Thursday, 25 January 2018

A coaching FOCOS

No, it's not a spelling mistake. This month and next, one focus of my ministry involvement is to serve as a coach and trainer in the FOCOS (foundational coaching skills) workshop - an intensive seminar that equips missionaries and pastors to care for people by using a life-coaching approach.

So, last week, we hosted the trainees (pictured above) who are following the course in English. They came from several different countries of Europe, North America and the Middle East, and from a number of different organisations and denominations. They left last weekend, encouraged and energised to see how their understanding and their skills had grown over just one intensive week.

A couple of weeks from now, as we move into February, we'll run the same programme again, but this time with a Spanish language group. I'll be one of the two trainers for that, and I'm already beginning to prepare the thirteen sessions that I'll need to teach in Spanish. Thanks for your prayers.