Mentoring

A large part of what we do here at Laurieton is around impacting people’s lives.

One of those ways is by mentoring some families and individuals involved here at Laurieton.
Mentoring is a powerful tool, especially in a community like NTM Laurieton. We are able to track with some student families as they journey towards being involved in cross-cultural church planting. As we have lived overseas for a number of years, we can encourage and challenge them as they seek to apply the principles they are learning from the training.

The areas where we seek to be involved in lives are often areas that have been highlighted by the training. Much of the training is relational and practical in its nature and lends itself to examining your own life and relationship with the Lord.

So we support them with this process of exploring God in who they are – discovering how attitudes impact others; how they hold their opinions without being offensive to others; how they allow their personality to work in the team, not being either too abrasive or too fearful.
We also are able to journey with some staff on campus as they seek to continue to grow in the Lord and apply His principles to their lives.

Di has studied mentoring in depth and as a mentor trainer, is still bringing me up to speed with many of the skills and requirements for the role. We find ourselves very satisfied and challenged by this ministry. We try and sit down with each couple regularly, and then man to man and lady to lady regularly also.

What a privilege to be able to be used in a real way in people’s lives.

And in the same vein, I (Phil) also have a mentor. He is someone I meet with regularly to talk to about me and the issues arising in my life. He is someone outside of the NTM community that can offer me an objective perspective for any issue that may be mission-related. He is a gift sent from God for me – understands me and is not frightened to speak into my life.

Continue to pray for us: -

· as we continue to seek God’s direction in life
· in raising our support level
· in inputting into our sons’ lives
· in impacting people in a positive way
· and in building community and relationships

Thanks again for your support, encouragement and for being our teammates on this journey.