On the Road again!

For the next few days, the Discovery team will combine their debriefing process with travel. They will head South-west, where they will visit different sites in Ghana that they have not yet seen, as well as meet some friends and colleagues of GILLBT. Eventually, they will wind up in Accra, the capital city, to finish things up. Here is what their planned activities looked like as they prepared to depart:

Wednesday July 28th - Traveling ALLLLLL day as they head towards the coast. Your prayers are greatly appreciated, as an entire day on the road is tiring...as well as probably the most dangerous activity they engage in when they are in Ghana.

Thursday July 29th - Some travel and sightseeing during the day; in the evening they will work on a Personal Assessment that will help bring up some issues for them to think through before they re- enter their home cultures. They will also work on graphing their emotional ups and down throughout the trip to prepare for a discussion they will have together tomorrow evening. In addition to these activities, the leaders will conduct a couple more of the individual feedback sessions.

Friday July 30th - The plan for today is for the team to tour a village and travel to Winneba, a city on the coast where good friends of both GILLBT and the Ramsey's will host them for a few days. In the evening, the team will analyze the chart they worked on yesterday as well as compare the expectations they recorded pre-trip with the realities of what they actually experienced during their time in Ghana.

Saturday July 31st - The team will stay in Winneba all day/night, so they will have a heavy debrief schedule. Together they will talk about how God made a huge investment in their lives this summer...and then they will spend time together in small groups and individually thinking through/discussing about what the return on His investments might look like. They will do some brainstorming and goal setting as they seek to figure out how to integrate their summer experiences into their lives in a way which will produce much fruit for the kingdom. They will also be finishing up the preparations for their 10 minute talks....and the leaders will hold 3 individual feedback sessions.

Sunday August 1st - Another day in Winneba - the team will put together their own worship time, during which they will share communion together. The rest of the day is for rest and relaxation...although the leaders will need to hold 3 more of the feedback sessions sometime during the day.

Monday August 2nd - Today the team will travel back to Accra to the GILLBT guest house. Because this will only take about half a day, the leaders will hold 3 more feedback session during the afternoon. During the evening, the team will reflect on where their identity and self worth lie....and then they will break into small groups and hear each others 10 minute stories!

As you can see, the team will spend 4 out of 6 days on the road...and the leaders will be conducting 11 different individual feedback session during this time as well. That takes a lot of both physical and mental energy for the three leaders; their stamina is I am sure what they would say is their biggest prayer request during this time. Thanks so much for uplifting them in prayer...and the whole team as well... during what is the most important part of the whole trip.

Next week I will post their itinerary for the final days of Discovery....and some interesting plans that John has for his time in between Discovery and The Well.