Stress Test 

This past weekend Alberta and I (along with our co-workers, the Doughertys) hosted team member care facilitators (MCFs) from Nepal, China, Taiwan and Thailand. Team's MCFs are the member care point persons on the ground in each of the countries in our regions of responsibility. 

The  trick was not to get 'stressed out' preparing a workshop on stress and burnout! We have a burden to provide training for team's MCFs. We feel that providing workshops like this will equip them for the day to day interactions they have with Christian workers in their area. Team's counseling dept. embraced the idea and we joined Dan and Tricia Dougherty in developing a plan for our gathering. Thanks to all who prayed for us and for those who were able to attend. After reading the evaluations we feel that we passed the "Stress Test". 

Prayer Requests:

1. Pray for Alberta as she prepares for her 'Equipping Women' seminar Nov. 5-14. She and about 5 others will be taking a course called "Developing a Discerning Heart". 
2. Pray for both of us as we prepare to travel to Taiwan from Nov. 26-Dec. 4. We will be leading four sessions during team Taiwan's annual retreat and want to be led by the Spirit as we share with workers there.
3. Pray for Heather as she begins to wrap up her directing internship at the Barter Theater. She has filled out a couple of job applications and is waiting to hear whether she got one or not. 

Serving Christ with You, Steve and Alberta