had some free time this afternoon.

Putting The Puzzle Together

Some Of The Oklahoma City Team

Tomorrow, Wednesday is our final day of room setup and preparations.  We get the children at 5 PM for a get acquainted time and then start the full children's program Thursday morning.

Some Of The Team at Breakfast