We were 105 people connecting every day for this short and intensive leadership seminar. Almost 90 participants had signed up for the course, which meant that we needed a staff team (pictured above) of 18 people to give the teachings, lead the small processing groups and meet with individual students for personal mentoring and prayer.
Sadly, my coughing and ongoing breathing difficulties meant that I had to withdraw from giving any teaching (I was supposed to teach on the Monday and Friday) but I still enjoyed participating in class every day and working with a small group of ladies from different nations.
The students came mainly from different parts of Europe, Africa, North and South America. In my process group I had missionary leaders from Albania, Morocco, France, Greece and Brazil.
Now that the teaching part of the LDE is completed, the second week will consist mainly of homework assignments and the one-to-one mentoring times. Then, during the third week, I will wrap up all the paperwork with the University and send out the course completion certificates to the 40 students who opted to do the course for academic credits.
The most encouraging thing of all, however, is that those 87 participants will be applying biblical leadership principles with their missionary staff teams in dozens of different nations, and this will make a considerable impact for the advancement of the Kingdom of God in those locations.
