Walker Requests - March 9, 2009

Hi,

Before we begin a busy day, I want to ask your Jean to intercede for us this week.  We are faced with a very challenging task over the next 2 weeks.

1) To build capacity in a 3 person team (John, Nick, Kathryn) so they can teach CTC (Come Together through Conflict) after we leave.  They have 150 people to teach.  At 10-15 people per session, they will be teaching CTC 10-15 times.  So our investment in JNK is significant.  We don't yet know what their abilities are, and that adds to the complexity of our task.   They will help teach CTC next week.  So they need to prepare themselves this week.

2) In order to leave the team with a version of CTC that better fits the needs of our colleagues working together in this country we need to modify CTC this week .  This must be done this week in order for us all to teach CTC next week in other city.  We want to involve JNK as much as possible in the CTC re-design process, but that will take much longer to do than if Jean and I did it ourselves.  So there is a tension here and room for conflict this week.  I am thankful for this challenge, even though it means added stress and longer hours  for Jean and I.  We have already experienced the difficulty of making decisions as a team this week.  So we have the opportunity to practice the principles we teach in the conflicts that will inevitably occur this week and next.

We recognize our dependence of our Father in order to accomplish these tasks.  "Without me you can do nothing" (John 15.5) 

We so appreciate your partnership.

Blessings,

Roland (and for Jean)