We’re now over halfway through the consultation!  The day began with a devotional from Clint on the Parable of the Talents from Matthew 25.  We were reminded of our responsibility to make good use of the talents which our Master has entrusted to us.  Brett also gave Dena coaching on the “South African” way of eating with a fork and knife.

In today’s training session, we covered three of the 10-P’s:  Profit, Planning and Partnering.  The Partnering section included a touching video on Team Hoyt (www.teamhoyt.com), a father/son team who have competed together in hundreds of marathon events since around 1980.  What makes the story compelling is that Rick, the son, cannot walk or talk, and so his father Dick pushes and pulls him through all of the marathon events.  There were many aspects of Partnering which the clients observed in the video.  For one client, seeing the father push the son down the road helped the client gain a new understanding of his role as a “Junior Partner” with God, the true Owner of his business.

At the end of the day, we got a “sneak preview” of Place, one of the 10-P’s which we will cover in depth on Wednesday.  A former equip client discussed the importance of Place in any business, and she talked how about the equip consultation helped her discover God’s Kingdom purpose for herself and for her interior design company.  She encouraged the current clients to persevere through the end of the consultation, as the benefits are well worth the effort.

Points for prayer:

• For God’s leading as each client continues to work on strategies for bringing his or her company more in alignment with God’s will.
• For some health issues which are impacting the leader of the South African team and his family
• For two sets of meetings which the clients and consultants will be having tomorrow (Tuesday).  There will be Visioning meetings (where each client seeks to discern God’s long-term vision for his or her organization), as well as prayer meetings with our wonderful Intercessors.

More things you should know if you come to South Africa:

• “Pack up” = To stop working, break down.  Example:  “His dishwasher packed up.”
• “Diarise” = To put something in one’s calendar.  This is a very efficient term, so I think I will try to introduce it in the States.
• “Strong” = “Well” or “physically healthy.”  How this term might be used:  Just theoretically, let’s say someone on the team (we’ll call him Tom) was a little under the weather last Wednesday the 13th.  On the 14th (and on subsequent days), some of the South Africans might say to him, “Are you strong, Tom?”  But this is totally theoretical.

God bless,
Tom Sweet