spring conference report 2012
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report on our Spring Relief conference for Day center and Elderly care center workersTRANSCRIPT
29-30 March forty of our dedicated workers from
the Children’s Day Centres and Elderly Care Projects
travelled to Chisinau to take part in our spring
training conference. We had 29 workers
representing 13 Day Centres and 11 workers
representing 10 Elderly Projects.
After opening both mornings with worship Matthew
Skirton shared a challenging but encouraging
message from Jeremiah, about persevering and
being faithful to the work God has called us to do, even if we are not able to see the results we had first
expected.
The rest of the conference combined both theory (eg a leadership session called “How to Delegate
Effectively”) and practical workshops (eg learning new crafts and games), as well as a special
presentation from AMEC (the Moldovan branch of Child Evangelism Fellowship). We also took time to
relax together- setting aside time to spend in prayer, chatting during coffee breaks and meal times, and
watching a film on Thursday night.
“I have been to so many meetings and am so full of theory but the teaching methods at this conference
were very practical and I am full of new ideas to try when we get home,” said Igor who is a pastor at a
church in Glodeni.
We praise God for how well every session was received by our dear staff and pray that God will lead
them and show them now how to use all that we have discussed and learned together.
Becky Johnson, Relief Project Coordinator