Faith and Challenges

I am working on budgets today for our Latin America Region. We are facing significant cutbacks due to the fall of the U.S. dollar around the world and other issues. Leadership is difficult but very important in times like this. I have been asking the Lord to increase my faith and help me to have a positive attitude in the face of challenges. I am reminded of the words of Lloyd John Ogilvie in his book, "Quiet Moments with God": "Help me to express a positive attitude based on a conviction that You are in control and are working out Your purposes. May Your peace invade my heart so my attitude will reflect an inner serenity and calm confidence. " That's my prayer for today.

Leadership Matters Course

Well I arrived home this afternoon after attending the two week Leadership matters course. It's great to be home with Ann again! The course was excellent. It covered topics such as: Communication skills, Public Relation skills, Management skills, Motivational skills, Life Management Plan, Relationships skills, and several others. The information was excellent and the emphasis on the course was on giving a little bit of knowledge and then practicing. I know much of what I learned will help me to become a more effective leader. For those who are missionaries outside the U.S. this is a great course to attend. You can check it out at: http://www.leadershipmatters.ws/. I'm thankful that I had the opportunity to attend this training course and I'm also thankful to be home.

Bill

Sunset Over Viña del Mar

Alliance World Fellowship

We were recently in Santiago, Chile to attend the Alliance World Fellowship. This is a meeting that is held every 4 years of national C&MA leaders from around the world. There were over 50 countries represented. It was exciting to hear reports of what God is doing around the world. We met pastors from Cuba, Holand, Congo, Burkina Faso, Argentina, Bolivia, and many other countries. The President of Chile gave a greeting to the delegates. We had a great time.