Day 2 - Training Day 1 for Global Care

They were learning about their giftedness

Christy helping understand the gift inventory

Wow! what a great day. We held the first day of Hope Partner Training at the home of Evis. To begin today Christy and I showed them a first time mentoring meeting, so they could see how to begin. We then spent a number of hours together today working on our spiritual gifts. The material we are using is in English. The Albanian women all can read English, some can understand it when spoken, others can read, speak and understand English. So, as we went through this material, it was amazing to watch the commitment level of these women to understand. I would give instructions in English and Evis then would give them in Albanian. It was wonderful.

Evis is helping understand the English

We then moved on to the first part of training them in the mentoring process, by this time, we got pretty good at working together. The women are wonderful and they have a heart to help other women. I am getting to know them and love them all. After the training today, Evis, Christy and I had time to talk. We have all become sisters. I had a wonderful time today. The language is not an issue. Tomorrow we will we get right into learning the process of mentoring. It will be a great day. The issues for women here in Albanian are similar to the women in the US but not the same because of the cultural differences. This training will help them very much.

Beginning to work through the Training Manual

We came back to Christy's, had great chinese food and then made homemade ice cream, my favorite.

I neglected to tell you yesterday that everyone has been commenting on how wonderful the weather is since i have arrived. Before i got here it was very very hot. So, i am so very grateful to God for the cold front that has left wonderful weather and a cool breeze. People here tell me this is not normal. YEAH!