Today was quite an interesting day! It was the follow up training day from Tuesday. We were 'supposed' to be modeling to Moldovans what an actual group session was to look like. We had some apprehensions after our Tuesday session and some of the difficulties with translation. With that in mind we thought it would be good to have a trial run with the staff at 'Meteora'(God's Design Church).
Whoa!!! We were not expecting what we got. Great questions and some seriously healthy debate. And when I say healthy, I really mean Baseball player on HGH! An hour an a half later we were kind of shell shocked and wondering where to go from there. Andre put our craziness at ease and was super excited. He said we need to replicate this with the other potential leaders coming that night.
So we completly reshuffled our agenda and did just that. We split up into two different groups and went through the chapter 'Brokenness' in the Starting Point Discussion Guide. If earlier in the day was a baseball player on HGH this was the same with a triple shot of adrenaline! It was awesome! When we came together as a large group and had a summary discussion it intensified even more. The Moldovans love their healthy discussion and are very passionate. The one thing they kept saying is why cant we just answer the questions the people ask instead of returning questions with questions. It took a long time but I think everyone was starting to grasp the concept of leading the people to self discovery about sin and our ownership of this and also how this seperates us from God. Andre pointed out to the group how much energy was in the room and how much wonderful discussion was happening and that this is what they wanted to be happening in their groups. With out necesarily knowing what was being said because it was in Russian, you could tell the mood in the room was shifting from antagonistic to excited.
The discussion went on late into the night but how awesome it was to be a part of something special. It felt like we really experienced a turning point for the Meteora leaders and learning to lead Starting Point. In their questioning of leadership it seemed to bring them to a point of owning their own leadership in these conversations. It was a paradigm shift for them and it feels like they are on the brink of something special. How grateful we were to be a small part of tonight and experience bold Moldovans eager to change a city and country to help their countrymen experience an authentic relationship with Jesus.
Ian Chadwick via Eric Davis
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