Shannon's Corner

On the evening of February 25th to the evening of February 26th, I hosted our first debrief retreat for our first-term missionaries.  There are nine adults who fit into this category of a first-termer.  If you do not know what a first-termer is then let me explain it.  A missionary signs a contract or covenant to serve in a capacity for one year, two years or a three year term initially with an organization prior to becoming a long-term missionary. This idea for a debrief retreat was birthed at the Missio Nexus Conference I attended last fall in the workshop called, The Crucible for the First-Term.  The guest speaker near the end of her presentation shared how it would help support and encourage the first-term missionaries to have a debrief time set aside during that first-term.  Having various missionaries at various stages in the first-term is also healthy for them to share with others struggling in the first-term what they have learned. My hope and prayer...

SHANNON’S CORNER February 2018 Equipping teachers.  Equipping coaches.  Equipping house parents.  Equipping leaders.  Why, you may ask is this so important?  Being able to give our staff and leaders the tools of knowledge and understanding along with practicum is vital in caring for the various needs of our kids in our ministries.  This knowledge and understanding empowers our staff with confidence to teach, to coach, to parent, and to lead well. Karla, psychologist with KAI Guatemala I am excited for a new direction that we are going in here with KAI in the DR.  Seeing the emotional needs of our kids and how important it is to restore our kids emotionally with the transforming love and power of our Lord Jesus.  Heading this new direction for us is one of our missionaries, Kaela.  Recently, Vic and Kaela invited our fellow KAI co-workers from Guatemala to come and teach us some core elements r...