Hallo,
Entweder es gibt nichts neues zu berichten, wenn man so lange nichts hoert, oder es ist zu viel los, und sie schaffen es nicht zu schreiben. Ich glaube eher das zweite entspricht der Tatsache. Es war gar nicht meine Absicht den Blog so lange alleine zu lassen. Im Januar habe ich mit einem Studium begonnen, das zeitaufwendig ist, aber wovon ich, und ich hoffe damit mein ganzes Umfeld sehr profitiert. Das Studium endet mit einem Masters in Spiritual Leadership, und der erste Kurs den ich im Januar/Februar gemacht habe, hat die Grundlagen von geistlicher Leiterschaft abgedeckt. Jetzt bin ich 3 Wochen im Kurs Konflikt Management und Teambuilding und lerne sehr viel, auch durch Reflektion des eigenen Verhaltens in frueheren Konflikten. Ich habe natuerlich sehr viel zu lesen und Arbeiten zu schreiben, bin aber sehr dankbar fuer das gelernte und kann es auch gleich wieder praktisch in meiner Arbeit anwenden. Dadurch dass ich jetzt wieder unterwegs bin fuer diese 3 Wochen, heisst das fuer Doerte, dass sie im Hospital die Hauptlast im ministry traegt, aber auch fuer die Kinder da sein moechte, die jetzt noch eine Woche Ferien haben.
Wir hatten aber die Chance genutzt und sind fuer einige Tage runter an die Kueste und haben dort die Seele ein bisschen baumeln lassen. Das hat uns allen gut getan, wieder als Familie zusammen zukommen und Zeit zu haben fuer Dinge, die man sonst nicht tut.
Das Krankenhaus haelt uns nach wie vor sehr beschaeftigt. Je bekannter wir in der Somaligesellschaft werden, um so mehr kommen die Leute zu uns und suchen uns als Ansprechpartner auf. Unter den vielen die wir kennen, sind immer wieder welche, die mehr als nur medizinische Behandlung suchen, und unser Gebet ist es, dass Gott das tut, was es braucht, um gebrochene Menschen zu heilen und Hoffnung zu geben.
Ich wuensche Euch Segen in dem was Ihr tut, Thomas
Dienstag, 21. April 2009
Oh my goodness
Hello,
I have become very bad in writing and keeping my blog up to date. It is not that nothing is happening in my life, probably too many things are going on, and that is what keeps me from writing. In fact right now I am sitting in the computerlab of my school, that is Pan Africa Christian University, where I am taking courses for a degree in Spiritual Leadership. I have started the programme in January for one 3 weeks course, learning about Leadership Foundations. This course of 3 weeks is teaching us on conflict management and Teambuilding.
From May I'll be having online courses on leadership related issues, but I'll tell more about it, as it comes along. It has been a great learning experience over the last few weeks, involving a lot of selfexamination and reflections. Because I am in school currently, my dear wife is holding the fort down in the hospital and with the kids. The kids are on vacation until next week. We tried to have some family time aswell, that is why we escaped to the coast for a few days, switched off the phones and relaxed a bit.
I don't know how many times I have said, that we see an increasing number of Somali patients in our hospital, and every time it seems it is increasing more, and we don't even know how to get to see the many patients at least once and have some conversation, which goes beyond small talk.
But once in a while we encounter visitors or patients who are looking for more than just medical attention, and we are grateful for the way the Lord is working in peoples lives. Our prayer is that God may reveal himself through whatever it takes, to heal those who are broken.
Have a good week and may God bless the works of your hands, Thomas
I have become very bad in writing and keeping my blog up to date. It is not that nothing is happening in my life, probably too many things are going on, and that is what keeps me from writing. In fact right now I am sitting in the computerlab of my school, that is Pan Africa Christian University, where I am taking courses for a degree in Spiritual Leadership. I have started the programme in January for one 3 weeks course, learning about Leadership Foundations. This course of 3 weeks is teaching us on conflict management and Teambuilding.
From May I'll be having online courses on leadership related issues, but I'll tell more about it, as it comes along. It has been a great learning experience over the last few weeks, involving a lot of selfexamination and reflections. Because I am in school currently, my dear wife is holding the fort down in the hospital and with the kids. The kids are on vacation until next week. We tried to have some family time aswell, that is why we escaped to the coast for a few days, switched off the phones and relaxed a bit.
I don't know how many times I have said, that we see an increasing number of Somali patients in our hospital, and every time it seems it is increasing more, and we don't even know how to get to see the many patients at least once and have some conversation, which goes beyond small talk.
But once in a while we encounter visitors or patients who are looking for more than just medical attention, and we are grateful for the way the Lord is working in peoples lives. Our prayer is that God may reveal himself through whatever it takes, to heal those who are broken.
Have a good week and may God bless the works of your hands, Thomas
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