11/21/10

The speaker this past week was Tim Pratt and the topic was team building.  It was different week then the ones because it was interactive.  The week started with Tim talking about freedom and bondage.  He challenged us to dig deep and find what was keeping us in spiritual bondage.  He also wanted us to open up more with each other and allow the people in our DTS to get to know each other on a deeper level.  So on Tuesday we say around in a circle and shared with each other the hardest or most challenging things we went through in our childhoods.  There were some tears shed, but it was really good to learn about other people on a deep level.  During the week we also did a lot of team building excersises.  Some of them were really challenging, they required us to work together as a team and use lots of communication.  The activities helped me to understand the importance of leadership, listening, communication, and patients when working with a team.  Tim was a really cool guy and helped a lot of people work through things that they were struggling with or were in bondage to.  So it was a really good week to get to know my team better and to work through some of my own issues.

prayer request:

- financial support for my teammates

- continued revelation on what we have learned

- energy

- unity within our gourp

- a heart for our outreach locations

- that we will be able to hear God's voice and direction and respond in obediance

- that we will not burn out, but find strength in the Lord

Love you guys.  I hope everything is well back east.  

Love Elliot


below: a picture of me on the right and people on my team doing a  team building excersise