The view from the summit
Dear All,
Tuesday’s Bottom Line:
The view is great! Thanks in part to your prayers, our Faithful Four (Pastors Wilson and Angelica, Pastor Daniel, and Missionary Scott) are continuing to do much solid ministry work and have good success. Tuesday’s Coaches Summit for group leaders and some very special guests went well, and the Pillars Summit – a retreat designed for leaders of leaders – will begin Tuesday night MO time.
Tuesday’s Prayer Requests:
1.God’s Word and Spirit at The Pillars Retreat to minister significantly not only to the attendees, but to our Faithful Four, as well.
2.Good health for Scott; his body may be fighting a head cold. The whole team to stay healthy and energized during this intense time of travel and ministry.
3.Over 100 Foursquare pastors have registered for Friday’s Better Together Marriage seminar, and well over 250 are signed up for Saturday’s Disciple-Makers seminar. Pray for no hindrances, distractions, or interruptions to adversely affect what God wants to do through those two days of meetings.
Tuesday’s Details:
Tuesday’s all-day Coaches Summit was different from a DM vision-casting (which usually involves 3-4 hours of information) or even a DM seminar (with 6 hours of instruction over one or two days). The Coaches Summit featured sessions specifically designed to minister to people who are already leading disciple-makers groups, and Scott said, “We have 3 teaching sessions followed by discussion groups. Pastor Daniel shared a powerful message about doing the work of him who sent us while it is day.” The discussion groups allow the coaches to process and apply what they’ve just heard. Here, some seven groups are chewing on the “meat” they’ve been served.
Our team also has some special guests in attendance this week. S and S pastor in a closed country. They want to learn more about the disciple-making process Take the Challenge has developed, and they made quite a journey to the Philippines to be with our team for a week.
Scott said, “S and S are participating. They each have private interpreters during the sessions. I am so blessed by the PDMM (Philippines Disciple-Makers Movement) team we have here. One DM pastor traveled 8.5 hours to go pick up S and S. They arrived in Villasis at 12:30 AM.” Now, that is true dedication and a servant’s heart! It shows what kind of people our DM coaches are. = )
At the close of today’s summit, those coaches who have disciples who are leading groups traveled on to a different location for the Pillars Summit on Wednesday. Scott said, “There are two key couples who were not invited [to the Pillars Summit] because they have no “grandchildren,” but I felt they should attend the Pillars Retreat. So I asked them on Monday night if they could stay Tuesday night and Wednesday. One is a college professor, and the other works as assistant to the vice mayor. Both quickly agreed and made arrangements to join us. Praise God!” So we have high expectations for what God will do among all those pillars on Wednesday!
Our Faithful Four in the Philippines continue to appreciate your taking time to PRAY regularly for them. The intensity of what they are doing is high, and we know the enemy has them in his sights; but greater is he who is in them than he who is in the world!
Blessings,
Patty