Over the past few weeks, I've been gathering information and planning meetings for the mission trip I'll be leading in April! Although it seems like it's still a ways off, it's important that we begin team building now. Prayerfully, we will feel unified as a team by the time our flight takes off from the Basel airport in just over three months.
Last Sunday, I met with most of our team for a team-building meeting over pasta lunch. We began the meeting doing "Zoom," an activity that helps everyone to consider different perspectives and use good communication. Afterwards, we talked about why it is important to think about these two things for our trip to Italy. One student pointed out that we have different perspectives since we come from different cultural backgrounds (Japan, Korea, United States, Canada, Germany, France, Holland, Slovenia...), in addition to interacting with the Italian teenagers who have an even different perspective. We also prayed that we would communicate well with one another and those we will serve.
We'll have a lot more pasta in Italy, but we're getting started now! Each student received a bag of pasta in his or her mailbox, which we cooked together all in one pot to symbolize our unity. While we ate, we talked about the importance of family and quality time during meals. The students also told a little bit more about themselves.
You can follow our preparations for this trip here: http://bfainitaly.blogspot.com.
I would appreciate your prayers as I travel to Italy today (!!) for a few days. I hope that the meetings with the Italian youth leaders this weekend will be productive and encouraging. Pray that we would have good communication and come up with ideas about what projects our team can do during spring break. Most importantly, pray that God would give me wisdom and grace as I interact with the Italians as a representation of BFA, my mission trip team, and even my home church Grace Point. Grazie!
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