Busy-Busy. This time with class!

This is the time for learning. Three weeks ago we started school 7days/wk 8hrs/day until the end of November, attending two full time programs- Masters in Business at a local university and the Missionary Training School put on by our local church.

We just began attending the long awaited three-month Missionary Training Institute (MTI) program, sponsored by the Christian Outreach Center of Thailand, during the weekdays.  A sample of some of the topics we'll be covering, which we certainly could use some education, include the following:
• Biblical Studies
• History of Missions
• Planning, networking and strategic concepts
• Character Development and Calling
• Ministry techniques
• Unfamiliar Culture; Language Studies
• Legal, ethical and social studies
• Emotional response, responsibilities and family
• Welfare Strategies
• Health, hygiene and Tropical medicine
• Support
• Finance, Administration and Budgets
• Technological Aids
• School of the Spirit
I understand we'll be learning these things both in class and on several planned outreaches... probably much like our recent Nu Poe experience- yeah!


The MBA program rounds out our week on Saturdays & Sundays. Surprisingly most of the professors are American, but here is one of the few Thai prof.


Lori intently listening, and hopefully not thinking of other house projects...